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O2 Filmes PRESENTS
ADAPTED FROM THE WORK OF LAERTE COUTINHO
A SHORT-FILM BY PAULINHO CARUSO
[At first, I admit it, I was afraid.]
-Is it cancer? Will I die? -No, it's a feather! Look.
How long has it been there?
One week...
-Did you poke it? -No.
It's very strange.
FEATHERS
SHAMPOO SPECIAL FOR FEATHERS
[I was getting used] [to all that.]
[Until one day, at work...]
-Feathery! -Yeah?
The boss wants to talk to you!
-To me? -Yeah, to you.
And there's something, he's freaking out. Good luck.
-Does he wants the reports? -I don't know...
Go there, solve it with him and come back, please.
Ok...
Hey, kid! Do me a favor...
-Yes? [-Good afternoon...]
[-You asked me to come?] [-Yes. Come in, please...]
[If it's because of the reports,] [they're all done.]
[I only need to] [number the pages and...]
[We can stop stalling] [and go straight to the point.]
[Your feathers.]
[I should've] [warned before...]
[but the doctor said] [it wasn't contagious...]
[Calm down.] [Let me see it.]
[-That's a brand.] [-A brand?]
[The gift of the chosen ones.]
[Come with me.]
[Look, we have to be very] [discrete with all this.]
[Sure...]
RESERVED EXCLUSIVELLY TO MEMBERS
[-Come in, please.] [-Excuse me...]
[Welcome to the "Flying Circle".]
[And this is how I was introduced...]
[to the other members] [of the "Flying Circle".]
[-Whisky?] [-Thanks.]
[We were few, but we all] [had important positions.]
[Lovingly...]
[they nicknamed me] [as "The Rookie"...]
[Meanwhile...]
[to my old coworkers...]
[I had lost my job] [and moved town.]
[But, actually,] [under new identity...]
[I now had] [a board position...]
[as "operational manager".]
Ms. Arlete, where is the boy with the reports?
[Rookie, enjoying your new life?]
[-A lot!] [-Happy hour?]
Sure! Ms. Arlete, forget about the reports...
[Let's go.]
[-So, how're things?] [-Great, as usual...]
[I started going to] [exclusive clubs...]
[in a life surrounded] [by luxury, power and glory.]
[Thanks to my feathers, now] [I spent my days giving orders.]
[And in the nights, the doors to a] [private paradise were opened to me.]
[Everything was going fine.]
[Until the next morning...]
[Sir, the intern is out] [here with the reports.]
Let him in.
Here is the report that you asked me...
If you look here on page 2, you can see this graph...
Well, well. What we have here...
I'm sorry sir, I tried to go to the doctor...
Don't worry! It's a brand. A gift.
The gift of the chosen ones, get it?
-Are you sending me away? -No, no. Calm down.
Come with me, please.
Now you'll understand everything...
I used to think like you.
That the feathers would be a problem.
But no! It's the other way around.
I was a simple employee!
And now I have a privileged position. Know what that is?
I have people under my command...
They're wonderful people... You'll like them.
Hi! It's a family, you know?
Gentleman! Gentleman...
I introduce you the newest member of the "Flying Circle".
And look, how curious. His feathers are blue!
[What the ***?]
[You betrayed our brotherhood!] [Kill him!]
[You are all crazy!]
[While gravity] [traced my destiny...]
[I found out another] [meaning to feathers.]
[Reality betrayed me again.]
[I lived an involuntary exile...]
[not knowing if I was a chicken] [or a superhero.]
Hello?
Doctor? It's me, the feathers guy.
I'm glad you called me! I've figured it all out through a research.
I'm listening!
You don't have to worry.
The only problem is when the feathers are blue, because...
Hello? Hello?
[Hello?]
Hello?
[And, to be honest, death didn't] [sound all that bad anymore...]
[Is he dead?]
[No, he's just tired from the trip...]
[-But is he breathing?] [-Yeah, he's just tired...]
[Take the hood off!]
[-May I?] [-Yes...]
[See? He's alive!]
All good?
You've been in touch with many strange things lately.
But stay calm, cause now I'll explain everything...
[Turn it on.]
[Turn on the projector, man!]
FEATHERS EXPLANATION
[In fact, all that was] [much beyond my understanding.]
[They showed me strange images.]
[Confusing names.]
[Genetic data.]
[Impossible dates.]
[After that, they dyed my feathers] [blue and sent me here.]
But what then?
Now I'm international correspondent of the "Winged Brotherhood"!
[Let's do something.]
First, you come back, and then you explain everything...
because I don't understand *** about your story.
I don't either, but Paris! [C'est si bon!!!]
I'll call you later.