At Home with the Gils (2022–…): Season 2, Episode 5 - Episode #2.5 - full transcript

I came from Bahia
But I'll go back there

I came from Bahia
But someday I'll go back there

I came from Bahia
But I'll go back there

I came from Bahia
But someday I'll go back there

Is the caxixi player asleep?

-Yes.
-Hey, you'll play the caxixi, right?

Are you enjoying the trip, son?

It's been awesome.

But now there's only one country left.

-Just England.
-It's over, all of a sudden.

-It's been really quick.
-Weird.



Gil Family : Traveling with the Gils

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND

715.84 KM COVERED
8 HOURS AND 13 MINUTES OF TRAVEL

LIVERPOOL
ENGLAND

DAY #29 OF THE TOUR

Now you can knock.

You already knocked!

-Grandpa is sleeping.
-Oh, my God.

Sesê! Come here!

-Hi, Great-grandpa!
-Hello!

Hi, Grandpa.

BELA GIL
DAUGHTER

-Are there gonna be Gilsons?
-No children allowed!

-Not even to see Gilsons?
-Not even for that.



-Tonight?
-Children aren't allowed in concerts here.

-Gee!
-Did you know that?

-I did.
-Did you know that, Sesê?

-Did you, Sesê?
-Who told you?

Sol?

-I'll stay with Maria.
-Me, too.

-With Maria Bela?
-Me, too.

What a pity, none of you
will be able to play.

Did you know that Get Back is from...

SOL DE MARIA
GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER

What's their name?

-The Beatles.
-The Beatles.

-Did you know...
-We're in the city of the Beatles!

One thing! When we sing the London
music and we are playing in London...

NINO GIL
GRANDSON

-Yes.
-I think we should sing

"Here in London."

-"Here in London"?
-It's like "There in London," but here.

Here in London, sometimes

But I think it will sound funny

because I'll have to sing,

Here in London,
Sometimes I felt far from there

Oh, yeah!

-How is that gonna be?
-It can't be.

-The opposite.
-Everything will be opposite.

-Yeah.
-So, wait...

Here in London...

Here in London
Sometimes I felt far from

Here? Here is far from here?

-I think we better leave the way it is.
-Leave it like that.

Now let me say something.

Sol de Maria, get up! Come here.

-Did you know today it's Grandpas' Day?
-I know, but it's in Brazil!

It's Grandpas' Day in Brazil.

Grandparents' Day.

Let me take a picture of all of you.

-Come closer, Sol.
-Come on, Sol.

Get down.

Grandparents' Day!

Great-grandparents' Day!

-Babá Alapalá Day.
-L for Lula!

-What?
-L for Lula.

The place where The Beatles were born!

Because of them,
this became a classic venue!

The sign!

JOÃO GIL
GRANDSON

"Mathew Street,
birthplace of The Beatles."

Damn!

So it's up ahead.

The instruments.

Nine, ten, eleven,
twelve, thirteen, fourteen.

-Deal?
-Let's go!

Have a good show!

JERRY MARQUES
BOOKING AND TOUR MANAGER

That's great!

We are on tour with the whole family.

And we ended up here.

FRANCISCO GIL
GRANDSON

On this historic, legendary stage.

And we'd like to invite someone
very special to play with us.

To be with him,
to collaborate with him...

JOSÉ GIL
SON

It's very special.

And having him take part
in our humble project

is even more special.

My dad, the grandpa of our boys,

Gilberto Gil!

My grandpa!

Last time I called him Mr. Gilberto,
he scolded me.

My grandpa.

My grandpa!

-Good evening.
-Good evening!

Handsome!

Good evening!

My body dances
Looking for your love

The Olodum swing leads me

With you I'll go

My body dances
Looking for your love

The Olodum swing leads me

With you I'll go

Take me, my sweet dear

Take me, I'll go crazy with you

I'll go crazy for you!

Take me, my sweet dear

Take me, I'll go crazy with you

Several complaints

Several complaints from you

Why did you do this to me?

I wanna hear you!

We're together and tangled up

Baby, I wanna be your boyfriend

Several complaints

Several complaints from you

My love

Why did you do this to me?

We're together and tangled up

Baby, I wanna be your boyfriend

Baby, I wanna be your boyfriend

Baby, I wanna be your boyfriend

Several complaints

With a musical arrangement!

Liverpool!

DAY #30 OF THE TOUR

Hey, let me take a picture of you.

Marina and I are next.

This is the original. The mother sign.

They put acrylic after the signature,
so it wouldn't get vandalized.

You know that Paul wrote
and composed a song

HAMILTON LUDUVICE
MUSICIAN AND TOUR GUIDE

depicting this neighborhood.

He depicted it in a realistic
and playful way.

He mentions the barbershop
where your dad is.

He mentions the church,
the roundabout over there.

To sum up, he picks a humble
and simple neighborhood of Liverpool

and turns it into a tourist attraction.

Thank you.

-Is it okay?
-Yes. It's fine.

Behind the shelter
In the middle of the roundabout

The pretty nurse is selling

Poppies from a tray

"The pretty nurse is selling
poppies from a tray."

And though she feels
As if she's in a play

"And though she feels
as if she's in a play."

She is anyway

-Instead of "very strange," "she's..."
-"She is anyway."

GILDA MATTOSO
PUBLICIST

-Penny Lane is so beautiful.
-It's a beautiful piece of work.

It is.

-The music is divine. So are the lyrics.
-Yes, the lyrics too. They're amazing.

-Aces.
-Aces.

Are you exhausted
when you finish a tour, Gil?

It depends. There have been tours
where I was tired at the end.

But not in others.
Lately, I've been doing more...

efficient time-saving.

You learn along the way.
It's been so many years.

Forty years, almost 50 years.

UNITED STATES

Traveling...

and performing on tours,
getting to know places.

DENMARK

So you become more or less

educated in doing that.

I got a bit more educated.

And you develop a taste for it.

You end up enjoying it.

FRANCE

Despite all the sacrifice, the hurdles,

JAPAN

you enjoy it.

UNITED STATES

The meetings. The crowd's reactions.

JAPAN

The places.

It's good.

It's been a while since
we last performed indoors.

So many shows outdoors.

It sounds different...

-Aces.
-Aces

Mission accomplished!

When the agogo sounds
The sound of iron on iron

It will be like the scream of a calf

Bled in favor of the great Ogum

When the hand touches the drum
It will be skin on skin

Life and death so that care can be taken

For the orisha and the egum

Kabieci le goes dancing
The ijexa to Father Xango

Eparrei, ora ieie, to Iansa
And mother Oxum

"Oba bi Olorum koozi"
There is no one like God

I keep seeing his presence on the stage,
happy with everything.

With the sound.

With the band playing well.

And surprising him
with how well they're playing.

The boys playing the drums.

And he keeps complimenting everyone.
It feels good to see!

NARA GIL
DAUGHTER

To see him happy with the outcome.

In Liverpool.

In Liverpool!

Now, a Beatles song.

First...

a version that I did in Portuguese.

That we recorded, me and Rita Lee.

JoJo was a guy who thought he was

But he knew he wasn't

He left Pelotas

He went after the ivy
Summer vine

Easy, easy

Easy, this is the wrong way

Easy, easy

Easy, this is against the law

Get back!

Get back!

Get back!

Get back!

You're going to get off the bus...

-Sorry, this is on what day?
-Tomorrow.

Tomorrow is that tour.

-It's not just a tour, it's many things.
-Yeah.

The tea, the tour...

passing by the hospital
where Pedro was born.

-The hospital.
-And the concert.

Remember the name of the hospital?

Saint George's Hospital.

-He was born there...
-And then we leave

and go for a picnic in the park.

And the other day is the concert.

-Can I talk about that day?
-Is there some schedule?

-Can I add something?
-Let me say something I forgot, Jota.

Tomorrow, Barbara,
Bento's mother, arrives.

And Fernanda Paes Leme,
who is also in London,

and she's going to meet us.

-Oh, no, family!
-We're almost done.

-It sucks!
-It'll end in a few hours.

-A dreadful farewell feeling.
-It's not over yet!

I don't like it.

FLOR GIL
GRANDDAUGHTER

I keep saying, "It's not over,"
but then I stop and think...

It's over.

I'll miss those shared moments.
We had some of that at the council.

It was quite different,
but the bond we created there...

I feel so fucking sad that we'll be apart.

We spent so much time together.

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - LONDON, ENGLAND

339.89 KM COVERED
4 HOURS AND 6 MINUTES OF TRAVEL

LONDON
ENGLAND

-That's awesome!
-Look at the baby in a sling.

DAY #33 OF THE TOUR

They have some really modern buildings.

MARIÁ PINKUSFELD
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

-Yeah.
-And these really old ones.

It's a contrast
in several cities we've been to.

Easy, baby girl.

Let me turn here.

It's impressive. The girls are
way less tired than we are on this trip.

But it's great for them
to be around us, the family...

And wherever we take them,
the whole family...

-Embraces them.
-They're taken care of.

They like everyone.

Call the boat. Come, boat!

ROMA GIL
GRANDDAUGHTER

Boat!

Come, boat!

Come, boat!

The boat!

Where's Pimpim?

Hold her hand. Hold your sister's hand.

It's good to see the show maturing
during the tour.

How everyone is getting
more comfortable playing together,

trying new musical arrangements.
In each concert...

there's progress
in the musical arrangement.

The last few concerts have been awesome!

And it's funny,
because as the concert improves,

we go on stage feeling
more and more tired.

It's a mixed feeling.
As the show gets better,

the performances are more exhausting.

Here is the River Thames. The crazy one.

I've never been here.

I have, but it was 25 years ago...

-This one here is... Tower Bridge.
-Tower Bridge.

FERNANDA PAES LEME
ACTRESS AND TV HOST

Such an English woman.

-Very local.
-Very local.

And tell me, are you okay?

I'm tired of the off-show part of it.

PRETA GIL
DAUGHTER

I'm totally excited about the shows.

Now that's good, you know?

It's always like that.
Once it gets good, it ends.

When it gets good,
and we get everything in hand...

-Feeling safe...
-Then it ends.

But I also don't think it's the end.

No, it's just that this tour's ending.

-Because the show must go on.
-The show must go on!

But my father has to want to do that.

Yes.

And we're feeling
that he's become more thoughtful about it.

He'll choose carefully what to do.

What to do. Right.

I don't know how it's gonna be
when we get home.

In the morning. The first day.

You'll miss it a lot!

-Right?
-Yeah, me too.

I already miss it.
Flor said, "I'm feeling blue."

She hates endings, you know?

It's even worse
when she's with the cousins.

MARÍLIA GIL
DAUGHTER

Yeah, she and Lucas,
because he's become her wingman.

He says that he's responsible for Flor.

Yeah, so cute. And then she goes,
"I even cried sometimes." She's so cute.

Here we are dealing
with several forms of caring.

Of different relationships,
different spectrums...

For example, me and Sol de Maria,
who are more distant.

Me and Emilie, me and...

All of us are here,
interacting and living this adventure.

-There's a bit of everything, right?
-That's the joy of it.

There are moments of therapy.

Therapy sessions.

-Group therapy.
-Several moments.

-I'm always missing these moments.
-Intense moments.

Me, too.
I was only there for one yesterday.

The first one was with Bento
in the studio, right?

-Yes.
-The first bullshit?

That allowed me to deal with the problems.
To fight.

He's been liberated.

-He's free now!
-No one can stop him now!

Any opportunity I get in like...

Come on!

Speaking of it,
Barbara is coming as a surprise.

-I know.
-Has she arrived?

-I haven't seen her.
-She's locked...

She's gonna meet us at the tour.

She'll get on the bus, he'll freak out.

He's gonna be very happy.

We won't stop!
There'll be another mother on the tour.

In the family.

Happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday to you!

BARBARA OHANA
BENTO'S MOTHER

Cry!

Guys, you don't know what I got!

Fernanda will take two pieces of luggage
of mine to Brazil.

Great!

-This is friendship!
-This is priceless.

-Francisco, give my money back!
-It's worth more than lending money!

Do you know the worst part?

I'm positive that she invited me here...

-For that?
-She called me and told me

to only bring carry-on bags,

so I could fly back with her luggage.

Let's take our seats.

BEM GIL
SON

Oh, such a good hug!

She really made a nest in there.

Oh, my God, Sesê! She loves you.

PINA GIL
GRANDDAUGHTER

What have you done with her
to get that kind of love?

So, will Express 2222 move or what?

Express 2222 began to move

Departing from Bonsucesso to after

Express 2222 began to move

From Central do Brasil, departing directly
From Bonsucesso to after the year 2000

Look at the river, Pina.

Look, Pina.

-Saint George's Hospital.
-Look, it was here.

-Pedro was born here!
-Stop!

Tell them in the back.
Pedro was born here.

-Over there. Fourth floor.
-The hospital that became a hotel.

SANDRA GADELHA AND PEDRO GIL

VICTORIA PARK
LONDON, ENGLAND

Nice angle from here, these trees.

-Here and now?
-Yeah.

Look how beautiful it is.

Do you feel nostalgic, Grandpa?

-What?
-About going back to London.

I'm not a nostalgic person, in general.

But I'm curious to see London.

My memories on how things were...

The architecture,

the general landscape of the city.

It's been 50 years apart and now...

So sometimes I get a sense of the place,

my time here,
and everything else, so I get...

a little bit nostalgic...

London is a welcoming city,
but also like a hospital.

Silence and peace. At 11:00 p.m.,
everybody is asleep. Except me.

The city is huge.

Like a big abbey with gardens.

A great place to retreat,

especially for us who are
from the hallucinatory sun of the tropics.

There's no sun here.

But in the end, it's good
to live in Notting Hill Gate.

The "gate to the hill of nothing."
Weird name.

Nothing like Notting Hill Gate in London.

The grocery shop at the corner
reminds me of Carvalho's

at Rua Direita
in Santo Antônio Além do Carmo.

The surroundings, even without the sun,

feel like Bahia is still alive there.
Thank God and Caymmi.

Saturdays in Portobello,
that's what you're seeing there!

What?

Hey, he used his hand!

What a nice afternoon!

Interesting.

Go, Fran!

Feels like we are in a place
that could be anywhere...

in the world,
but also nowhere in the world.

To Romilda, play Palco.

Yeah, go on!

Stage!

No clue of when my grandpa
will do another tour.

Not that he's... He's just really tired.

If it's not the last,
maybe the one before the last.

-The one before the last.
-No.

My grandpa loves it so much.

-He'll figure it out.
-Bento.

-He's a human being.
-Of course he is!

He's in his eighties.

Yeah, he's tired in his eighties.

You think he'll live forever.

I don't think he'll live forever,

-I don't think it's the last.
-He said

that this show, for him, in terms of...

the effort involved,
is not so exhausting

because he's not singing the whole time.

He says 40% of the show...

We can arrange, adapt. That's the point.

But it's a great opportunity
to keep on working with this project!

In ten years' time, we can do a show
in homage to this project.

Sereno will be playing.

You may be in the music life.
You may also be pulled into it.

-Flor will be the next Preta Gil.
-Flor will be a hit!

-Gabriel will be doing gigs.
-"I'm the granddaughter of the immortal!"

Flor will be a worldwide name!

"I'm Flor. I'm a New Yorker
and the granddaughter of the immortal!"

This could be something grand.

Granddaughter of the immortal.

God willing, Mr. Gilberto will be there.
Imagine that!

Onstage, playing as well!
Maybe singing two songs!

The Nós a gente may be it, you know?

DAY #34 OF THE TOUR

We have to start

by giving thanks
because everything went well.

We are here. Healthy, united,

with stronger bonds.

With some family issues that we'll take
care of later, but everything is fine!

We love each other. That's what matters.
We can live this amazing moment

and honor our father,
grandfather, great-grandfather,

our father-in-law, who deserves
all the celebration in the world,

because, yes, he's the greatest!

And all of us are crazy about him.

Like this audience that's here today,

and also the other audiences that we saw,
that shouted out, got emotional

and that showed how great he is,

not only for us, but globally.

Gilberto Gil is one of a kind,
is huge, is immortal, is ours.

And we share him, a lifetime,

with this audience
that's outside applauding him.

We are here as his band!

-And we'll always be here for him!
-Guys!

Listen, today is the day we go there
and show them what we got.

Hold your breath!

Go for it!

Wait, there's something very important
to be said here by someone!

A very important speech from this person.

-Where's Maria?
-Come, Maria.

Dance to some forró music for us.

MARIA GIL - DAUGHTER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE TOUR

Go ahead. No, you, please!

I'd like to thank you all...

Ready to go, Jerry.

Let's rock this place!

Back in London
Sometimes I felt far from here

Sometimes, when I felt far away
I found myself

Pulling my hair, nervous
Wanting to listen to Celly Campelo

So I wouldn't fall

I saw a friend of mine from Portobello
Fall into that cesspool

That lack of judgment that I didn't
Even have a reason to enjoy

In that absence of heat, of color, of salt
Of sun, of heart to feel

So much longing preserved
In an old silver chest inside of me

I say silver chest
Because silver is the moonlight

The moonlight that I missed
So much along with the sea

Bahia Sea

Whose green from time to time
It did me good to remember

So different from the also beautiful
Green of the grassy fields there

North Island, where I don't know
If by luck or punishment, I ended up

For a while, that after all passed quickly
As everything has to pass

Today I feel as if leaving
Was necessary to return

So much more alive, a life more lived
Divided here and there

To all these beautiful people in London,
thank you so much!

IN THE NEXT EPISODE

From an artistic point of view,
there's something that facilitates...

the assessment of the value of the show.

It starts very well and ends very well.

When we're happy
We don't even think we're happy

NÓS A GENTE
THE SHOW

We don't even want to think we're happy

We don't even think we're happy
We want

What we want is to live