The Endless Night (2023): Season 1, Episode 3 - Episode #1.3 - full transcript
The prosecutor ordered the renovations
because of the noise.
He made it happen.
You know who gave us a permit?
The fire department. City hall.
[scoffs]
I was only the cash guy.
Dedé was in charge of running Kiss.
I'm not an architect or an engineer.
How would I know that the foam was toxic?
I was just the band's roadie,
and so I bought what they said to.
[Dedé] I mean, if I showed you some foam,
could you say, "Oh, this one here,
this will kill a bunch of kids."
You were holding the mic.
Why didn't you warn everyone?
I did try, sir.
I really tried.
Well, Cássio, on accordion,
he told me
to buy the fireworks, and I did,
but I don't know anything at all
about fireworks, sir.
I just did what I was told!
How was I supposed to know
they'd light a fire inside the club?
I've got another club as well,
and they've never lit fireworks.
Actually, I let go of the mic to grab,
um, the fire extinguisher.
The flames started at the other side
of the stage, so it's possible that, uh…
that there was a short circuit
and it wasn't the fireworks.
[sobbing] They ruined my entire life!
They ruined my life!
THE ENDLESS NIGHT
[on TV] The police have concluded
that the fire spread throughout the club
because it was lined
with this flammable foam
which is prohibited by the Fire Protection
Code as it is not flame retardant.
Let's see what happens in this simulation.
In just seconds,
everything is on fire.
In reality, the club should have been
using foam that was both flame retardant
as well as self-extinguishing,
as is recommended by the fire department.
-However, that foam is more expensive.
-What a son of a bitch!
[Ricardo groans]
[sighs]
Ricardo, you need to do something.
You can't just keep sitting here all day
thinking about Marco
and screaming at the TV.
And do what? What should I do?
I'm in pain. I'm enraged.
I just want to…
-[Lívia] Go to the association.
-[Ricardo] I don't know.
-Let's go and just see.
-See what? Talk to whom?
Staying here won't get us anywhere.
They're starting up soon, and I'm going.
Are you staying?
FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER THE FIRE
Good afternoon.
[all] Good afternoon.
I would like to, um,
thank you for attending the first meeting
of the Association of Victims
of the Tragedy in Santa Maria.
It doesn't matter who we were before this.
Today we are
brothers and sisters,
made equal by loss.
And this association is our common voice
because together
we will have the strength to fight.
[sighs] Uh… Now I'd like to call
Captain Idalina to the stage.
-[Idalina] Good afternoon, everyone.
-[all] Good afternoon.
I'm Idalina.
I am a nurse and a captain
at the Santa Maria Police Department…
Oh, it's wonderful
having both of you here.
The more people, the better.
[Idalina] We now have over 600 people
who were wounded,
who need medical care and so much more.
Physical therapy, psychological care.
So the city, the state, and the government
have created a permanent program
which all of you will have access to.
-[Ana] Good afternoon, everyone.
-[all] Good afternoon.
Many of our children were… were
the sole providers for their families.
The Mothers of January Project
will provide them food
so no one will go hungry.
Well, on behalf of the Association,
I'd like to thank Ana Campos.
Moacyr! Moacyr!
May I please say a few words?
I'll be quick.
Of course, Pedro. Be my guest.
Thank you. Thank you, Moacyr. Thank you.
Hi. Uh, hi, everyone.
Well, my name is Pedro Leal, and…
My daughter is Mari.
And I just wanted to say something.
Uh… Um… Well, first, I'd… I'd like
to thank Captain Idalina and Ana
because all help is needed right now.
But, I…
Well, what I want to know is,
why are we all here?
I mean, I guess because our kids are dead.
Okay, but why are our children dead?
They set off fireworks
that spread to the foam
which released poisonous gas.
But… But why?
Who bought them, and who authorized it?
And who inspected them?
And then who let our children inside?
We need to find out all of these answers
because without justice for our kids,
they'll never be able to rest in peace.
They won't.
And we won't.
Cold fireworks are what they're called
for indoor use.
Because there's no gunpowder,
they have no smell or smoke.
They're still hot, of course.
They're fireworks.
You wouldn't want to point 'em at anyone.
But they do burn rapidly.
And they won't burn anything else.
And what do they cost?
Well, R$75,
but I made Vicente an offer for 50.
He said he had experience
and a certification.
He had bought stuff at my store
a bunch of times already.
-He always bought the same fireworks?
-[man] Yes.
-Which ones did he end up buying?
-The same he always buys.
These here.
These are fire for real.
They contain gunpowder.
-[Portella] How much are these?
-R$2.50.
[woman] You see that?
Right over here,
there should be a fire extinguisher.
But Dedé had it taken out
because he didn't like the esthetic.
And right here,
the extinguisher that didn't work,
it was used as a joke at a birthday
at the club two days before the fire.
Were you there
the night of the fire or not?
Yeah, I was there.
I covered photography
for all their events.
And that night, my brother was with me.
But my brother…
[somber music playing]
My brother couldn't get out.
THE USE OF HIGHLY FLAMMABLE MATERIALS
IS PROHIBITED
IN CINEMAS, THEATERS, CLUBS, AND SIMILAR
[Telma] Geraldo?
What are you doing?
I'm doing research.
Look, there's this one law,
and it says clubs can't have
toxic or inflammable materials.
It's forbidden. Look, it's illegal.
-Will you come to bed?
-[Geraldo] I can't.
No. No, no, no. I can't.
I really just… I gotta…
Okay.
[somber music playing]
[Telma sighs]
Our guys didn't do anything wrong.
We wouldn't have been able
to rescue the victims all by ourselves.
We either accepted help from civilians
and save some,
or not accepted and let everyone die.
Do you know how many of these guys need
mental healthcare right now?
The whole squad.
It was a war zone.
Chaos, screaming, bodies everywhere,
and there wasn't…
Look.
Our job in here is saving lives.
Who… Who did we save? Tell me.
Who did we save?
[man, weakly]
The whole problem started in 2009,
when Kiss was reported
because of a noise complaint.
The police almost ended up
shutting the club down.
Then came the prosecutor.
He had an agreement
for a conduct adjustment
with, um, a list of renovations
that had to be done.
Were you the manager then?
I was his assistant.
The manager was his brother-in-law.
And then, that was when they installed
the guardrails and then the foam?
They, um…
-[Rocha] You wanna write it down?
-Yeah.
"They had to do renovations,
so Dedé installed the guardrails,
but it didn't solve the noise issue,
the police said."
"And then Dedé bought the foam
in a store where they sell mattresses."
"The engineer installed it."
"After the inspection,
we took it down off the walls."
"There was some left,
so Dedé put it on the ceiling."
Yeah, so the engineer said
that he wasn't involved.
He never installed any foam
as part of the project,
and that it wouldn't even function
as insulation.
All I know is what Dedé said.
What did the blueprint say?
The guy who actually installed the foam
worked the bar.
I guarantee
he wasn't checking any blueprints.
[Portella] April 2011, the club
is inspected by the fire department,
who said the club was lacking
emergency lights,
as well as emergency exits.
Dedé orders renovations
but doesn't address those problems,
then has guardrails installed instead.
[Portella] In August,
another inspection is completed,
saying the club has no guardrails,
when they did.
It doesn't mention the emergency lights
and exits hadn't been installed,
plus it was signed by a firefighter
who wasn't at the club at all.
Look, something's wrong with
this document from the fire department.
The one about the demographic.
Look at the date.
They signed it
after the fire had gone down.
Sure did,
and hid it in the rest of the paperwork
so it looked like it was already there.
These guys are messing with us!
They're taking us for idiots
is what this is!
This is serious!
This is more than serious. It's a crime.
[man 1] So this will be
his third operation?
-[man 2] His fourth.
-[man 1] My God.
[man 2] He still needs several surgeries.
Sixty percent of his body was burned.
He'll need gradual graft applications,
and it will take a long time to recover.
[man 1] Oh man. Poor guy.
[man 2] Yeah. He was one of the most
severe cases we got here.
[muffled] He burned his skin, his muscles…
[voices fade]
[indistinct conversation]
[Fernando grunts]
-[machine beeping]
-[nurse] Huh?
[labored breathing]
[machine beeping rapidly]
-[nurse] Come on, Grazi.
-[Grazi panting]
Come on.
Come on. You can do it!
-[Grazi struggles]
-[nurse] That's it.
That's it!
Keep going.
One more step, Grazi.
Come on.
One more time, huh?
-No. No, I can't. No, I can't!
-Come on.
-No, no, no!
-You can do it.
I don't want to keep walking!
I wanna do my nails,
wear heels, and… dance.
You can do your nails. And the rest…
Well, some day you will.
Just focus now on walking now. Huh?
You're gonna need to relearn it.
So come on. A little more. Yeah?
Now, come on, honey.
You can do this. Atta girl!
[somber music playing]
That's very good, Grazi.
-[Grazi sighs]
-Yeah, that's it!
[Pedro] Yeah, like that. There.
Yeah, just watch your finger.
Watch your finger like that.
[woman] I can just tie them in.
Let's put them all over here.
[indistinct conversation]
-[woman 1] Could you hand me another one?
-[woman 2] There you go.
[Silvana] What about here?
Okay, so just bring all that stuff,
and we'll put everything here.
Put it over there.
Yes, please. Great.
[wheezing]
Ma.
Fernando.
-Where am I?
-[mom] You're in Porto Alegre, sweetie.
Most of your body was severely burned.
And you were in a coma for nine days.
The doctors said that you've been given
a new lease on life.
[sobbing]
Uh, my name is Silvana.
Our daughter Marienne…
She had just turned 20, and she was…
[inhales deeply]
She was our light.
And you know, we would always…
worry a lot…
about her future ahead. [sobs]
But she… she had the right
to act like a child.
She had the right
to act like she was young.
And she had the right to…
The right to have fun in life.
And just before she left for the club,
she, uh,
she said…
She said we'd be proud of her one day.
But we are proud.
We were always so proud of our baby girl!
[sobbing]
[reflective music playing]
I'm very proud of you, honey.
[breathes deeply]
And I'm proud of…
of who you wanted to turn into,
and of who you already were.
I love you.
-Ready?
-Yep.
All right?
[Ricardo] Come on.
Our son Marco,
he wanted to travel the world,
but not right away.
In the future.
Right now…
Right now, he just wanted to spend
a bit more time with his parents.
[laughs]
He was a sweet kid. [sniffles]
This is my son…
Felipe.
Felipinho.
[man] This here is my son Heitor.
He… He studied architecture.
[man sobbing]
This is my cousin, Fábio.
I would have never thought
that that night,
it would be the last time I saw him.
[woman sobbing]
Hello, sir.
A pleasure. I'm… I'm Pedro Leal.
I'd like to ask
on behalf of everyone that's here,
do us one favor.
Do not let anything get past you.
[sighs] Tons of errors.
The inspections, the permits…
Pure negligence.
I'm amazed it didn't happen more often.
But you won't throw in the towel
just because there are errors?
No. No, the opposite.
Over a hundred statements have been taken,
and plenty is yet to be done.
We're going through
everything that's documented,
and we will catch all parties
who are responsible.
For everything.
In each of their circles.
You have my word, okay?
Um, evening.
My name is João Portella.
This right here is Letícia.
She was my cousin.
She was 18.
DA'S OFFICE
ONE MONTH AFTER THE FIRE
[Pedro] Excuse me.
Excuse me. Thanks. How are you?
-Good afternoon.
-[all] Good afternoon.
Good afternoon, and welcome
to the District Attorney's office.
[Moacyr] Sir, excuse me. Uh…
On behalf of the Association of Victims
of the Santa Maria Tragedy,
I'd like to thank you gentlemen
for welcoming us
and, uh, deliver this petition
with 28,000 signatures,
asking for justice.
Thank you.
Well, we would also like to show
our appreciation
for your presence here today.
Now, we know this is a very sensitive time
in your lives,
and I really just want
all of you to rest assured
that, believe us, justice will come.
I want to know
if you'll be calling it a murder,
which it was.
[murmurs of agreement]
Well.
[sighs] At this point,
uh, we can't conclude decisively
that there was intent to commit murder.
Rather, it seems a great tragedy
caused by extreme negligence.
Firstly, we'll need to evaluate
the investigation
and the evidence provided by the police.
But we're all the proof you need.
Us sitting here is proof.
Yeah. It was assassination.
A murder. It was, wasn't it?
-[crowd agreeing]
-Huh?
Twenty cents.
Excuse me?
You know that the fireworks,
the indoor kind, cost R$50.
And the fireworks you're supposed
to use outside cost only R$2.50.
That amounted to a difference of R$47.50.
And that difference
took the lives of 242 victims.
Murdered our children!
-Just do the math!
-[sobbing]
Two hundred forty-two victims.
The lives of all of our children, to them,
are worth less than 20 cents apiece.
[man] Sir, all of these things
you're… you're pointing out--
Every victim's death,
every one of them,
it was caused
as a result of that difference in cost.
And we get that someone's decision,
for the sake of saving,
was that it was worth it
to risk the lives of all of our children.
And now you want to tell me
that it was an accident?
Look at this.
Excuse me.
I did the math.
Take a look.
Right here.
The area, based on the square footage,
allowed for, what,
760 or 770 people in it?
Over a thousand people were there!
Over a thousand!
That's a crime!
Listen to this.
The definition of
"administrative misconduct."
"To delay or completely fail to practice
an official act."
It's the law!
Right here, without question! A crime!
City hall knew all about this.
Why wasn't it closed?
The club's permits had expired,
and there were no emergency exits.
Why didn't they close it down?
Yes, exactly. That's--
Right here are the blueprints
and the laws.
What else do you need?
Exactly. That's what we're investigating
and what the police are investigating.
Because this incident
should never have happened at all.
And we'll be looking
to find the full truth
so we can punish these culprits
as they deserve.
Listen, I understand what you're saying.
Some of you may know me.
I also live in Santa Maria,
and I am also a parent.
Uh, when I was told about the fire,
I rushed to my daughter's bedroom
because I thought
that she was at the club that night.
-But I was lucky.
-[scoffs]
Thank God
she decided she wasn't going--
[Pedro] Hey, Mr. Prosecutor.
I think you should treat this case
as if you were one of the unlucky ones.
Pretty much everyone either lost someone
or knows someone who did, but still.
Yeah. Yeah.
In São Paulo,
it's just another news story.
No one can understand
what we've been through.
Yeah.
It makes it hard to socialize.
Oh yeah, and even with family members,
because they want
to keep us distracted, but… how?
It's impossible to be distracted because
I don't want to… to relax
or forget about it.
There's no way. It's impossible.
[Geraldo] You know, my son…
I killed him.
-Geraldo, stop it.
-Hey, Telma, you know I'm right.
-No, sweetie--
-There's no two ways about it.
If I had died, he'd be here.
I'm sorry, guys. I'm sorry.
[Geraldo tuts, sobs]
I was away from my son
for four and a half years.
Went to Australia to study, and…
[laughs] …and Telma went to visit him,
but I…
Why? [sobs]
We waste so much damn time in our lives.
[sobbing]
Please stop. Stop.
I'm sorry, guys.
He… [sniffles]
He came back to our house
in Brazil to live with us.
And then I had a stroke.
[sniffles] I thought I would die.
Nobody's ready for death.
I didn't want to die.
I kept on asking why.
Well, I wanted
to spend more time with my son.
But then, in the end, it was nothing.
I mean, it was just a…
just a harmless little stroke, you know?
Once I recovered,
well, I was grateful to have more time.
If I had died,
he just wouldn't have been here.
-Please stop it, Geraldo.
-[Geraldo] If I had--
-[Telma] Stop.
-He wouldn't have stayed!
-It should have been me.
-[Telma] Stop that.
[Geraldo sobbing] Should have been me.
My son!
[both sobbing]
Hey, Dad. Australia's a hop away!
A kangaroo hop, but still, right? [laughs]
[Geraldo] Go on. Go on.
This road is here to be seen, Mr. Geraldo.
-But I'll always come back to you.
-I know that.
-[Telma] Take care.
-For sure. Take care of him, huh? [laughs]
-I'm goin'!
-Bye.
-Don't forget São Paulo football forever!
-[Guilherme] São Paulo!
-Call us when you arrive!
-[Guilherme] I will!
[hopeful music playing]
FOREVER MISSED
POLICE STATION
[phone ringing]
This is Chief Tereza Rocha.
[woman] City hall is hiding documents.
[dramatic music playing]
Uh, is this a report? Who am I talking to?
[woman] City Hall.
Marcus Vinicius, his office.
Look for the documents
in the box behind the stairs.
[line disconnects]
[dramatic music continues]
POLICE
Twenty-nine irregularities.
These documents show 29 irregularities
within the nightclub
that city hall kept from us.
That's absurd, sure,
but was it a crime though?
Was there any evidence?
Well, there's evidence
in the permits, the mistakes,
the negligence.
Why was this club still open,
and why were they hiding documents?
[machine beeping softly, air hissing]
[whispers] Water.
-[coughing]
-[nurse] Easy.
[Portella] The musicians,
through their actions,
created all of the risks in question.
No one expected them to act
like a captain going down with his ship,
but the least they could've done was
to warn the public of the fire,
to try to save as many people as possible.
Well, uh, we have another video here,
from a different part of the club.
Please.
And, right here, the kid says,
"The club is on fire."
Five seconds pass.
Fifteen seconds.
Twenty seconds.
POLICE PRESS CONFERENCE
[Portella] Twenty-five seconds.
At 30 seconds, it's already dark.
The chaos has already taken over.
At 40 seconds, horror.
The lights went out. Smoke was everywhere.
People were inhaling cyanide
and starting to pass out.
[Rocha] This club was operating
with expired permits,
without any interference
from the fire department
which had inspected it
after the renovations were done.
The very same department
that created a protection system
which depended upon
the word of the establishment…
-Come on! That's absurd. So absurd!
-That's absurd.
We've been failed by city hall.
They possessed documents
with proof of the nightclub's faults,
which they then hid from the police.
[Rocha]
In this preliminary police inquiry,
we're indicting 16 people,
including the four
who were already arrested,
as well as club administrators,
firefighters, city hall employees,
and two municipal secretaries.
That's a good thing. Right, honey?
-They're going after everybody.
-Yeah, everybody.
In total, there are 28 people
who are deemed responsible,
including Mayor Weber,
whose case was taken to the state court
due to his special jurisdiction.
Now it's up to the District Attorney…
Thank God for that, Lívia. Thank God,
because if they don't do anything…
If… If they just wash their hands of it,
I'll burn this city down, Lívia!
I'll burn city hall.
I'll burn all this shit to the ground!
TWO MONTHS AFTER THE FIRE
SANTA MARIA AIRPORT
[Celso] We will now present the report
on the Kiss nightclub case.
On 27th January, 2013, around 3:15 a.m.,
at 1925 Andradas Street,
at the Kiss club premises,
the accused,
including Anderson, Thales, Roberto,
and Vicente Adriano murdered 242 people.
-[all sigh]
-[Ricardo] Thank God.
All four are present
and accused of manslaughter
with possible intent.
Yes. Yes, that's right,
because they did commit murder.
Wait. What?
Well, they'll all get prosecuted
as murderers,
so we won't have to deal
with this "accident" nonsense,
and they're going to jail now.
They deserve it.
The police authorities have now indicted
João Carlos Johansson,
the Municipal Secretary of Safety
and Urban Mobility,
as well as the city inspector,
Afrânio Genésio Lima,
for the culpability of 242 murders.
The politicians.
[Celso] However, any claims
of criminal responsibility of the indicted
requires an additional complementary
clarification which prevents,
at this time,
their inclusion in this report.
What does he mean, "prevents"?
Those guys won't be charged?
With nothing more to add,
the following are indicted.
Anderson Almeida Pargo, known as Dedé,
Thales Matteus Baumer,
the co-owners of the club.
Roberto Arnaldo da Silva, the singer,
Vicente Adriano de Pádua Almeida,
the producer of the band.
As for the firefighters,
Saulo Alves de Santis,
Fabiano Guerra Cavalcanti,
Douglas Vilas Mamede,
and Juscilei Eraldo Ortiz.
That's it? It can't be. The owners
of the club, the guys in the band.
-And firefighters?
-[Celso] No others.
What about the guys at city hall?
Where are the politicians?
Huh? The politicians?
-The police indicted 28 culprits before!
-They're keeping them protected!
Where are the rest of the accused?
Yeah, we want all 28!
We want all 28!
-Where are the rest of them?
-Yeah, come on, all 28!
Bring the rest out!
-Calm down, please.
-Calm down.
-[Ana] We want all 28!
-[Celso] Calm down.
We're here to respond to all questions.
-But calmly.
-One at a time, please.
Gentlemen! Gentlemen! We already know
that the four men you arrested
killed our children
out of greed and irresponsibility.
Well, yes, we agree with you,
which is why we're going
to be prosecuting them for murder,
so what else do you want?
[Pedro] What else do we want?
We want all the authorities
that allowed this to happen!
And whose oversight killed my child?
Who wasn't doing their job
and killed my daughter, and why?
And who gains from it?
That's fine, but we can only effectively
charge those who committed crimes,
as defined in the law.
And incompetence,
unfortunately, is really not a crime.
Yeah, and even if we charged everyone,
just receiving the testimonies,
that would take us years.
-I don't believe that!
-What?
-Oh my God!
-Are you kidding me?
It's unbelievable.
-It's always the same shit!
-Pedro!
Yeah, what is this?
So no one is responsible now
for any fucking thing?
Please, sir.
Please, would you listen?
When we allowed our kids
to leave our houses on that night,
us, like any parent would in Brazil…
We let them go because we trusted
that our kids were going to a safe place.
This wasn't because of
who the owner of the club was,
or the singer, or the band, or whatever.
It was because our children
were going to an event
in a club that was authorized
to be operating
in a city that was being protected
by firefighters
and permits and by city hall!
All of us trusted the state!
We had faith in Santa Maria!
And then you come here and tell me
that my first son
was killed in a mousetrap
in some kind of labyrinth
that should never
have been allowed to operate!
So I ask you now,
who had this shit inspected?
And who signed off on it?
And who authorized it to run because…
Because someone is responsible!
Why do we even have a mayor?
What do we have a fire department for?
Who allowed that club to run
with all those problems?
Tell me why!
Why aren't those assholes charged?
[sobbing] Fucking hell, Lívia!
[Ana] That's right!
-Why aren't the other 28 on trial?
-[Ricardo] Where are all 28?
-[man] Yeah!
-[Ricardo] Where are they?
-[all shouting] Where are the 28?
-Calm down!
[all shouting]
-Okay. Everyone, calm down. Calm down!
-[man] Yeah.
[prosecutor]
You're barking up the wrong tree!
If you don't like it,
take it up with who made the laws!
[Ricardo] No!
-We didn't come here for insults!
-Oh!
[tense music playing]
I'm not here for insults!
Bastard? No! There's no bastard here.
Hey, sir.
What happened to finding everyone
who was responsible?
-Listen, Pedro. Pedro's your name, right?
-Mm-hmm.
So, I…
[inhales]
I'll tell you something about all of this.
First of all, the Santa Maria firefighters
are the biggest culprits.
I don't know if you know this,
but there's a law that prohibits
flammable materials inside nightclubs,
and the firefighters ignored it.
If they had at least made an order
for the club to remove the foam,
nothing would've happened.
And the politicians?
Look, I feel the same way
that you do about this.
And Thales…
I can't say about Dedé, but Thales is
the guy who's who's been around
and on the social scene for a while.
He has influence.
He has a lot of contacts inside city hall,
and he's arranged some kind of deal,
I have no doubt about it.
But how am I supposed to prove that?
Well, sir,
if your daughter
had gone to the club that night,
and you did wake up
and she wasn't at the house,
and you kept waking up
without her for the rest of your life,
would that excuse be acceptable?
Look,
my heart truly feels your pain, Pedro,
but there's nothing I can do about it.
We'll see about that.
Geraldo?
[scoffs] It was a disaster.
No politicians were targeted.
They'll get away with all of it.
-Geraldo--
-Brazil, right? I mean, fucking hell.
[Telma] Geraldo.
Telma, can we talk tomorrow?
I'm exhausted.
-Uh, it's just that we have guests--
-[Geraldo] Guests?
-[Telma] They want to tell you something.
-This late at night? Come on. I can't.
Remember Camila?
-Camila, a friend of Guilherme?
-No, Telma, I don't remember.
She came to see us at Mass.
-Uh…
-[Telma] Well, they…
They met at a party,
and they were all camping. [laughs]
And, well,
they had a relationship together.
[unsteady breathing]
A short one, but intense, you know? And…
[Telma laughing]
Anyway, apparently, they had a connection.
It was confusing,
but it was good. It was good.
And then they went
their separate ways, and… and--
[Geraldo] Easy, honey. What is it?
Well, they had the most wonderful thing.
They had the most wonderful thing
that they could've had.
-What is it?
-[sobbing]
Well, it's Alexandre.
Who's Alexandre?
Alexandre, Geraldo.
Alexandre's our grandson!
What?
-[Telma] We have a little grandson!
-[laughs]
And she brought him with her
to meet us here!
[sobbing]
-That's right!
-[Alexandre babbling]
Hi. [laughs]
[Camila] Look, it's Grandpa and Grandma.
It's your grandpa and grandma, son!
[Telma] Alexandre!
[Camila] Guilherme was so special.
[Geraldo chuckles]
[Camila] And we really had
such a special connection. [laughs]
He left me this gift.
[all laughing]
And we can take a DNA test if you want,
but I… I really don't have any doubts.
[all laugh]
[Geraldo] Let him be, Telma.
Look at him. He's just like Guilherme.
-He's… He's just like Guilherme.
-He is, isn't he?
We have a grandson.
[both laugh]
Yes, it's our grandson! [chuckles]
[intriguing music playing]
The government is at fault,
both at the state and city levels.
And city hall is considerably guilty here,
and I am as well.
The office of the District Attorney
also holds responsibility.
The tragedy occurred just because
the inspectors didn't do their jobs.
DA'S OFFICE AUTHORIZES KISS CLUB
TO REOPEN AFTER RENOVATIONS
[intriguing music continues]
-Shall we?
-[Fernando] Uh-huh.
Yo, doc,
try to get it right this time.
I can't stand being here anymore.
Seven surgeries are enough.
I really want to get better,
but I seriously
don't want to keep coming back.
[light piano music playing]
[moaning softly]
[hopeful music playing]
-[buzzer]
-Pedro!
Sil!
[buzzing]
Sil!
Ana?
What's going on? Please, come on in.
I just figured out why no one was charged
by the District Attorney.
-They already said… Hey, please come in!
-Yes, I know what they said.
But I figured out the truth,
the real truth.
My God, it's so obvious!
The nightclub was shut down
by the prosecutors because of noise.
They allowed the club to reopen
after renovations,
despite all the irregularities.
This prosecutor, named Hernandes Pereira,
he knew about the club's issues,
and he didn't order to close for business.
So that's the problem.
If they punish someone from city hall
for not closing down the club,
they'd have to charge him too.
So to protect one of their guys,
they need to fricking exempt them all.
[Pedro] Sil, who's there? Sil?
Damn, this rain is unbelievable!
Who's out there? Ana?
-Hey, Pedro.
-[Pedro] Is everything okay?
Pedro Leal, listen to me.
You'd better brace yourself
because this fight is on!
[moving piano music playing]
because of the noise.
He made it happen.
You know who gave us a permit?
The fire department. City hall.
[scoffs]
I was only the cash guy.
Dedé was in charge of running Kiss.
I'm not an architect or an engineer.
How would I know that the foam was toxic?
I was just the band's roadie,
and so I bought what they said to.
[Dedé] I mean, if I showed you some foam,
could you say, "Oh, this one here,
this will kill a bunch of kids."
You were holding the mic.
Why didn't you warn everyone?
I did try, sir.
I really tried.
Well, Cássio, on accordion,
he told me
to buy the fireworks, and I did,
but I don't know anything at all
about fireworks, sir.
I just did what I was told!
How was I supposed to know
they'd light a fire inside the club?
I've got another club as well,
and they've never lit fireworks.
Actually, I let go of the mic to grab,
um, the fire extinguisher.
The flames started at the other side
of the stage, so it's possible that, uh…
that there was a short circuit
and it wasn't the fireworks.
[sobbing] They ruined my entire life!
They ruined my life!
THE ENDLESS NIGHT
[on TV] The police have concluded
that the fire spread throughout the club
because it was lined
with this flammable foam
which is prohibited by the Fire Protection
Code as it is not flame retardant.
Let's see what happens in this simulation.
In just seconds,
everything is on fire.
In reality, the club should have been
using foam that was both flame retardant
as well as self-extinguishing,
as is recommended by the fire department.
-However, that foam is more expensive.
-What a son of a bitch!
[Ricardo groans]
[sighs]
Ricardo, you need to do something.
You can't just keep sitting here all day
thinking about Marco
and screaming at the TV.
And do what? What should I do?
I'm in pain. I'm enraged.
I just want to…
-[Lívia] Go to the association.
-[Ricardo] I don't know.
-Let's go and just see.
-See what? Talk to whom?
Staying here won't get us anywhere.
They're starting up soon, and I'm going.
Are you staying?
FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER THE FIRE
Good afternoon.
[all] Good afternoon.
I would like to, um,
thank you for attending the first meeting
of the Association of Victims
of the Tragedy in Santa Maria.
It doesn't matter who we were before this.
Today we are
brothers and sisters,
made equal by loss.
And this association is our common voice
because together
we will have the strength to fight.
[sighs] Uh… Now I'd like to call
Captain Idalina to the stage.
-[Idalina] Good afternoon, everyone.
-[all] Good afternoon.
I'm Idalina.
I am a nurse and a captain
at the Santa Maria Police Department…
Oh, it's wonderful
having both of you here.
The more people, the better.
[Idalina] We now have over 600 people
who were wounded,
who need medical care and so much more.
Physical therapy, psychological care.
So the city, the state, and the government
have created a permanent program
which all of you will have access to.
-[Ana] Good afternoon, everyone.
-[all] Good afternoon.
Many of our children were… were
the sole providers for their families.
The Mothers of January Project
will provide them food
so no one will go hungry.
Well, on behalf of the Association,
I'd like to thank Ana Campos.
Moacyr! Moacyr!
May I please say a few words?
I'll be quick.
Of course, Pedro. Be my guest.
Thank you. Thank you, Moacyr. Thank you.
Hi. Uh, hi, everyone.
Well, my name is Pedro Leal, and…
My daughter is Mari.
And I just wanted to say something.
Uh… Um… Well, first, I'd… I'd like
to thank Captain Idalina and Ana
because all help is needed right now.
But, I…
Well, what I want to know is,
why are we all here?
I mean, I guess because our kids are dead.
Okay, but why are our children dead?
They set off fireworks
that spread to the foam
which released poisonous gas.
But… But why?
Who bought them, and who authorized it?
And who inspected them?
And then who let our children inside?
We need to find out all of these answers
because without justice for our kids,
they'll never be able to rest in peace.
They won't.
And we won't.
Cold fireworks are what they're called
for indoor use.
Because there's no gunpowder,
they have no smell or smoke.
They're still hot, of course.
They're fireworks.
You wouldn't want to point 'em at anyone.
But they do burn rapidly.
And they won't burn anything else.
And what do they cost?
Well, R$75,
but I made Vicente an offer for 50.
He said he had experience
and a certification.
He had bought stuff at my store
a bunch of times already.
-He always bought the same fireworks?
-[man] Yes.
-Which ones did he end up buying?
-The same he always buys.
These here.
These are fire for real.
They contain gunpowder.
-[Portella] How much are these?
-R$2.50.
[woman] You see that?
Right over here,
there should be a fire extinguisher.
But Dedé had it taken out
because he didn't like the esthetic.
And right here,
the extinguisher that didn't work,
it was used as a joke at a birthday
at the club two days before the fire.
Were you there
the night of the fire or not?
Yeah, I was there.
I covered photography
for all their events.
And that night, my brother was with me.
But my brother…
[somber music playing]
My brother couldn't get out.
THE USE OF HIGHLY FLAMMABLE MATERIALS
IS PROHIBITED
IN CINEMAS, THEATERS, CLUBS, AND SIMILAR
[Telma] Geraldo?
What are you doing?
I'm doing research.
Look, there's this one law,
and it says clubs can't have
toxic or inflammable materials.
It's forbidden. Look, it's illegal.
-Will you come to bed?
-[Geraldo] I can't.
No. No, no, no. I can't.
I really just… I gotta…
Okay.
[somber music playing]
[Telma sighs]
Our guys didn't do anything wrong.
We wouldn't have been able
to rescue the victims all by ourselves.
We either accepted help from civilians
and save some,
or not accepted and let everyone die.
Do you know how many of these guys need
mental healthcare right now?
The whole squad.
It was a war zone.
Chaos, screaming, bodies everywhere,
and there wasn't…
Look.
Our job in here is saving lives.
Who… Who did we save? Tell me.
Who did we save?
[man, weakly]
The whole problem started in 2009,
when Kiss was reported
because of a noise complaint.
The police almost ended up
shutting the club down.
Then came the prosecutor.
He had an agreement
for a conduct adjustment
with, um, a list of renovations
that had to be done.
Were you the manager then?
I was his assistant.
The manager was his brother-in-law.
And then, that was when they installed
the guardrails and then the foam?
They, um…
-[Rocha] You wanna write it down?
-Yeah.
"They had to do renovations,
so Dedé installed the guardrails,
but it didn't solve the noise issue,
the police said."
"And then Dedé bought the foam
in a store where they sell mattresses."
"The engineer installed it."
"After the inspection,
we took it down off the walls."
"There was some left,
so Dedé put it on the ceiling."
Yeah, so the engineer said
that he wasn't involved.
He never installed any foam
as part of the project,
and that it wouldn't even function
as insulation.
All I know is what Dedé said.
What did the blueprint say?
The guy who actually installed the foam
worked the bar.
I guarantee
he wasn't checking any blueprints.
[Portella] April 2011, the club
is inspected by the fire department,
who said the club was lacking
emergency lights,
as well as emergency exits.
Dedé orders renovations
but doesn't address those problems,
then has guardrails installed instead.
[Portella] In August,
another inspection is completed,
saying the club has no guardrails,
when they did.
It doesn't mention the emergency lights
and exits hadn't been installed,
plus it was signed by a firefighter
who wasn't at the club at all.
Look, something's wrong with
this document from the fire department.
The one about the demographic.
Look at the date.
They signed it
after the fire had gone down.
Sure did,
and hid it in the rest of the paperwork
so it looked like it was already there.
These guys are messing with us!
They're taking us for idiots
is what this is!
This is serious!
This is more than serious. It's a crime.
[man 1] So this will be
his third operation?
-[man 2] His fourth.
-[man 1] My God.
[man 2] He still needs several surgeries.
Sixty percent of his body was burned.
He'll need gradual graft applications,
and it will take a long time to recover.
[man 1] Oh man. Poor guy.
[man 2] Yeah. He was one of the most
severe cases we got here.
[muffled] He burned his skin, his muscles…
[voices fade]
[indistinct conversation]
[Fernando grunts]
-[machine beeping]
-[nurse] Huh?
[labored breathing]
[machine beeping rapidly]
-[nurse] Come on, Grazi.
-[Grazi panting]
Come on.
Come on. You can do it!
-[Grazi struggles]
-[nurse] That's it.
That's it!
Keep going.
One more step, Grazi.
Come on.
One more time, huh?
-No. No, I can't. No, I can't!
-Come on.
-No, no, no!
-You can do it.
I don't want to keep walking!
I wanna do my nails,
wear heels, and… dance.
You can do your nails. And the rest…
Well, some day you will.
Just focus now on walking now. Huh?
You're gonna need to relearn it.
So come on. A little more. Yeah?
Now, come on, honey.
You can do this. Atta girl!
[somber music playing]
That's very good, Grazi.
-[Grazi sighs]
-Yeah, that's it!
[Pedro] Yeah, like that. There.
Yeah, just watch your finger.
Watch your finger like that.
[woman] I can just tie them in.
Let's put them all over here.
[indistinct conversation]
-[woman 1] Could you hand me another one?
-[woman 2] There you go.
[Silvana] What about here?
Okay, so just bring all that stuff,
and we'll put everything here.
Put it over there.
Yes, please. Great.
[wheezing]
Ma.
Fernando.
-Where am I?
-[mom] You're in Porto Alegre, sweetie.
Most of your body was severely burned.
And you were in a coma for nine days.
The doctors said that you've been given
a new lease on life.
[sobbing]
Uh, my name is Silvana.
Our daughter Marienne…
She had just turned 20, and she was…
[inhales deeply]
She was our light.
And you know, we would always…
worry a lot…
about her future ahead. [sobs]
But she… she had the right
to act like a child.
She had the right
to act like she was young.
And she had the right to…
The right to have fun in life.
And just before she left for the club,
she, uh,
she said…
She said we'd be proud of her one day.
But we are proud.
We were always so proud of our baby girl!
[sobbing]
[reflective music playing]
I'm very proud of you, honey.
[breathes deeply]
And I'm proud of…
of who you wanted to turn into,
and of who you already were.
I love you.
-Ready?
-Yep.
All right?
[Ricardo] Come on.
Our son Marco,
he wanted to travel the world,
but not right away.
In the future.
Right now…
Right now, he just wanted to spend
a bit more time with his parents.
[laughs]
He was a sweet kid. [sniffles]
This is my son…
Felipe.
Felipinho.
[man] This here is my son Heitor.
He… He studied architecture.
[man sobbing]
This is my cousin, Fábio.
I would have never thought
that that night,
it would be the last time I saw him.
[woman sobbing]
Hello, sir.
A pleasure. I'm… I'm Pedro Leal.
I'd like to ask
on behalf of everyone that's here,
do us one favor.
Do not let anything get past you.
[sighs] Tons of errors.
The inspections, the permits…
Pure negligence.
I'm amazed it didn't happen more often.
But you won't throw in the towel
just because there are errors?
No. No, the opposite.
Over a hundred statements have been taken,
and plenty is yet to be done.
We're going through
everything that's documented,
and we will catch all parties
who are responsible.
For everything.
In each of their circles.
You have my word, okay?
Um, evening.
My name is João Portella.
This right here is Letícia.
She was my cousin.
She was 18.
DA'S OFFICE
ONE MONTH AFTER THE FIRE
[Pedro] Excuse me.
Excuse me. Thanks. How are you?
-Good afternoon.
-[all] Good afternoon.
Good afternoon, and welcome
to the District Attorney's office.
[Moacyr] Sir, excuse me. Uh…
On behalf of the Association of Victims
of the Santa Maria Tragedy,
I'd like to thank you gentlemen
for welcoming us
and, uh, deliver this petition
with 28,000 signatures,
asking for justice.
Thank you.
Well, we would also like to show
our appreciation
for your presence here today.
Now, we know this is a very sensitive time
in your lives,
and I really just want
all of you to rest assured
that, believe us, justice will come.
I want to know
if you'll be calling it a murder,
which it was.
[murmurs of agreement]
Well.
[sighs] At this point,
uh, we can't conclude decisively
that there was intent to commit murder.
Rather, it seems a great tragedy
caused by extreme negligence.
Firstly, we'll need to evaluate
the investigation
and the evidence provided by the police.
But we're all the proof you need.
Us sitting here is proof.
Yeah. It was assassination.
A murder. It was, wasn't it?
-[crowd agreeing]
-Huh?
Twenty cents.
Excuse me?
You know that the fireworks,
the indoor kind, cost R$50.
And the fireworks you're supposed
to use outside cost only R$2.50.
That amounted to a difference of R$47.50.
And that difference
took the lives of 242 victims.
Murdered our children!
-Just do the math!
-[sobbing]
Two hundred forty-two victims.
The lives of all of our children, to them,
are worth less than 20 cents apiece.
[man] Sir, all of these things
you're… you're pointing out--
Every victim's death,
every one of them,
it was caused
as a result of that difference in cost.
And we get that someone's decision,
for the sake of saving,
was that it was worth it
to risk the lives of all of our children.
And now you want to tell me
that it was an accident?
Look at this.
Excuse me.
I did the math.
Take a look.
Right here.
The area, based on the square footage,
allowed for, what,
760 or 770 people in it?
Over a thousand people were there!
Over a thousand!
That's a crime!
Listen to this.
The definition of
"administrative misconduct."
"To delay or completely fail to practice
an official act."
It's the law!
Right here, without question! A crime!
City hall knew all about this.
Why wasn't it closed?
The club's permits had expired,
and there were no emergency exits.
Why didn't they close it down?
Yes, exactly. That's--
Right here are the blueprints
and the laws.
What else do you need?
Exactly. That's what we're investigating
and what the police are investigating.
Because this incident
should never have happened at all.
And we'll be looking
to find the full truth
so we can punish these culprits
as they deserve.
Listen, I understand what you're saying.
Some of you may know me.
I also live in Santa Maria,
and I am also a parent.
Uh, when I was told about the fire,
I rushed to my daughter's bedroom
because I thought
that she was at the club that night.
-But I was lucky.
-[scoffs]
Thank God
she decided she wasn't going--
[Pedro] Hey, Mr. Prosecutor.
I think you should treat this case
as if you were one of the unlucky ones.
Pretty much everyone either lost someone
or knows someone who did, but still.
Yeah. Yeah.
In São Paulo,
it's just another news story.
No one can understand
what we've been through.
Yeah.
It makes it hard to socialize.
Oh yeah, and even with family members,
because they want
to keep us distracted, but… how?
It's impossible to be distracted because
I don't want to… to relax
or forget about it.
There's no way. It's impossible.
[Geraldo] You know, my son…
I killed him.
-Geraldo, stop it.
-Hey, Telma, you know I'm right.
-No, sweetie--
-There's no two ways about it.
If I had died, he'd be here.
I'm sorry, guys. I'm sorry.
[Geraldo tuts, sobs]
I was away from my son
for four and a half years.
Went to Australia to study, and…
[laughs] …and Telma went to visit him,
but I…
Why? [sobs]
We waste so much damn time in our lives.
[sobbing]
Please stop. Stop.
I'm sorry, guys.
He… [sniffles]
He came back to our house
in Brazil to live with us.
And then I had a stroke.
[sniffles] I thought I would die.
Nobody's ready for death.
I didn't want to die.
I kept on asking why.
Well, I wanted
to spend more time with my son.
But then, in the end, it was nothing.
I mean, it was just a…
just a harmless little stroke, you know?
Once I recovered,
well, I was grateful to have more time.
If I had died,
he just wouldn't have been here.
-Please stop it, Geraldo.
-[Geraldo] If I had--
-[Telma] Stop.
-He wouldn't have stayed!
-It should have been me.
-[Telma] Stop that.
[Geraldo sobbing] Should have been me.
My son!
[both sobbing]
Hey, Dad. Australia's a hop away!
A kangaroo hop, but still, right? [laughs]
[Geraldo] Go on. Go on.
This road is here to be seen, Mr. Geraldo.
-But I'll always come back to you.
-I know that.
-[Telma] Take care.
-For sure. Take care of him, huh? [laughs]
-I'm goin'!
-Bye.
-Don't forget São Paulo football forever!
-[Guilherme] São Paulo!
-Call us when you arrive!
-[Guilherme] I will!
[hopeful music playing]
FOREVER MISSED
POLICE STATION
[phone ringing]
This is Chief Tereza Rocha.
[woman] City hall is hiding documents.
[dramatic music playing]
Uh, is this a report? Who am I talking to?
[woman] City Hall.
Marcus Vinicius, his office.
Look for the documents
in the box behind the stairs.
[line disconnects]
[dramatic music continues]
POLICE
Twenty-nine irregularities.
These documents show 29 irregularities
within the nightclub
that city hall kept from us.
That's absurd, sure,
but was it a crime though?
Was there any evidence?
Well, there's evidence
in the permits, the mistakes,
the negligence.
Why was this club still open,
and why were they hiding documents?
[machine beeping softly, air hissing]
[whispers] Water.
-[coughing]
-[nurse] Easy.
[Portella] The musicians,
through their actions,
created all of the risks in question.
No one expected them to act
like a captain going down with his ship,
but the least they could've done was
to warn the public of the fire,
to try to save as many people as possible.
Well, uh, we have another video here,
from a different part of the club.
Please.
And, right here, the kid says,
"The club is on fire."
Five seconds pass.
Fifteen seconds.
Twenty seconds.
POLICE PRESS CONFERENCE
[Portella] Twenty-five seconds.
At 30 seconds, it's already dark.
The chaos has already taken over.
At 40 seconds, horror.
The lights went out. Smoke was everywhere.
People were inhaling cyanide
and starting to pass out.
[Rocha] This club was operating
with expired permits,
without any interference
from the fire department
which had inspected it
after the renovations were done.
The very same department
that created a protection system
which depended upon
the word of the establishment…
-Come on! That's absurd. So absurd!
-That's absurd.
We've been failed by city hall.
They possessed documents
with proof of the nightclub's faults,
which they then hid from the police.
[Rocha]
In this preliminary police inquiry,
we're indicting 16 people,
including the four
who were already arrested,
as well as club administrators,
firefighters, city hall employees,
and two municipal secretaries.
That's a good thing. Right, honey?
-They're going after everybody.
-Yeah, everybody.
In total, there are 28 people
who are deemed responsible,
including Mayor Weber,
whose case was taken to the state court
due to his special jurisdiction.
Now it's up to the District Attorney…
Thank God for that, Lívia. Thank God,
because if they don't do anything…
If… If they just wash their hands of it,
I'll burn this city down, Lívia!
I'll burn city hall.
I'll burn all this shit to the ground!
TWO MONTHS AFTER THE FIRE
SANTA MARIA AIRPORT
[Celso] We will now present the report
on the Kiss nightclub case.
On 27th January, 2013, around 3:15 a.m.,
at 1925 Andradas Street,
at the Kiss club premises,
the accused,
including Anderson, Thales, Roberto,
and Vicente Adriano murdered 242 people.
-[all sigh]
-[Ricardo] Thank God.
All four are present
and accused of manslaughter
with possible intent.
Yes. Yes, that's right,
because they did commit murder.
Wait. What?
Well, they'll all get prosecuted
as murderers,
so we won't have to deal
with this "accident" nonsense,
and they're going to jail now.
They deserve it.
The police authorities have now indicted
João Carlos Johansson,
the Municipal Secretary of Safety
and Urban Mobility,
as well as the city inspector,
Afrânio Genésio Lima,
for the culpability of 242 murders.
The politicians.
[Celso] However, any claims
of criminal responsibility of the indicted
requires an additional complementary
clarification which prevents,
at this time,
their inclusion in this report.
What does he mean, "prevents"?
Those guys won't be charged?
With nothing more to add,
the following are indicted.
Anderson Almeida Pargo, known as Dedé,
Thales Matteus Baumer,
the co-owners of the club.
Roberto Arnaldo da Silva, the singer,
Vicente Adriano de Pádua Almeida,
the producer of the band.
As for the firefighters,
Saulo Alves de Santis,
Fabiano Guerra Cavalcanti,
Douglas Vilas Mamede,
and Juscilei Eraldo Ortiz.
That's it? It can't be. The owners
of the club, the guys in the band.
-And firefighters?
-[Celso] No others.
What about the guys at city hall?
Where are the politicians?
Huh? The politicians?
-The police indicted 28 culprits before!
-They're keeping them protected!
Where are the rest of the accused?
Yeah, we want all 28!
We want all 28!
-Where are the rest of them?
-Yeah, come on, all 28!
Bring the rest out!
-Calm down, please.
-Calm down.
-[Ana] We want all 28!
-[Celso] Calm down.
We're here to respond to all questions.
-But calmly.
-One at a time, please.
Gentlemen! Gentlemen! We already know
that the four men you arrested
killed our children
out of greed and irresponsibility.
Well, yes, we agree with you,
which is why we're going
to be prosecuting them for murder,
so what else do you want?
[Pedro] What else do we want?
We want all the authorities
that allowed this to happen!
And whose oversight killed my child?
Who wasn't doing their job
and killed my daughter, and why?
And who gains from it?
That's fine, but we can only effectively
charge those who committed crimes,
as defined in the law.
And incompetence,
unfortunately, is really not a crime.
Yeah, and even if we charged everyone,
just receiving the testimonies,
that would take us years.
-I don't believe that!
-What?
-Oh my God!
-Are you kidding me?
It's unbelievable.
-It's always the same shit!
-Pedro!
Yeah, what is this?
So no one is responsible now
for any fucking thing?
Please, sir.
Please, would you listen?
When we allowed our kids
to leave our houses on that night,
us, like any parent would in Brazil…
We let them go because we trusted
that our kids were going to a safe place.
This wasn't because of
who the owner of the club was,
or the singer, or the band, or whatever.
It was because our children
were going to an event
in a club that was authorized
to be operating
in a city that was being protected
by firefighters
and permits and by city hall!
All of us trusted the state!
We had faith in Santa Maria!
And then you come here and tell me
that my first son
was killed in a mousetrap
in some kind of labyrinth
that should never
have been allowed to operate!
So I ask you now,
who had this shit inspected?
And who signed off on it?
And who authorized it to run because…
Because someone is responsible!
Why do we even have a mayor?
What do we have a fire department for?
Who allowed that club to run
with all those problems?
Tell me why!
Why aren't those assholes charged?
[sobbing] Fucking hell, Lívia!
[Ana] That's right!
-Why aren't the other 28 on trial?
-[Ricardo] Where are all 28?
-[man] Yeah!
-[Ricardo] Where are they?
-[all shouting] Where are the 28?
-Calm down!
[all shouting]
-Okay. Everyone, calm down. Calm down!
-[man] Yeah.
[prosecutor]
You're barking up the wrong tree!
If you don't like it,
take it up with who made the laws!
[Ricardo] No!
-We didn't come here for insults!
-Oh!
[tense music playing]
I'm not here for insults!
Bastard? No! There's no bastard here.
Hey, sir.
What happened to finding everyone
who was responsible?
-Listen, Pedro. Pedro's your name, right?
-Mm-hmm.
So, I…
[inhales]
I'll tell you something about all of this.
First of all, the Santa Maria firefighters
are the biggest culprits.
I don't know if you know this,
but there's a law that prohibits
flammable materials inside nightclubs,
and the firefighters ignored it.
If they had at least made an order
for the club to remove the foam,
nothing would've happened.
And the politicians?
Look, I feel the same way
that you do about this.
And Thales…
I can't say about Dedé, but Thales is
the guy who's who's been around
and on the social scene for a while.
He has influence.
He has a lot of contacts inside city hall,
and he's arranged some kind of deal,
I have no doubt about it.
But how am I supposed to prove that?
Well, sir,
if your daughter
had gone to the club that night,
and you did wake up
and she wasn't at the house,
and you kept waking up
without her for the rest of your life,
would that excuse be acceptable?
Look,
my heart truly feels your pain, Pedro,
but there's nothing I can do about it.
We'll see about that.
Geraldo?
[scoffs] It was a disaster.
No politicians were targeted.
They'll get away with all of it.
-Geraldo--
-Brazil, right? I mean, fucking hell.
[Telma] Geraldo.
Telma, can we talk tomorrow?
I'm exhausted.
-Uh, it's just that we have guests--
-[Geraldo] Guests?
-[Telma] They want to tell you something.
-This late at night? Come on. I can't.
Remember Camila?
-Camila, a friend of Guilherme?
-No, Telma, I don't remember.
She came to see us at Mass.
-Uh…
-[Telma] Well, they…
They met at a party,
and they were all camping. [laughs]
And, well,
they had a relationship together.
[unsteady breathing]
A short one, but intense, you know? And…
[Telma laughing]
Anyway, apparently, they had a connection.
It was confusing,
but it was good. It was good.
And then they went
their separate ways, and… and--
[Geraldo] Easy, honey. What is it?
Well, they had the most wonderful thing.
They had the most wonderful thing
that they could've had.
-What is it?
-[sobbing]
Well, it's Alexandre.
Who's Alexandre?
Alexandre, Geraldo.
Alexandre's our grandson!
What?
-[Telma] We have a little grandson!
-[laughs]
And she brought him with her
to meet us here!
[sobbing]
-That's right!
-[Alexandre babbling]
Hi. [laughs]
[Camila] Look, it's Grandpa and Grandma.
It's your grandpa and grandma, son!
[Telma] Alexandre!
[Camila] Guilherme was so special.
[Geraldo chuckles]
[Camila] And we really had
such a special connection. [laughs]
He left me this gift.
[all laughing]
And we can take a DNA test if you want,
but I… I really don't have any doubts.
[all laugh]
[Geraldo] Let him be, Telma.
Look at him. He's just like Guilherme.
-He's… He's just like Guilherme.
-He is, isn't he?
We have a grandson.
[both laugh]
Yes, it's our grandson! [chuckles]
[intriguing music playing]
The government is at fault,
both at the state and city levels.
And city hall is considerably guilty here,
and I am as well.
The office of the District Attorney
also holds responsibility.
The tragedy occurred just because
the inspectors didn't do their jobs.
DA'S OFFICE AUTHORIZES KISS CLUB
TO REOPEN AFTER RENOVATIONS
[intriguing music continues]
-Shall we?
-[Fernando] Uh-huh.
Yo, doc,
try to get it right this time.
I can't stand being here anymore.
Seven surgeries are enough.
I really want to get better,
but I seriously
don't want to keep coming back.
[light piano music playing]
[moaning softly]
[hopeful music playing]
-[buzzer]
-Pedro!
Sil!
[buzzing]
Sil!
Ana?
What's going on? Please, come on in.
I just figured out why no one was charged
by the District Attorney.
-They already said… Hey, please come in!
-Yes, I know what they said.
But I figured out the truth,
the real truth.
My God, it's so obvious!
The nightclub was shut down
by the prosecutors because of noise.
They allowed the club to reopen
after renovations,
despite all the irregularities.
This prosecutor, named Hernandes Pereira,
he knew about the club's issues,
and he didn't order to close for business.
So that's the problem.
If they punish someone from city hall
for not closing down the club,
they'd have to charge him too.
So to protect one of their guys,
they need to fricking exempt them all.
[Pedro] Sil, who's there? Sil?
Damn, this rain is unbelievable!
Who's out there? Ana?
-Hey, Pedro.
-[Pedro] Is everything okay?
Pedro Leal, listen to me.
You'd better brace yourself
because this fight is on!
[moving piano music playing]