MALTHUS SNACK BAR
Aurélio is calmer, the workers at seven pay for breakfast and leave. When Aurélio has time to relax, Jonas breaks out like a hurricane and heads straight for the counter.
"Oh, buddy, I just dispatched my customers who work at seven. Don't you have to help your father with bread rolls?"
"We woke up at five in the morning to do that, you worm!"
Aurélio leaves behind the counter and is close to Jonas. There's tension between them, "Boy, two options: tell your father what you've been cursing at me or we solve it like men! You're a lot younger than me, but you're looking for it!"
Jonas acts like a ridiculous guy, "I'm not afraid of you, man, come on!"
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MALTHUS SNACK BAR - DAYAurélio loses his temper with Jonas. The tension increases.Aurelio shouts, "Ah, go fly a kite, man! Go be paranoid in China!"Jonas remains insistent, "What do you have to say to me about this? This time it’s not in my head, I saw it!""Yes, you saw it, Annie saw it, and the whole group saw it and laughed! Why were you the only one with that rotten idea in your head?"Jonas replies maliciously, "It's because I'm the only one who sees the truth about you. Monica is also beautiful, and very close to you."Aurélio desperately orders, "You need to occupy your mind, my comrade! Go back to the bakery, go help your father! An empt
CASCAIS BAKERYAnnie is at the table making her usual snack. She had been left alone while Jonas tormented Aurélio. Now he comes snorting and breathing hard.Annie gets up, "Jon! What happened? Do you need a doctor? Is it your blood pressure?""Yes, Ann. Too much pressure. Pressure to keep our neighborhood a peaceful and decent place."Annie approaches him, "This is a mission for Officer Roldão. Thanks to the posters that we paste people are more aware."Jonas goes straight, "I had another discussion with Aurélio."Annie is silent and saddened.Jonas continues, "I'm sorry, Annie. I try, but I can't s
MONICA'S LIVING ROOM - DAYMonica and Fábia Peres are pulling the broom as if it were a tug of war. Monica is stronger and manages to pull it, but throws her aside. She is gasping.Fábia provokes her, "You can come, I'll guarantee myself!""You didn't even guarantee your boyfriend and that day I was winning. I don't want to hurt you, Fábia, go home!""You don't give me orders; I'm not your maid, you bastard!"Fábia Peres says that when she is going to go on top of Monica. But suddenly, Ricardo's arms hold her. He holds the madwoman and Carina enters, heading toward Monica."Monica! We heard the screams from the other side, what's going on?"
MONICA'S LIVING ROOMRicardo, Carina, and Monica despise Fábia Peres for her way of being.Ricardo asks, "Who is this girl, after all?"Monica answers, "Fábia Peres lives here next door and was Fábio Dance's girlfriend."Fábia Peres yells, "Because of you, I'm not anymore!""The funny thing is that even when the two of them were at their best, she never stopped tormenting me and accusing me.""Of course, I knew from the first day that you were watching my male!"Ricardo asks, "Do you mean that Monica deliberately arranged the separation of the two of you from the first moment?"
MIRIAM BEDROOM - DAYEd is approaching through the bedroom window, hidden, sneaking in to listen. Inside the house, Sandra and Miriam are talking.Sandra is dumbfounded, "You mean you guys kissed madly?"Ed looks shocked.Inside the room, Miriam is in the nine clouds, "Yes, girl, it was four or five times! And every time the gentleman asked me for forgiveness, asking if I was offended!""Gee, the man is really a gentleman.""Ah, if they don't expel me from the group, I'll resign myself! Because this clowning of 'following the biblical script' won't work for me, no! I know that Carlos wants to go to the end with me, he is crazy with desire, but his principles speak lou
RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATIONFábia Peres enters all dizzy and disoriented. Célio is standing up filing Tito's documents.Fábia Peres speaks with contempt, "But, what a little room so seventies!"Célio replies mockingly, "Good morning, citizen! How can I help you?"Fábia Peres gets closer. "You could help me by dating Monica so I can have Fabinho back."Célio bangs the file drawer shut.Fábia Peres continues with mockery, "Apparently, you already know.""Just say what you want, because I'm busy.""Busy in earning a misery in this pl
RICARDO'S LIVING ROOM - AFTERNOONCarlos feels cornered by Ricardo, who asks if he has anything with Carina.He replies cautiously, "No, I have nothing to do with Carina. I'm not her boyfriend."Ricardo replies jokingly, "You don't know the angel you're missing."Carlos gets angry, "I won't allow you these cheap pick-up lines!"Ricardo gives his classic silly smile, "My God, officer! See how I can't understand you? Why do you react so violently, when I mean Carina?""She is too pure to be mentioned from your filthy mouth!""How do you know if my mouth is filthy? You don't know me!"
COR-DE-ROSA STATIONERYAnnie comes in anxiously. There are no customers. Rosa is on the last page of Monica's book."Hey, this is the book of—"Rosa gestures to wait; it's in the last paragraph. Annie smiles with her. Tears begin to flow from Rosa's eyes when she finally ends."Good heavens! This book will sell like water! Why did the first publisher reject this gem?"Annie replies, "You know how it is: it's not appealing, it doesn't have immoral pages, the protagonist follows the biblical script until the wedding... So for those who like shamelessness, it does not sell.""Ah, what matters is the victory of love. Anyway, how can I help you?"
BAKERY CASCAIS - DAYFábio enters the bakery and is amazed by what he sees: Monica prostrated in the chair, finishing crying, with Annie sitting next to her, comforting her and assuring her that she was not a bad friend for Carina. Jonas continues to serve customers, sometimes taking a look at both.Fábio approaches the two girls with concern, “Monica! What happened?”He kneels to her. Monica smiles slightly, touched by his concern, “It’s okay, Fábio. I was worse. I just remembered Carina and the worst step she’s going to take in her life.”“You are thinking about the lunch she has with the damn parents.”Annie explains, “It’s just that Monica is feeling guilty for not preventing Carina from going to that lunch.”Fábio caresses Monica’s hair, “My love, you tried, but Carina needs to make her decision. After all, everyone has to carry their load.”“She is going to suffer, Fábio. At least I asked her to keep an eye on the family. She could take advantage of the fact that she is going to
PENHA’S HOUSE - DAYEverybody took the day to ask Ricardo trick questions. However, he felt it was not the time to answer or lie to the inquirers.He just weaves his classic silly little smile and avoids the subject, “Calm down, Penha, you don’t need to create conspiracy theories. The guy disappears from the bar for three days without giving any satisfaction. I thought he moved out of the neighborhood. I didn’t understand the disappearance.”Penha narrows her eyes, hardly believing what she heard. He kidnaps Wellington and then asks “why did he disappear?”“I hope he disappears. I always thought he was too good for your business. You were in danger of being reported by him.”Penha already knew the truth, since Wellington had told her. She just teased Ricardo, as if she had fun with it. She wanted to see his reaction.Ricardo was more nervous, tense, taking a deep breath, and “counting to three” so as not to reveal himself more than he did at the Malthus snack bar. Not with Penha.“Any
MALTHUS SNACK BAR - DAYAurélio is teaching Luís how to properly serve customers. Wellington is sweeping. Nobody notices the window, where Ricardo is looking at the three with dismay.Ricardo goes back a few steps and enters the snack bar even with the “closed” sign on the door. The three men turn their attention to the door opening and closing and are surprised.“Ricardo?” the owner says, “We haven’t opened it yet, but we already have snacks in the showcase.”Ricardo looks with disgust at the snacks, “I don’t want to be a victim of the ‘Salmonella bar’ anymore. What are these two doing here?”Disgusted, Wellington drops the broom and approaches him, “You can ask us, directly. We are here!”Aurélio gestures for Wellington to calm down.Ricardo goes on talking, “And you, Wellington? Are you working here now? Aren’t you going back to the bar? Rubens is waiting for you until now!”Wellington looks at Aurélio in doubt, Aurélio responds affirmatively with a slight nod.“No, Ricardo, I won’
PENHA’S HOUSE - NIGHTPenha is disgusted by Ricardo’s unexpected visit just to ask if she is going to lunch tomorrow. Because she had no intention of going.Even with her clear body language: pouting, arms crossed and one foot hitting the ground, Ricardo does not undo the classic little silly smile.“Did you interrupt my movie... for this?”Ricardo sits in the armchair closest to the coffee table and puts his feet on top. Penha can see from the soles of one of his shoes that Ricardo stepped on ox feces.“Get those dirty feet off my coffee table!”“You haven’t confirmed me yet, sis. The dress that Carina chose is beautiful. Did you choose yours?”“Get outta my house now!”Ricardo threatens to rub his foot with his dirty shoe, showing that he knows the situation of his shoe.“Come on, sis, say yes! A family lunch, with dad and mom...”Penha is about to cry, she is very nervous. She just wants Ricardo to leave, “Please, Ricardo, stop this clowning! I’m not going to show up for lunch to h
PENHA HOUSE - NIGHTAfter Penha and Wellington cancel the lease agreement, the two say goodbye and Wellington leaves. Carlos leaves behind, without saying a single word, just smiled mysteriously at Penha, as if he knew she had just slept with Rubens.Then she takes a forgotten flannel in a corner and begins to try to clean the spilled coffee on the sofa, as it has practically dried, staining the fabric. Rubens, sensing the empty house, leaves the room furious and in long strides.Rubens takes Penha violently by the arm and makes her turn to him. Penha is startled by being taken by surprise and widens her eyes.“Hey, what are you doing?”“What did that kid come to do here?”Penha tries to get rid of Rubens, but he won’t let her go.“Let go of me! He just came to end the lease! He won’t be living in the kitchenette anymore!”“Did you send him to the bar today?”“I was so shocked by his decision that I didn’t even remember!”Rubens squeezes Penha’s arm tighter and she screams more, “You
WELLINGTON KITCHENETTE - DAYCarlos cornered Rosa asking her to explain to everyone how Penha is Ricardo’s sister. She gulps, nervous.Wellington looks at her more deeply than the others.Finally, she decided it was time to end the mysteries. She gets up to explain better, “Yes, people. It’s true. Ricardo is Penha’s younger brother. However, since they moved here and built the building, they have presented themselves as lovers.”“But, why is that disgusting lie?” Everybody notices Wellington’s afflicted and distressing tone.“Because Ricardo believes that by presenting himself as a boyfriend, he prevents other men from flirting and taking Penha to bed.”The girls are embarrassed.Annie blushes and asks, “Doesn’t Penha know how to simply say ‘no’ to the perverts?”“No. She deliberately accepts to sleep with anyone who invites her. She has a boyfriend who is in Europe doing a Master’s or Doctorate and doesn’t even dream that his darling is horning him.”Wellington is very ashamed of him
RHODIA AVENUE - AFTERNOONMore people gather to see Célio’s rescue, which hung in the window of Wellington’s kitchenette. Even Aurélio and his clients left the snack bar to see.“Guys, these windows... Who was the idiot who bought these big windows?”Monica, Sandra, and Annie exchange mocking gazes: they all imagined it was Ricardo’s idea with the masons.WELLINGTON’S KITCHENETTECarlos strides in and goes to the window.“Hang in there, boys!”With another strong man, it was easier to pull Célio back safely. When they finally succeed, he can hear the palms and cheers of those present from below. Célio runs to Wellington’s bathroom to throw up, he’s still scared.Wellington and Luís laugh out loud. Carlos then notices the boxes and suitcases, “Hey, what’s going on here?”Wellington stops laughing and announces to Carlos, “Officer, I’m moving out of here. I don’t think is right to live in the place where I have to pay rent for my kidnapper’s girlfriend.”Carlos smiles in understanding,
PENHA’S HOUSE - DAYPenha opens the door for Rubens, who hurries in and looks worried. She closes the door and signals him to sit down.“I was going to offer you coffee, but you need chamomile tea.”“This is no time for jokes, Penha! The situation is getting more complicated.”Penha purses her lips in indifference; everyday things are complicated. She sits in the other armchair, “Every day you live in confusion. You guys don’t seem to want to live in peace. And if I guess, it has to do with Monica and her friends.”Rubens doesn’t like the tone of Penha’s voice and replies harshly, “It has to do with that bastard Wellington who didn’t come to the bar neither Wednesday nor yesterday! What is he thinking?”Penha, on the outside, remains calm and indifferent; but inside, she is overflowing with relief. It was what she wanted most, for Wellington to get out of that snake’s nest, “You’ll see, he found a better job and couldn’t even tell you.”“We paid above the minimum!”Penha is irritated
MIRIAM’S ROOM - DAYMiriam is talking to Fábia Peres. The two got on well again after Sandra’s advice. Cleverly, Miriam leads the conversation to the topic of lawsuits.“Oh, Fábia, you don’t know the worst: I talked to Carlos and he said that he won’t insist on objecting to his fate at the trial. That he will acknowledge that he was wrong and accept the punishment.”Fábia Peres is gaping. Then the officer who always behaved like a warrior, dropping the towel so easily?“What does the officer have in mind, Miriam?”“He said he doesn’t mind losing the case, as long as he can get Ricardo behind bars. He’s gathering proofs and evidence.”“And is Carina going to marry this guy?”“Hopefully, she’ll fall flat on her face when she finds out the whole truth on her honeymoon, with the police invading their suite, ha, ha!”The two girls giggle maliciously.“Girl, on the subject of the trial, I’ve been thinking about something. If the officer is not offended, I can ask my father to pay the compen