RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION
Fábia 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?"
RHODIA AVENUE - EVENINGCássio is walking from the Cascais Bakery with bags of bread and other goodies, the result of the wage he received at the Association. He walks until he appears at the bus stop. Then he suddenly stops walking and watches. Wellington is stopped at the bus stop.The Caio Gabriela bus passes by Cássio leaving that smoke, but he doesn't care, he just tries to protect his bread. At the bus stop, he stopped. Wellington is approaching the back door to board without looking at the angle where Cássio is. Cassio looks at his wristwatch."5:15 pm, this is the time he picks up. He must enter the bar at 6:00 pm. Well, Cássio... While Ed stays with Sandra and Miriam, you follow these people from the mysterious job."Cassio g
DEDÉ’S BARWellington is focused on the glasses. Fewer customers because it's still Wednesday, so he ends quickly. He wipes his hands and goes to the counter. Then he opens his eyes wide: Penha is coming in and already choosing a table. When sitting down, she doesn't look at Wellington's angle. He continues to stare at her. One of the waiters serves her warmly. Wellington is with his bared teeth until Rubens comes up behind him patting his shoulder."Are you analyzing our clientele?"Wellington answers dazzled, "Only one customer, in particular, the one who just arrived. It appears to be a VIP customer; the waiter just missed rolling out a red carpet."Rubens looks in the same direction as Wellington, and different from the first, the reaction is to
CARINA'S STUDIO - NIGHTCarina enters, crying desperately. She didn't want to lie or hurt Ricardo. She sits on the stool, looks at the tripod where the painting he bought was, and cries hard again."I'm sorry, Ricardo, I'm sorry! But, you will stop calling me 'angel' when you know that I was the one who caused all this! I was the one who reported you to the officer and now he won't let go of you! My fault...!"Monica appears next, turns on the light, and finds Carina breaking down in tears.Monica exclaims, "Carina! I saw you pass. What happened, girl?"Carina doesn't answer, for now, she cries more.Monica remains disgusted, "It was that Ricardo, right? You said you
CARINA'S STUDIOCarina is asked by Monica if she is in love with Ricardo.She replies, "No, Monica. I haven't fallen in love with Ricardo yet. My desperation is that I barely started to have a friendship with him and I already do these things."Monica tries to cheer her up, "Friend, it's for a noble purpose. You walk away from that nasty little guy and get rid of problems. Because if he knows that it was you and not me who made the first anonymous report, then he will send you to graze.Carina replies sweetly, "He told me that I was an angel..."Monica pulls out another stool and sits down next to Carina, hugging her sideways, "What man wouldn't call you? You are something angelic and heavenly, Carina. I don't even
POLICE STATION – DAYCarlos is very glad to learn that Carina doesn’t want to see Ricardo anymore, but Ricardo is thinking it was Carlos’s action.Carlos denies it and adds jokingly, "Well, at last, the girl instilled a sense in her little head!""Or someone put something wrong in her little head!"Carlos replies mockingly, "Come on, Ricardo! Why do you think Carina has to talk to you?""When it was both of us, she was removing the barriers. We were engaged in an innocent friendship. But, she always had this feeling that it was something forbidden.""And it's forbidden. Women like Carina can't be with men like you."
MALTHUS SNACK BARRosa has already been served and is delighted with the sugarcane juice that was freshly squeezed. The coxinha is of the Gods. Aurélio continues to work tense."So, Aurélio, is this idea ofleaving serious?""Yes, I can't take this anymore.""Wouldn't leave Jonas to give him more reason? Like 'A-ha, I knew, he ran, I was right!' You know, some people are like that. ""Are there people who invent a parallel reality just to make sense of their life instead of facing the reality naked and raw? Is that it, production?""Sadly, yes." Rosa is not managing to calm Aurélio.
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