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Call Freud to explain
Not even Freud can explain this one
One two one two one two
Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello...
a brick
guitar
chibaba
Do you know what 'doped up' is?
Hm... is that Black Steniumm????
You never know which side of the blade cuts
compressed weed
money
Passed out or dead?
Dead
Cop
The commissioner doesn't do the rounds
cap, shell, lead, slug, pill
hello, hello, hello, hello, hello...
world class weed according to the punks
How long have you been in the pen?
Who nabbed him?
That one is a chatterbox
babble, yak,
he could tie up a dog with a sausage
lair
big hand
big house
the pen
college
Hey, I'm going to come by
I'm going to make the punks split from the smiling city
Chic, huh?
What a lovely tape recorder,
all in one piece
How we communicate
That's way out of line
I'm going to translate it for you
'carrapicho' means reporter
Reliving 40 years,
carrapicho came by
the pasta district
in Santa Felicidade
the 12th PP
PP: police precinct
I was blown away
I swear to you,
the inmates, piled up
85% waiting for the Black Robe to make the announcement
You think I'm bluffing?
Take a look at what we saw,
see if that's human,
look how they are inside
Everyone is a convict?
Or just
passing by?
Most are awaiting trial
Awaiting trial
What is the biggest offence there?
33 and 157
Armed robbery
That's it! plus 33
Shocking! there's more than 40 there?
There's 23, 46, almost 80 people here
Everybody convicted or awaiting trial?
Huh?
Waiting
Waiting
And mostly for theft?
155 or 157
It varies
Is there a 121 there?
I'm innocent
Shocking! What a mess, huh?
All right?
That was the job,
always find out
first hand if possible
That was the motto of the reporter
OK.
Red handed was it?
That's right, caught in the act.
How did you get the guys?
1, 2 and 3. OK, now it's good
New tape, might get stuck
Are you going to emergency?
And that wound there, how did it happen?
This destroyed my whole arm... I can't feel anything
Tell me about this bank robbery idea, bro
That's because we think if we're going to steal something,
better not be from a worker, a family man
I know!
It's better to get it from a bank isn't it?
Tell me about the ***-*** inside the bank
When I tried to overpower the
security guard
he pulled out a gun
I told him: hands on your head
and he pulled out the gun to shoot me
so I shot him at the same time
Are you a heavy, bro?
I'm not a heavy
I'm a victim of a badly structured society, you know
which didn't give me the means to...
Where did you live in Rio?
In Rio I lived in a favela or in a motel
How long did you spend in the big house there?
In jail?
I did 3 years there
You came to Curitiba to try some heists or to live honestly?
Now?
Or you came for tricks?
We came with the idea of robbing a bank
And the first one didn't work out
That's it,
unfortunately
The news, it used to be at the police stations
late night
at the fire station
at the emergency
at Cajuru Hospital, at the Evangelic Hospital
even at Santa Casa
Sometimes I would spend the night driving
I would go home at 6, 7 in the morning
I started at PRB2
Paranaense Clube Radio
in sixty something,
there was an election and I was invited
to help count the votes
There were loads of radio reporters
I had nothing to do with news reporting on radio
as it was around midnight
the carrapichos left and I was there by myself
a fight broke out, "they're beating up the chief"
I took the microphone and that was it
hello, control room, they are killing the commissioner
Go on air then, Chaim, go on air
and I went down
put the microphone on
went nearer
and said: who is beating up the commissioner?
Look, I'm gonna tell you something
I became a reporter at that moment
what's this all about?
They're chicken thieves and lately they've been robbing the city
Alright
But chicken theft?
No! They... one of them had already been arrested for chicken theft
In Boqueirão... chicken thief
Who called you?
That woman there
You?
You caught him in the hen house?
I couldn't catch him 'cause he jumped over the wall
Tell me what happened
Listen! For the love of god...
Please don't cry
No!
Please don't cry
I'm not crying. I never stole a chicken from anybody.
Was there a chicken in his house?
No he steals them and sells them immediately
What a nerve, huh
From 72 to 73
B2 closed down
and I had the pleasure
of being the last parrot at the radio,
then I had an invitation to work at Channel 4
so I became the Silhouette on Channel 4
What's up, Califa? Give me a rooster
give me a leg
give me a rabbit
give me a puppy
a leg is a 100 notes
a rooster is 50
a rabbit is 10
a puppy is 5
and then there's a chat, a conversation
And here is the man
Califa 33
the Silhouette
the Shadow
To this day I go some place
and say: give me a guaraná, give me a soda
they look
"aren't you the Shadow?"
The two ran away
when they saw us arrive, you know what it's like
Who was in charge?
Was it you who were there at the time?
Was Alex there? He knows the man
How did he get away from you?
It wasn't us he escaped from...
What?
The one you're talking about escaped from Homicide
But everybody is saying that Auto Theft was there,
the military police, dogs, helicopters, photometry...
now I'm disappointed too, I had faith in you
How can you be disappointed?
You're there working, doing your thing
it's even better for you, how can you be disappointed?
I was disappointed because I never imagined...
You as a reporter, you like news, don't you?
So there you are...
That's a woman's blouse, isn't?
It might be a blouse but this is all man
Well, I don't doubt you
I'm only asking if that's a woman's blouse
I don't know. Actually I had no shirt
So the cops gave you that one
The cops gave me this one, you see
I'm listening to this individual, José
aka Little Skull
You had a scuffle in Piraí: gunfight and death
tell me about what happenned in Piraí
We robbed a taxi driver there
He got shot?
He was shot.
And did you have to kill the guy?
The citizen.
The reaction was...
The reaction was violent from both of them, you see.
You couldn't open the door, kick them out...
and escape with the car?
But they were armed weren't they?
They had guns
And that's an excuse to shoot the victim?
It's not an excuse but I had to defend myself
Was it you who shot the stammerer?
I didn't want the other one to take the blame
because they recognized him, they say it was him who shot
So...
If I was man enough to do it I'm man enough to take the blame
It's the crooks' code, you don't shift the blame
You don't blame somebody else
You don't squeal or leave the other one holding the bomb
I did and it's done
Let me see those handcuffs
There they are
Hey!!!
There's the man!
Good to see you, Chaim!
And those green eyes, Chaim, you've got beautiful eyes
If you were a girl I'd kiss you.
I'm here talking to the guy who was with me
for 10 years
doing the reports
He was my cameraman.
He got annoyed when I said:
Film this!
He would say "I know"
I'd say, but I'm the one who's going to talk
That's true
Best cameraman I ever had.
And sometimes I would do the reports with him
and record it for the radio at the same time
Maa!!
The little she-goat
Nanny, Nanny! And she would go: maa!!
Big fun at the Pinheirinho precinct
they'd arrested the thief
and he didn't want to talk to anyone
I said: Magno, get the goat.
I aproached the goat with my tape recorder
and said Nanny...
tell me: who stole you?
And she: maa!!
See, sir! She said it was him
And the guy spilled!
It was really something.
But the beautiful thing about our reports
was when you approached the...
Sheriff?
Before the Sheriffs.
We would approach the guys in custody
Hey, pal, what happened to you?
You'd get your Carlton cigarettes
And give one to him
Ok, I'll talk to you.
That was your...
And would the others get anything?
No
Lucio, how many years did you get?
I haven't been convicted yet
It's strange because
you are a smart guy with a good heart,
not all messed up
The detail is that you stayed in town
But with the road blocks I couldn't run away
And you had a famous beard. Did you have to shave it off?
At Ahu prison the beard had to go.
Can you stop the machine gun for a minute, love?
I know the story of the Blonde Ghost. I was there at the time.
I was on duty...
Here's the cemetery...
They say the blonde used
to go out in the night
hail a cab
and get in
and there was this tale of the Blonde Ghost
and everybody would come and ask me
because I was there
at the central police station
the driver arrived all shaken
saying he had the blonde in the car
"she was floating inside the car, she turned into smoke
I try to shoot her but the gun didn't work
it only fired smoke"
That's the tale of the Blonde Ghost
but the story of the blonde with the taxi driver
is a bit of a legend
because...
I suspect he was pickled.
The Black Robe, is he there? He is.
And then you'd arrive: Hey, Black Robe, how are you?
And I'd think: How does Chaim do this?
It was the Judge himself...
I'm sorry to approach Your Honour like that,
Black Robe,
but we have noticed the men
are trying to get one over
justice.
Which men?
That's what's being said about you
that you're being a bit over zealous with justice
Absolutely,
justice can never be too zealous
Does it mean then that in street parlance,
it's the "squirmus justicius", sir?
No, everybody has the right to squirm
And everybody liked you
That's what I used to like
I'm here in a tete-a-tete
with the judge Antônio Lopes de Noronha
when I met him
he was a prosecutor
I've always admired Chaim
because he'd always criticize the administration's mistakes
but never belittle the Paraná state institutions
He arrived at a moment in which he had to choose wether or not
to have a career in politics
When he decided to continue with police journalism
he did it for his ideals
They were caught trying to steal some pieces of fabric
And were seen by two workers
so we called the...
Don't they have rags to give to the poor?
It's a bit difficult because there's the main office
of the shop and a request for
a gift or something has to go through them
Was it you who caught them? -Yes, it was
We were both together. She opened the bag and...
Idalina? This one?
We needed it. It's very cold, isn't it?
I thought I was doing the best for the children but it didn't work out.
And now, the kids at home?
I have one who's still suckling.
A lot of kids? -I have three children
Do you live with them?
I live with my kids. Why would I live without them?
Do you work? -I work as a cleaner.
And will you withdraw the complaint because of their poverty?
It's not in our hands. We're workers too.
It's not for us to decide.
They were caught red handed so they'll go straight to Ahu!
We can't do anything.
What? Give me a close-up of these cops.
As you're used to that,
tell me,
what does a cop feel when he sees these kind of people in jail?
It's a crime, isn't it, Chaim?
Our duty is to solve the problem.
You've heard the voice of experience
First he was all right and now he's shouting and cursing at me.
Isn't there anyone at the station? I'd like to report him.
No one?
Possibly.
He says it's my fault.
If my son drinks, is that my fault? Think about it.
Look at this, a police station, it's not even nine o'clock
and it's closed
That can't be, my friend
The woman's complaining her son is drunk
Look, 7th district, Vila Hauer
responsible for Boqueirão, Vila Hauer
and vicinity
a closed police station
Then when you see in the newspapers or on TV
that the police don't work in the night
they complain
That's way out of line!
Oh, such a beautiful thing! I loved it
It was like a marriage,
me and the Beetle
They asked me
if I liked driving around in my Beetle
I loved it
it had a
plastic licence plate
Califa 33
Everybody wanted it
I had won it
from the old owner of the radio station
a VW Beetle
1959 of 60 if I'm not wrong
blue
I would exchange it every year for a white one
I would go to São José to licence it
always got the same number
it had a radio
I could listen to the whole of Brazil
and even Europe
Here was a little hell hole
I would go to the bar
chat with the people
park the car, and suddenly, I would find
the right guys
or I would
drive by myself
Here was the Paris
Man, I really miss it
we would eat there
chicken neck soup
On one of those late nights
I met Leminski
"Hey, I'm living near
the TV station"
and for about a year I frequented Leminski's place
I would leave the house
full-bellied
and would go to Leminski's
and he'd be there, tap tap tap
Hello!
Here is my brother's bookshop
Now we're going to pass in front of the house
of the greatest short story writer in Brazil
Dalton Trevisan
He doesn't give interviews, doesn't talk to the press
I tried to record him
many times
sometimes i would drive around town with him
for one or two hours
and then I would drop him at his house
the vampire was interested
in my parlance, my slang,
in the way I speak
when I worked at channel 4 doing street reporting
I always had to ask "for god's sake, please, a tape"
and then I found out where I could buy tapes
and I started to buy them
I would fill them up with the reports and bring them home
and now I have a collection of tapes
I must have
gazillions of tapes from the beginning of the 70s
This happened during their escape
they dropped this shirt with some cartridges in
Even the number plate got left behind,
it fell on the way
and unfortunately they're in the woods
but with help from the military police
we'll probably even catch them today
And how much money did they take?
Chaim, I don't know. I'm not at the central station anymore
This is emergency service
The bank must be filing a complaint at the station as we speak
How many people were in the car?
We think there were four of them
And all this apparatus for nothing
the guys managed to split, sir?
We need to keep calm, Chaim
this is a mountainous region, we've got to be patient
or we might end up hurting an innocent
so we have to be careful and keep calm
Yes, if I don't hide them, that's it, bye bye
This was only kept because I insisted...
if it depended on...
it would have all been thrown away
"Ah, that's old"
Everything I do I keep
one day when I pop my clogs, someone will make history
Is his case complicated?
Very complicated
Eight holes. Can you tell where the bullet went through?
The bullet... the perforation
It started at the epigastrium, hitting the...
Late night, 3, 4 o'clock, the sirens
the guard knocked at the window
Hey, hey, what happened?
"Someone got killed at Capão Raso"
I got in the police car
went to Capão Raso
and the car got stuck in the mud
and the victim lying on my lap
with his head on my lap and I was interviewing him
There was no ambulance to pick him up
That happened so many times
So many times I'd hear the dying guy
tell me who shot him
And were you shot?
Shot in the head
And the bullet's still there?
It is.
And who's responsible?
Who shot you? Do you know?
...shop keeper...
Shop keeper?
Califa was a journalist, a radio reporter
a television reporter
who
would get the news from the sewers
and sometimes, embellish it
or would sometimes tell it warts and all
It's been four months since I last worked
And what about that whiff of alcohol?
Yeah, I'm drunk.
How did the police find you?
I was drunk sleeping on the bench there
And the woman on top of you?
I don't know, I was asleep
He had his arms around her...
Hugging her?
I wasn't really! I was asleep
I wasn't aware... I was innocent.
What were you doing with the man on the square?
Nothing
How old are you?
Ten
How come you were with this drunkard in the street?
Huh?
How did you end up in the street with him?
Where's your mother?
You have no mother?
What?
You've no mother, hon?
Do you have a mother or not?
No?
I do.
And where is your mother?
At the shelter.
She's at the shelter?
And how did your mother let you go out with this drunkard, darling?
Huh?
translation: TRINDADE
Shocking!
That's a reporter's life.