CITY OF MEN
Dead End HiII Rio de Janeiro
Shit, Fasto. It's fucking hot today.
Hot, my ass. A gangsta never feeIs the heat.
-Sure is hot, man. -Hot as heII.
Fucking sun...
It's damn hot.
Beach time!
You crazy?
Down to the beach, man.
That's asking for troubIe, brother.
I'm putting on my suit, dude.
You serious, Midnight?
You bet, Tina.
Use the hose, bro. I'II even hoId it for you.
What's that, Fasto? You'II hoId my hose?
Hey, man, he wants to hoId my hose!
Fuck off!
Come on, Iet's go to the beach.
You wanna go for a swim? Okay, buddy.
That's why I Iike you, bro.
Tina, go get the waIkie-taIkies and guns in the shack.
Bette, teII the cops we're coming through.
You wanna swim? You got it, bro!
Hey, WaIIace!
Ace!
Wake up, honey!
I gotta go to work.
Look after CIayton, okay?
I'II be back tonight.
Bye! Love you.
Hey, Ace! What's up?
Hey, how's it going?
Remember what today is? The 3rd!
Look over there!
Where are they going?
Let's go see.
I can't, man. I got CIayton.
WeII, Iater!
Come on!
WaIIace! Wait!
-Bikinis and nice asses. -Yeah.
Bikinis and asses!
Bet you can't pick one up.
Look at her, Son.
Your sister Tina's gotten so thin.
So, Midnight, what about those soccer shirts for the boys?
We'II taIk about it Iater. Okay, Coach?
You stand guard here. And you, over there.
I'II caII you when we're ready to come back up.
The sun feeIs great, Midnight!
I'd prefer a private beach.
-Private! -Sure, just order one on the hiII!
You're asking for it! You'd have to take care of it for me.
Carry aII the sand up...
Come with Daddy.
-It sure is hot. -TeII me about it!
AII these guards just so your cousin can go swimming!
Midnight hasn't Ieft the hiII in three years.
Wow, what a scene!
So what's the set up, Fasto?
-Two up there. -Two up there!
One at the kiosk.
Two others behind us.
-The kid, by the road. -Eyes peeIed!
Do your job, guys!
Midnight, check out that Japanese babe!
-And the dark-haired chick! -I Iike her!
Too bad, me too.
Shit, you want them aII!
Okay, I'II take the Japanese one.
-That's cooI, bro. -HoId this.
Hey, I wanna go in too.
I need you to watch these.
-Come on, man. -Watch them.
-Hey, WaIIace. -What's up?
-How are things? -CooI, man.
Look, Ace. Fasto even put a soIdier up on the rock.
Wow, I reaIIy dig that CamiIa. She sure is cute.
WaIIace, Iisten to me.
Forget about her. FieI never Iets her out of his sight.
So watch out, she couId mean troubIe.
I'II find a way.
Where's CIayton?
Let's go swim!
Let's go in, WaIIace.
See you, WaIIace.
Tina, watch this for me.
You're my shadow now?
It's good to be Midnight.
I'm pissed off, FieI.
That Midnight is a reaI asshoIe.
A reaI asshoIe. How you doing, bro?
Look at this. I stoIe it. It's cooI, man. Listen.
-What is it, a radio? -MP3, dude.
Tons of songs.
Yesterday was the 2nd, wasn't it?
-Yeah. -Day of the Dead.
So today's the 3rd.
-That's cIever, Ace. -It's the 3rd, man!
Right! Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to you
Hey, wait! That means my birthday's next month!
Put it here!
-Damn! 1 8 years oId! -Yeah, both of us!
Ever notice that rich kids, at 1 8, they get to drive.
And poor kids? They get to go to work.
That sucks.
I'm 1 8 and I've onIy screwed one girI in my Iife.
And on top of that, it's my wife!
Jesus, man.
And Cristiane got pregnant the first time.
Just my Iuck.
Hey, Caju! Watch the kid!
I'II be 1 8 and I don't even know who my father is.
Even worse, it'II be marked on my ID forever, ''Father Unknown.''
Forget that business about your father.
Look at me. I forgot mine ages ago.
-I can't, Ace. I just can't. -Let's go chiII in the water.
Come on.
Hey, got any Proibidao CDs?
-Yeah, good stuff. -What about Pagode music?
Sure, I got... I got everything.
-Shit! That guy! -What?
I think he's my father. But I'm not sure.
Yeah, the spitting image!
-He's not sure either. -Go on.
OnIy my mother knows for sure, I think.
For sure? Go taIk to him!
No way! You kidding?
-You sure Iook aIike! -Stop it!
Hey, mister!
Hey, kid! Come here!
-How are you, WaIIace? -Hi!
-How's your mom? -Okay, I guess.
-How's schooI? -Great, they're on strike.
On strike, that's great?
-Something I can do, WaIIace? -No.
-Ace? -What?
-I have an idea. -What?
An idea, man! Come on, Iet's go!
-Just say it's for the papers. -What papers?
The ID papers.
-What's this about? -You'II see.
You know his name, Grandma! TeII me!
He never even showed up when you were born.
He went to pIay soccer. Your mother was in pain.
I asked Pedreira to go get him, but he hasn't shown up since.
So what, Grandma? Just teII me, pIease.
Dona EIvira, he just needs the name for his ID.
-Wasn't he a waiter? -Shut up, woman!
My dad was a waiter?
Your father was a bum. He didn't work. He sIept aII day.
What use is a father who doesn't care if his son is dead or aIive?
Oh, shit! CIayton!
Hey, Fasto! It's time to go. Game's over.
Quit pIaying, Fasto. Here.
Watch the kid.
-Where's Ace? -Watch the kid.
It's Ace's son.
Now he's yours, you take him.
He Iooks just Iike you, man!
Okay, we're outta here.
Where's my sister Cristiane?
Where's the kid?
Fuck, man! I'm not seeing anything.
I Ieft him with Caju! Let's go!
Caju, where's CIayton?
-How wouId I know? -He was with you.
-With me? Are you kidding? -You're such a prick!
AirpIane, airpIane!
A header!
-Pass the baII to the boy. -He's good!
Have you seen CIayton?
A IittIe bIack kid.
Kick it!
He's my son.
Give him to me.
Remember, Goiano? Great team, weren't they?
Sure.
-An aII-star team. -Sure, Pedreira.
Too bad you never Iet me pIay.
Why ask me for money? Ask the guys who pIayed.
Shirts for the boys, won't ruin you, wiII it?
-What is this? -Give him to his mother.
What happened?
-We'II taIk Iater. -We're not done!
What's wrong, CIayton? What have they done to you?
Where's your father?
-Have you seen CIayton? -In there.
My son...
Where were you? Where was he?
That's a good one! How wouId I know? You're the father.
It's okay.
It's over now.
ShaII we go home?
-Want to go home? -Yes.
Mommy!
Here's mommy.
What happened, sweetie?
It was awfuI.
At Ieast you know that much!
I didn't mean to...
Have you decided about Cristiane?
I think...
I don't want to have the kid.
But the money I scraped together won't get us into a cIinic.
So what are you going to do?
I don't know, man. I'm too young to be a father.
I'II stop seeing Cristiane for a whiIe.
And Iet her bring the kid up aIone?
Let the kid grow up without a father?
What use is a father anyway?
I wish I had a father
to teach me how to do things,
to take me to schooI.
So your son wiII be Iike us, without a father?
Having to get by on his own?
AIways getting into troubIe?
So how's my nephew?
In '8 7, I'd given up pIaying. I was the coach.
Who are the other guys?
They were aII on the team.
Did you know my father?
No, I didn't.
Wasn't he one of them?
Most of those guys are either dead or have Ieft the hiII.
My grandma said when I was born she toId you to get my dad.
She must be going seniIe. Your dad's not there.
Were any of them waiters?
I don't know.
I got an idea.
Goiano, you pay for Tiquinho's shirt. He's the star pIayer.
Then I'II go hit up the others.
-It's just $ 1 0 for one shirt. -$ 1 5.
-1 0 or 1 5? -1 5.
Who are these guys?
I don't remember this guy.
This is HeIinho.
That was my brother, Edson.
HeIinho, were any of them waiters?
Waiters? I don't think so.
-Is that you, Zeze? -No, I'm not bowIegged.
-Was anyone a waiter? -A waiter? No.
-Wait! HeraIdo was a waiter. -HeraIdo?
He joined the team Iater.
He was a waiter and on the team?
Hey, Ace!
-WeII? -WeII what?
-TeII me. -No way.
-Come on, man! -I'II think about it.
-You have to pay. -Like heII!
Okay, take it easy.
-Your father's name is HeraIdo, bro. -HeraIdo?
HeraIdo...
He pIays over at Aterro do FIamengo.
It's a team of waiters.
HeraIdo.
FuIIback or forward?
Who, your dad? ProbabIy the goaIie, if he pIays Iike you.
Look, that must be him! You guys have the same styIe.
It's hereditary. You'II have the same pot beIIy!
A huge one!
Game's over, Iet's go see.
Are you HeraIdo?
No, I'm Bira.
-What's your name? -Vadinho.
-Do you know anyone named HeraIdo? -No.
Do you know HeraIdo?
GeraIdo? I know many GeraIdos.
-No, HeraIdo, the waiter. -Don't know him.
-Do you know anyone named HeraIdo? -HeraIdo?
-HeraIdo Coutinho? -No, HeraIdo, waiter.
ExactIy. What do you want with him?
WaIIace's father is a friend of his.
He wants to be a waiter, so he thought HeraIdo couId heIp.
Your dad hasn't seen him in a whiIe, has he?
It's been a whiIe.
If HeraIdo gets him any job, it'II be at the prison cafeteria.
He's in jaiI for what happened at the Fiery BuII.
-The Fiery BuII? -The famous steakhouse. Remember?
He got 20 years. Last I heard, he was in Frei Caneca.
Sorry about that.
-Thanks. -Good Iuck.
Let's forget it.
What? You wait 1 8 years for this and now you chicken out?
Yeah, but I didn't think I'd find him here.
What if he's dead?
Don't taIk Iike that! Come on.
He waIked out of here seven months ago.
-He's on paroIe. -What'd he do?
What?
What was his crime?
-Who are you? -His son.
HeraIdo Coutinho got 20 years for mansIaughter. He did 1 5.
MansIaughter? Robbery?
Yes, and murder.
He was a kiIIer and a thief.
Let's go.
You got his picture now.
Hey!
How are you?
Let's sit.
Hi, FieI.
What's the matter?
It's too compIicated.
Go on.
-Do you have a father? -No.
Nor a mother.
-Wanna Iisten? -Sure.
-Who was that bitch, Midnight? -Some chick...
What an ass...
And in broad dayIight.
You mug someone, FieI, and then bring the cops here?
-You fucked up, man. -You ass, you wanna die?
WeII, FieI?
Don't make a sound. Your MP3 and your purse.
Quick! Give them to me!
Hands on the car.
-Let's taIk. -TaIk about what?
I can get you money up on Dead End HiII.
PIease, man. I swear...
Come on, Midnight, pIease. AII they want is money.
Who's paying the cops?
PIease, Midnight. Just give them the money, brother.
Listen...
Some peopIe Iearn the first time, some the second time.
And some never Iearn, dude.
Damn it, you never Iearn, FieI!
PIease, Midnight! Don't kiII me, bro!
You're gonna die! Die!
Get up!
Get up. You're gonna die.
PIease, Fasto! PIease!
Stupid ass!
One more, Ceara.
-Coffee? -Yeah.
-One Iess. -One Iess.
-Hey, Ace. -Hey!
-Hi, Ceara. -Hi, Fininho.
-They kiIIed FieI. -FieI?
-What'd he do? -I don't know, man.
Why FieI?
See this CD pIayer?
He soId it to me
for cheap, reaIIy cheap.
Things are getting crazy.
Life goes on, bro.
What's the matter?
Your cousin had my brother kiIIed.
They threw his body into the quarry.
Did you see?
I want to bury him.
I'II heIp you.
He was aII I had.
FieI's not here, CamiIa.
Want to wait out the rain in the guardhouse?
I don't think so.
Come on, it's starting to pour. It'II be okay.
Come here!
Ace...
Don't Iet up!
Come on, Fasto!
GoaI!
You guys are shit!
Shit!
Shut up for a second...
Hey, Fasto. That punk Ace saw me.
It wasn't my fault.
Okay, aII right. Okay...
-Let's pIay! -Who was that?
-Some pIayboy from the beach. -What'd he want?
What'd he want? The usuaI.
You doing home deIivery now?
-You keeping tabs on me? -Nobody's keeping tabs.
I toId him to fuck off. Let's pIay.
Who gave that pIayboy your number?
Vasco, the guy's hurting, man.
Yeah, Midnight. He's reaIIy hooked, can't get enough.
-Vasco, Iike the team? -Yeah.
Then take this!
Way to go! Fuck Vasco!
SMOKE HILL
Fasto! What's up, boss?
This is Breque. His hood is cooI.
We appreciate your heIp, buddy.
This is the pIan, to return to Dead End HiII and kiII Midnight.
You can count on me and my weapons.
I'II back you up.
-What the heII? -How's it going?
-Man, I think I saw FieI. -Shit, Ace! AIive?
I'm being punished.
-Does FieI know you saw him? -I think so.
Are you going to see your dad at the paroIe office?
I don't know.
-If you go, Iet me know. -Sure.
-About FieI, Iips seaIed, okay? -Of course.
-It's serious. -I know.
-You free? -Yeah.
Oh, no, I'm not.
-You free or not? -No, sorry.
CamiIa!
Excuse me, teacher.
-What are you doing here? -Your brother's aIive.
-What? -Your brother's aIive.
-Don't joke about this. -I'm not joking.
I want to see him. Where is he? How do you know?
Ace saw him.
You and my sister shouId stay off the streets at night.
We're waiting here to go in and retake Dead End HiII.
So stay aIert, girI.
Stay home and Iay Iow.
You know how these things work.
Hang up, man! You gonna taIk to your chick aII day?
TaIk to you Iater.
Fasto, it's getting outta controI.
Even my sister is onto things.
That punk Ace has been shooting his mouth off.
Midnight's no fooI, man.
You know what?
Ace is a fucking moron.
But don't worry, bro.
Oh, Cris.
When we go in, he'II be the first to die!
-It's so good, I'm gonna die, Ace. -No, you're not.
-Go on, Cris. -Don't stop.
-FeeI good? -Yeah, keep going.
Keep moving that way.
Oh, Ace.
-Did you Iike it? -Where'd you Iearn to do that?
I don't Iearn. I invent.
-It was Iike you were someone eIse. -Why? You been with someone eIse?
No, and you?
Me? I'd rather die.
Never in my Iife.
Want a smoothie?
Hey, baby.
Where's the bIender?
-I soId it. -You soId it?
I needed some money.
What for?
Praise Jesus! HaIIeIujah!
If you give from the heart, you'II receive a thousand times more!
I asked God for something and had to make an offering.
What did you ask?
Cris, remember the job in Sao PauIo?
I think I'II take it, but onIy if you come with me.
What about my son?
Cris, in one year you can make 30 grand!
$30,000?
Trust in the Lord! He wiII provide...
30,000, Lord. But 30,000 here in Rio,
with my son and my husband, Lord. Is that too much to ask?
-For a job. -What job?
I think I might go to Sao PauIo for a year.
Are you kidding?
When I come back, we can buy our house.
And you'II Ieave me with CIayton?
You're the father, Ace.
Cristiane.
Hush! Are you the father?
-Want to hoId your son? -No, thanks, ma'am.
-Go on. -No, pIease.
Here, hoId your son.
Are you afraid?
Did I teII you? Cris wants to go to Sao PauIo.
It's aIways about her and CIayton. But what about me?
Nobody's ever Iooked after me.
WeII, thanks a Iot, buddy!
It's true, you've Ient me a hand.
More than just a hand!
Yeah, but what I mean is, I'm aIways Iooking after CIayton.
When wiII I ever get a break?
Better hurry, we got that paroIe thing...
I gotta Iook after you too?
There's Grandpa. Go to Auntie.
What are you up to?
WaIIace is turning 1 8 and he needs to get his ID card.
And you?
WeII, I have to go because of the Iine.
-Go where? -To the ID pIace.
That way, one stands in Iine whiIe the other pays the fee.
You onIy have to watch him tiII the day care opens.
Once your son grows up,
we won't have to swaIIow your Iies anymore.
Are you HeraIdo?
Why?
This is WaIIace. He's your son.
You're WaIIace?
Who are you?
I'm Ace. Luis CIaudio, Jr.
-You Iook just Iike your dad. -What?
Can I wait for you here?
Can't you see where I am?
No way, kid. I have nothing to give you, nothing to offer.
Who'II use this one?
Undo the safety.
You know how?
You take this one.
Use this gun...
We're gonna kiII Fasto. Got that?
What can the kids do? LittIe man, come here.
Show the kids the fireworks. They can keep watch.
-Okay. -Good, thanks, bro.
We're a good team.
Where's the other rifIe?
-Let's give it to him. -To him?
Right, not a rifIe, not for him.
Okay, give him a pistoI.
Point it down. It's to kiII Fasto. Know him?
-That fucker? -ExactIy. You kiII him.
Midnight, he's not ready for that.
Because he's your brother?
Is that why he's not ready? Sure he is, Tina!
Cut it out, Tina.
-Why are you doing this, Midnight? -Doing what, Tina?
You're sure to get kiIIed.
He's with the deaIers now, Ace.
-What's up with you? -I wanna fight for our hiII.
You're a dope.
Giving guns to 1 5-year-oIds, can you beIieve it?
Stay out of it. They'II just use you and throw you out.
-Oh, yeah? -Think about your dad.
I'm gonna fight, Ace. The hiII is fucking ours!
What an ass.
This IittIe bitch is FieI's sister.
And that weaseI is in cahoots with Fasto.
You IittIe punk-ass!
You shouIdn't mess with gangsters.
Cut off her hair, quick!
You crying, IittIe girI?
I'm gonna cut this one.
This is a tough one!
-Where'd you get hair Iike this? -Done!
What's a weaseI's sister caIIed, Tina?
A weaseIet.
That's my sister in the cab.
Your sister? ReaIIy?
Man, they cut her hair off.
I don't beIieve it!
At Ieast they didn't kiII you. We'II be back home soon.
-How much, bro? -25.
Here's 30. Give me back 5.
Thanks.
WEASEL
Try to understand, ma'am.
He'd be so happy to see his grandson.
I know, he's been in jaiI for over 1 5 years.
He doesn't know about his grandson.
Okay.
-Dad! -What?
Come here.
And then the chick said he couIdn't get it up.
Wait here.
Hey, WaIIace, how you doing? Happy birthday, buddy!
You crazy? It's in two weeks.
ReaIIy? Here's a present anyway.
What is it?
-Your father's address. -How'd you get it?
Hey, I'm Ace, remember?
There it is, man, number 301 .
Aren't you going?
I'II go then.
-Who is it? -It's me.
Can I taIk to you, sir?
What do you want, kid?
It's about your son.
Look, he's turning 1 8.
So what?
WeII... We're having a party for him.
Fine. Happy birthday.
At the fieId, next Saturday.
-You shouId come. -If I'm aIive, I'II show up.
You'II be aIive. You can make up for the 1 7 others you missed.
I toId your dad we were having a party.
What party, man?
I didn't know what to say, so I made it up.
You're crazy, man. What are we gonna do now?
Do I have to think of everything?
I can't have a party without CamiIa.
That's between you and your cousin Midnight.
I Iove you so much, my son.
You're doing the right thing. God be with you.
Let's go, LittIe PeIe! PIay hard!
GoaI!
Over here!
The baII! Over here, Cocao!
Run! Run, boys!
You're the first to die, you motherfucker!
It's Fasto! Let's go!
Move!
KiII Fasto!
Show your faces! Fasto is here, you fuckers!
Move it! For fuck's sake!
Run!
Hurry, in here!
You're making too much noise!
He got away, damn it! Keep your eyes open!
Move out!
Run!
Shoot them!
Quick, up here!
Fuck!
It's getting bad! Let's spIit.
No way! We're gonna kiII the motherfuckers.
They have machine guns! They'II massacre us!
-Let's go, Midnight. -Down here!
Down this way!
That's his grandma's house, watch out!
-Where's Midnight? -What is this?
Move! Get out!
-Where's my grandson? -As good as dead!
Anyone in his famiIy has to Ieave the hiII.
Burn the pIace down! More aIcohoI!
Pour aIcohoI on everything!
Cris!
You're destroying our Iives.
It's for our house, for CIayton.
You want me to bring CIayton up aIone?
My dad and VaIeria are heIping you.
But it's a mother's job.
It's my grandmother! Open up!
I have to go or I'II miss my pIane.
I paid the overdue rent. Now it's up to you.
But Cris...
Grandma! Where are you going?
I'm Ieaving. I can't Iive here anymore.
You shouId Ieave too. You're his cousin.
Okay, Grandma. CaIm down.
-CaIm down? -I found my dad.
Cris, I can't care for CIayton aIone.
Look after yourseIf, WaIIace.
He's your son. You can't Ieave him.
You're the one who's Ieaving him!
Cris, don't do this to me! PIease!
-Cris Ieft me, man. -I can't stay in the hiII.
She Ieft me with CIayton.
-Where are you sIeeping tonight? -The guardhouse. Want to come?
No, that's okay.
You can sIeep at your father's.
I'II see...
See you Iater.
Fuck! It's Fasto's guys!
Head for the tunneI!
Stop the car!
Stop the fucking car!
Let's go!
Come on. Be carefuI!
Let's go!
Come on! I'II take you on!
Motherfuckers!
Stop, you fucking asshoIe!
I wiII kiII you!
Get the fuck out!
Get out, fucker!
I'm gonna kiII you! I'm gonna fucking kiII you!
Get in!
Get in the car!
I'm the boss here!
Let's go!
Get in the car!
I'm gonna fucking kiII you!
Let's get outta here!
Fuck you aII! The hiII is mine!
PIease, God, protect us...
BALD HILL
-Hey, Midnight. -Hey, bro.
Appreciate your heIp, man.
When we take back our hiII, we'II repay you.
-Was it Fasto? -Yes.
Right is right, wrong is wrong. I toId you so many times,
I finaIIy gave up.
Bebezao. Get rid of that car, for Christ's sake.
I toId you, bro, that guy's a fucking Judas.
One thing I fucking hate, Midnight, is a Judas.
If anyone here is a Judas, he's dead!
Pisses me off.
ReIax, bro. We can chiII at the party Iater.
HeIp these guys here. They're messed up.
When we get more guns, we'II take the hiII back.
-I toId you to kiII that motherfucker. -Thanks, bro, reaIIy.
Fuck, if I ever catch that guy...
Good morning, sir.
You were Iate again.
The pIace was unattended.
There was a gang war on the hiII.
That's your probIem, not mine.
It was a reaI war. You probabIy saw it on TV.
You're fired. Go coIIect your pay.
But, sir...
-They're out to kiII you. -Me?
Fasto came for you. Look what they did.
I swore you wouIdn't be back here.
I was working.
They think you're with Midnight.
I didn't even know...
Where is he?
Out the back!
Get him!
Your doorbeII's busted.
Where's your friend?
-Who, Ace? -Yeah.
I don't know. He's around somewhere.
You know how to fix that?
EIectricity? No.
I don't either.
May I use your bathroom?
At the end of the haII.
Excuse me.
Hear about the war on the hiII?
I heard on the radio.
Things got ugIy. My cousin, Midnight, was the boss up there.
The other guys took back the hiII.
Our whoIe famiIy had to spIit.
-SheiIa's kid? -What?
SheiIa, your aunt.
Your mother onIy had one sister, right?
You knew my aunt?
I went out with her.
You went out with my mother's sister?
So? You mean you never went out with two sisters?
Not at the same time, one after the other.
Is she stiII pretty?
I see.
You hungry?
Have one.
Who took your cousin's pIace?
A guy named Fasto.
He was with Midnight, but joined another gang.
He's a fucking traitor.
Traitor?
A fucking traitor.
But he won't Iast Iong. Traitors die young.
Some get away.
WeII, I'm going...
Okay.
Can I stay here?
Afraid not, kid.
I have other peopIe Iiving here. There's no room.
Just one night, man.
Then the girI jumped on me and began kissing me.
I totaIIy didn't expect it.
She tore off my cIothes. I thought, ''Wow, this is my Iucky day!''
-Who is it? -Me, Ace.
Hey, Ace!
This isn't a hoteI, kid.
Can I taIk to him?
Make it quick. I don't want that guy in here.
Okay.
-What's up? -Hey. How are you?
Not great, man, I got nowhere to sIeep.
You're not working tonight?
I Iost my job. Can I sIeep here?
That's bad news. What about Nestor's pIace?
Can't go there.
What's going on, WaIIace?
-Why not? -Because I can't.
-But why not? -I can't, man.
You want to taIk, go somewhere eIse, WaIIace.
Try Caju's pIace, man.
You staying or going with him?
Hey, Ace...
What are you doing over here?
You miss us aIready?
-I'm homeIess, man. -You're what?
-Crash with us up on the sIab. -Come on.
Thanks.
Ace!
What's up, man? Come on up.
It was awfuI.
They trashed Cris' father's store.
The worst part is, I don't even know what I did.
Listen, man.
Don't worry. You know everyone here.
Stay with us on BaId HiII. We'II heIp you anyway we can.
No, thanks.
Here are some sheets and a change of cIothes.
-Thanks. -Sure.
-Good night. -Good night.
Take your smile out of my way
Let me go by
with my pain
If I'm a thorn to you today
Thorns can't hurt flowers
I made a mistake wedding my soul to yours
The sun cannot live alongside the moon
What the heII?
What are you doing, kid?
Trying to fix it.
But you don't know how.
Turn that thing off.
Sorry, man.
Trying to burn the buiIding down, kid?
Who is this boy?
Don't teII me it's your nephew. That's what oId fags say.
I'm not his nephew.
Not an eIectrician either.
Look what you've done.
It's a mess.
-You're not ready? -I'II get dressed.
We're Iate.
Wait for me downstairs.
Eat something, Ace.
No, you eat...
Don't worry about me. I've aIready eaten. Go on.
Okay, thanks.
How about going through the woods?
Let's think about it. We have to come up with a good pIan.
Hey, Ace! You here too, buddy?
Just for a whiIe, okay?
Sure. We'II taIk Iater, okay?
Okay, everyone?
-Okay, boss. -Keep it up.
Awesome party here on Friday, Caju,
with Iots of hot chicks, right, guys?
-You going, Ace? -Not me.
Such a pussy. Have some fun. Funk music...
Show him, shorty. Show him how it's done.
Come on, Ace. Let's have some fun.
You caII that dancing?
Okay, okay.
What the heII was that, Caju? Ace, Iet's party.
Look at you, girIs think you're good-Iooking, man!
I don't feeI Iike dancing.
Hey, DJ!
In God we trust!
All you gangsters, life is crazy.
We want Midnight back on Dead End Hill.
Heavyweight
Like Afghanistan
Back to Dead End Hill with Midnight's gang
Midnight and his crew
Fasto, the traitor, decided to rebel
Midnight is back to send you straight to hell
Heavyweight
Like Afghanistan
With Birao's gang
And Midnight's crew
That's right.
You did your part.
My man, Birao. Glad to be here with you.
Here's the PeIe dribbIe.
He passes behind! The fuIIback sucks!
GoaI!
Your party's tomorrow, isn't it?
What party?
Tomorrow is Saturday, the 6th.
-Were you going? -Of course!
I can't go back to the hiII because of the gang war.
-Want a gIass of water? -Sure.
Here, buy yourseIf something, some cIothes.
-Wow, $200? -Is that enough?
Yeah!
Who's Roberto CarvaIho de MeIIo?
My cIient.
What kind of cIient?
I buy buiIding materiaIs for him.
Oh, okay. Thanks.
Bring your girIfriend over for dinner tomorrow.
She's at Dead End HiII.
Her brother's with the enemy. I can't even taIk to her.
I'II invite Ace. He's more than a friend.
He's a brother.
No, not him.
Think about it, three guys eating together! No way!
Don't you know any other girIs?
I'II see.
-HeraIdo. -What?
Thanks for the present.
No probIem.
Can I ask one more favor?
Go ahead.
HeraIdo Tome Coutinho.
So you're now WaIIace SiIva Coutinho.
Here you go.
Let's go.
If you're not doing anything Iater, come over. I'II make dinner.
-Sure, but I'II be there before you. -Okay. Got the key?
No.
Here.
Eighteen years oId.
Yeah.
What now?
I'm going to Iook for a job, a career, responsibiIity.
I meant right now.
Oh, right now! Buy some CDs, some cIothes, spend aII this cash.
-You do that. -See you.
I rounded it up to $200. You can keep the change, okay?
Your phone number on the back, pIease.
I don't have one. When I do, you'II be the first to know.
Write your address then.
WiII you come visit me?
Midnight, the hardware has arrived.
Open it up.
The ammunition too. Quick! My finger's itching.
Where's the machine guns?
Check this out, man!
Here, kid. Take this pistoI.
CaII the other guys.
Hey, Caju, I put batteries in the waIkie-taIkies.
Good.
What's that?
A map. Some of the guys don't know their way around.
Look. Here's the soccer fieId and here's the stairway.
That's not where the fieId is. You're aII mixed up.
-It's not right? -It's over here!
Fix it for me.
I'II make another map.
Okay, make five copies.
Five? What for, man?
And do it fast. Midnight wanted them yesterday.
What a pain in the ass.
-For chiIdren or aduIts? -Whatever.
For chiIdren then.
Let me put a note in it.
DeIiver it now, pIease.
It's for Miss CamiIa.
CamiIa!
DeIivery for the Iady.
I didn't order anything.
You crippIed or what?
No, don't...
Let me see.
You Iook nice.
Is that a new backpack?
My dad gave it to me. You Iike it?
I Iike it.
Ace is in deep troubIe.
I know.
He came to my dad's pIace and I Iet him down.
-No, not that. -What then?
Fiel thinks Ace told Midnight he was alive.
But he only told me, and I only told you.
So Fasto is out to kill Ace.
What are you taIking about?
And Ace is now with Midnight.
I got something for you.
Ace? He'd never do that.
-No, thanks, man. -You're with us now.
I was just heIping out.
I saw you needed a hand, and you Iet me stay here,
so it was Iike an exchange.
It's not that simpIe. You came. You chose to stay.
-Where is he? -I think he's on BaId HiII.
I better go get him.
-No, don't. -This is serious. I have to go.
-I've never fired a gun. -Then you better Iearn fast.
You know who first put a gun in my hand?
Your father.
It was your father's gun. I was just a kid.
He was a security guard in a steakhouse.
We'd go by at night.
Me and my gang.
He'd give us lots of food.
I was a IittIe punk. I bugged him to Iet me use his .38
to shoot cats in the parking Iot.
We shot them aII and had enough barbecue
for the whoIe week.
ReaI sinister.
Your dad was a cooI guy.
A big bIack guy, a reaI man. He was reaIIy cooI.
He had a gun Iike this one.
A bIack .38 just Iike this one.
Here. FeeI it, man.
Where was this steakhouse?
Over in Sao Conrado. CIosed down a Iong time ago.
It's gone now.
What was it caIIed?
Shit, man. I don't remember.
It was... Something with buII... The Fine BuII?
The Fighting BuII... Something Iike that.
The Fiery BuII?
Shit, yeah, that's it.
The Fiery BuII. Haven't heard that name in a Iong time.
How Iong ago was that?
A whiIe back. I was seven or eight.
What are you doing, WaIIace? Come back here!
One thing I'II never forgive
is what they did to your dad.
They set him up and shot him in the back.
OnIy a fucking traitor wouId do that.
Did you know WaIIace's father shot a man in that steakhouse?
-Whose father? -WaIIace's.
No way, man.
That's crazy.
You're imagining things. Forget about it.
WaIIace!
-They're after us. -Not me, you.
You mean you're not gonna heIp me?
It's your probIem, soIve it yourseIf.
Aren't you my friend?
You ditching me, partner?
We'II do it my way?
We'll do it your way.
What's that kid doing here?
-What do you want? -It's cooI, man.
Speak.
-I wanna see Midnight. -Who are you?
His cousin.
So? Everyone around here is somebody's cousin.
I'm aIso Iooking for Ace, a bIack guy from Dead End HiII.
The funk dancer?
I don't know. A bIack guy, big eyes, a mouthfuI of teeth.
Never stops taIking.
Yeah, that's gotta be him. What is he to you?
He's my partner, my brother.
It's cooI, Dimas. He's with us.
Okay, then...
Everything okay, buddy?
-Why are you here? -I came to taIk to you.
What? You squeaIed to that girI.
He's her brother. What eIse couId I do?
Her brother happens to be FieI. I toId you to keep your mouth shut.
-I didn't mean to, man. -You didn't?
I couIdn't Iie. Her brother was aIive.
You didn't mean to?
Like your dad didn't mean to kiII mine?
-What do you mean? -What do I mean?
Ask your dad who he kiIIed!
Ask him if the guy he kiIIed was the steakhouse guard.
Ask him if the guy he kiIIed was my father!
Come on, Ace.
Come on?
CaIm down.
Who kiIIed whose father?
Come on. Let's go.
Let's get outta here.
Outta here? You go. You don't Iike it here, pIayboy?
Then beat it.
Look at the pIayboy.
Beat it!
Beat it, sucker!
Get out, asshoIe!
Fuck off.
Stay cIose, Iike fIesh and bone. We'II go in through the front.
Hey, kid. The fun starts now, and you're in.
We're gonna take back what beIongs to us, okay?
In God we trust.
We're in this together.
My boy.
Happy birthday to you...
Did you kiII Ace's father?
Midnight, we're gonna take it back.
In God we trust, brother!
We're gonna get Fasto!
Come in the car with me, Ace.
Stop dreaming about your mother and move!
TeII me!
Did you kiII his father?
Sit down.
We were friends, see?
We worked together.
He'd Ieft the hiII. He was Iiving somewhere eIse with another woman.
I wasn't with your mother anymore either.
I set up this job with some guys.
Shit, keep it down, man. Open that thing up, damn it.
He was the first guy I asked.
But he was reaI stubborn.
So we decided to do it on his day off.
He wasn't supposed to be there, but he was crazy about the cleaning girl.
I had no choice.
What are you doing?
Luizao, you're here?
HeraIdo, are you crazy, man?
Let's taIk. Don't move.
He came out shooting at me.
Fuck, Luizao! Stop!
He was going to kiII me.
So I defended myseIf.
The guy was my friend.
I didn't want to kill a friend.
I had to shoot. It was either him or me.
I got 20 years and did 1 5.
Fifteen years in jaiI. You have no idea.
I'm going to buy cigarettes.
PoIice!
Easy, man.
Don't move!
PuII up your shirt.
Sit down, kid.
-Where's HeraIdo? -I don't know.
-Where the fuck is he? -I don't know!
Look. StoIen cards and checks.
It's him!
Quick!
Stop!
You piece of shit!
What are you going to do now?
Move!
I said I'd get you, didn't I?
You're going to fucking rot in jaiI, buddy.
Let's go!
I want action. I want Fasto fucking dead.
We have pIenty of ammo, so everyone do their job. Got that?
Don't hurt the IocaIs.
Save your buIIets for Fasto.
-The hiII is ours. -Victory!
Ace...
What are you dreaming about now? We're in this together.
The hiII is fucking ours!
Let's do it, brother!
-Birao. -Let's do it.
Fasto is fucking finished! Midnight is the boss!
-Hey, Birao. -What?
You go through here, and we'II meet at the TaIiba, bro.
Victory.
You come with me...
Let's go.
Come with me! Over here!
Come on. Down here.
Let's go, guys.
One on the Ieft. One on the right.
Birao, come with me. The hiII is ours.
Shit! We're surrounded!
Turn off your Iights, man!
-Shit, Midnight! -We're fucked!
Let's go!
Move!
That fucker.
Let's go up.
We're going up.
Meet up at the top.
Easy, man.
Ace?
He's over there. Go, get out!
Hey, Ace...
Let's get outta here, man.
Come on, Ace!
Get out? Whose fauIt is it that I'm here?
Whose fauIt is it?
TeII me!
I know my father kiIIed yours.
But it was in seIf-defense!
SeIf-defense? My father was shot in the back.
-Shot in the back? -He put a buIIet in his back.
What do you mean?
He'd never have done that. They were friends.
Friends? Like you're my friend?
What are you doing?
Come on, Ace.
Am I not your friend?
I'm not your friend?
Then shoot me.
Shoot me.
Let's get outta here.
Let's go, Ace.
If you die, your son wiII be Iike us.
FatherIess.
Is that what you want?
Let's go, Ace.
Where's everyone?
Things are bad, bro.
Some of our guys died up top. This kid was aImost shot.
Did you kiII Midnight?
I kiIIed that asshoIe and had his body dumped.
Everyone be carefuI now!
Hey, Fasto?
Fasto?
Give him to me.
Come here, Son.
Sit down over here.
I Iove you.
From now on, it's you and me.
I'm going to bring you up, take care of you.
Now it's just the two of us.
We can't stay on the hill anymore, Cris.
I'll handle things till you get back.
I'm taking Clayton. I'll call you when I find a place.
Where wiII you take him?
Wherever I go. He's my son.
Love you.
Let's go. Say bye-bye to Auntie.
Say bye!
Go now. God bIess you.
Go quickly, don't stop.
Here's $ 1 for you.
Hurry, and don't stop.
Let's go.
Come on, Iet's go!
Go, go, go!
I don't know how long it will be.
But now you're in there and I'm out here,
away from the place where I was born,
the place where everyone knows me,
where everyone knows who I am,
away from the place that used to be mine.
What now, Ace?
What now, WaIIace? What now, CIayton?
Let's go to my dad's pIace. I have the key.
Why not?
CIayton, don't worry 'cause I'm gonna teach you aII I know.
-Let's cross. -Okay.
CIayton, before you cross the street, you have to Iook both ways.
First this way, then that way.
Let's go.