[Santiago] Brother, your tears.
A storm is coming, Santiago.
[The Chosen One] The worst of all of them.
After the moment of my greatest doubt,
you gave me back my mother's life.
You, Chosen One, are holy.
- Woman, can't you see my tears? - [Zulmira whimpers]
Can't you see?
My tears fall because of the horror that the Serpent brings us.
But Chosen One, you did this.
It wasn't me. None of this is my doing.
Santiago, get that thing out of here, for the love of God.
[Zulmira] No, no! What do you think you're doing?
You won't take her away from me again. You won't!
Zulmira, you have always been a woman of faith.
And I've always told you the truth.
So, believe me when I say this woman is not your mother.
Your mother is dead. And she will remain dead.
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
[Silvino] It's a simple house, but we have a good life.
The travelers who come to see the Chosen One give us tips.
And your wife?
Doesn't she ever come to Aguazul with you?
- Well, to be honest, ma'am, I... - Silvino...
Call me Eva. We're friends now, right?
[Eva chuckles]
Well, after she was cured, she asked to never go back there again.
Why do you think she doesn't wanna go back there?
She scared of The Chosen One.
Should she be?
She's a very simple woman. We are simple people, you know?
She never talks about it, but I do worry about her.
[sighs]
She's very different.
Silvino, would you let me talk to her? With you there, of course.
My job has taught me to understand people,
and I really think I can help both of you.
Would you do that for me, Eva?
[Lorenzo] I don't understand.
You seem so much better,
despite everything that happened last night.
God still wants me to serve The Chosen One.
Especially at this moment.
[foreboding music]
[thumping]
[ominous music]
[gasps, panting]
[Damião] Hey. It's okay.
Take it easy.
You're cured, but you're still very weak.
I don't know how miracles work, but I can't imagine they work like this.
What I'm feeling is bad, really, really bad.
That may be.
But only a few hours ago, you were about to die.
And now you're alive.
But you remember that same feeling, don't you?
You're a doctor.
You know there's something going on inside of us that isn't normal.
Just be grateful you're alive, Lúcia.
And that we have the chance to discover that this place even exists.
What's your problem, Damião?
Here we go. You're starting this again?
First, you cut your stomach to sacrifice yourself at the altar,
then you just disappear from the church.
Then you reappear out of nowhere.
Lying about everything that happened during the vaccination.
You never cared about me at all.
You never even tried to contact me.
[Lúcia] You and that piece of shit Enzo.
You made me lose my medical license.
You know, that ruined my life.
I didn't try to contact you?
How dare you even say that to my face?
The two of you left without me.
You two left me here.
Not knowing if I was dead or alive.
And now I'm the one who ruined your life?
I teamed up with Enzo?
You ran away with him.
Now you tell me, Lúcia,
what kind of leader leaves their own behind?
- I, I went to get help. - Yeah...
And never came back.
[ominous music]
[door opens]
- Silvino... - [gasps]
my love.
Is everything all right?
It will be now.
[Santiago] You've been up all night healing the doctor.
I don't know how you're still standing.
Brother, the campsite is unprotected.
That's why these things are happening.
Mateus has no experience dealing with the enemy,
and we've been breaking the rules as well.
Maybe this is all just retaliation.
None of this is your fault, Santiago.
Nor Mateus'.
The Serpent wants to punish me and wants me to go back to the campsite.
I wonder why.
What do I do with her?
[The Chosen One] Take her away.
And leave no trace.
- Brother, - Mm?
I'm going to need my army.
The time has come for the natives to pay their debt to me.
[The Chosen One] Bring me Lorenzo and Angelina,
- I need a transfusion. - Mm-hm.
[Ana] No, miss.
I don't feel that way and I don't know why he's saying that.
Every day I feel blessed
because The Chosen One healed me and I could have my baby.
It's okay, my love.
[Silvino] She's a friend, and she knows you're grateful.
But tell her the truth. Tell her why you don't feel well.
It's a sin, Silvino.
It's not a sin to talk about what's hurting you.
You're the most important thing in my life.
If something's wrong, we have to fix it, my love.
[Eva] It's true, Ana.
I really wanna hear from your experience.
Sometimes a single piece of information can change our whole life.
[Silvino] Right.
[Eva's mother] We have four children.
- Four! - [door opens]
[Eva's mother] How are we gonna survive like this?
Where is a lathe operator going to find a job around here?
Is Daddy okay, Eva?
[Eva's father] Don't you think I worry about that?
About how I'm gonna put food on the table?
I work my ass off for this family.
But what can I do if the factory is laying people off?
I worked there my whole life.
What's gonna happen?
[shushes]
I've always told you that it was no use
working for rich people like that, they don't care about us.
I'll figure it out.
I don't care what you say anymore,
I want to see you do something about it.
[somber music]
Eat that cake before your mom gets home, Eva.
I don't want you to leave here hungry.
I'm sorry. I was thinking about my dad.
Your dad is a good, hardworking man.
We just need to have faith.
Faith? How is faith going to... [gasps]
Oh, I didn't mean to.
Don't worry about it. I'll get something to wipe it up.
CITY OF CORUMBÁ IS THE SALVATION FOR LAID-OFF WORKERS
SHORTAGE OF SKILLED WORKERS
[chuckles]
[calm music]
My role as a journalist is to contribute to society
and sometimes I even change people's lives with my stories.
I'd like to help you, Ana,
you just need to talk to me.
[breathes deeply]
It's a feeling I have...
almost every day at some point.
I feel like I shouldn't even be alive.
Since I was healed by The Chosen One,
I feel like there's a...
dark light inside of me.
A light?
[Ana] I call it a dark light,
but I feel like I'm fighting against a darkness inside of me.
Something really bad.
That could be God fighting the Devil that lives inside all of us.
- Right? - Silvino...
In all honesty,
I don't think so.
[clattering]
[foreboding music]
How do you feel?
Can you feel that you're cured?
Yes. I feel it.
And I owe it all to you.
That's good to hear.
Especially coming from you.
I was waiting to tell you about the woman I brought here.
Your new life.
[The Chosen One] She's being prepared for the ritual.
If you let me, I'd like to stay by her side...
[door opens]
[foreboding music]
They already took the new life to the campsite.
If I were you, I'd forget about her and get out of here.
Are you better, Chosen One?
Yes, Chief.
But what matters now is the situation at hand.
The fact is that I cured your people,
even going against my Father's will.
And now, I am the one who needs your help.
Whatever you ask of me, my tribe will honor.
I want your protection...
from the one who lives in the depths of the jungle.
I want protection against the Serpent.
[indistinct chatter]
[chattering continues]
Zulmira.
[The Chosen One] If I saw your dear mother,
your real mother,
walking towards me,
I'd tell you to leave everything to be with her again.
Nothing else would matter.
Come to me, Zulmira.
My people,
today we were attacked.
[villagers gasp]
Zulmira saw a creature in the form of her mother this morning.
But my own divine light
made this evil being disappear once and for all.
You, my dear Zulmira, will never have to see that evil being again.
What do you mean, disappear?
[villagers murmuring]
Just like all the Serpent's illusions.
No. It wasn't an illusion.
I did touch her. I did talk to her.
How on earth could you make her disappear?
[ominous music]
What happened to Christ three days after the crucifixion?
[The Chosen One] What happened to Christ on the third day?
- The resurrection. - The resurrection.
The resurrection.
Christ rose from the dead on the third day.
Proving his divinity to his followers.
According to the scriptures, it was the will of my Father.
Then he ascended to Heaven to sit at the right hand of God.
So your mother, Zulmira,
was resurrected because of an evil desire.
No.
What you saw, it wasn't your mother.
But only her cold, dead flesh
which was being used as an instrument by the enemy.
Not again. No. Not again, no.
A freak of nature that was destroyed.
[Vicente] Zulmira...
[Zulmira] I'm alone again, no! No.
Today the enemy broke his silence
and also upset the balance we've had in Aguazul for all these years.
Today the Serpent invaded Aguazul.
I can't keep curing people until I face the enemy in front of me.
[Zulmira sobbing]
Today, I will once again, return to the camp.
And I'll start this holy war especially in your name, Zulmira.
[Zulmira sobbing]
And I promise to all of you,
nobody will have to go through what Zulmira went through this morning.
[villagers murmuring]
[ominous music]
[boat engine revving]
[foreboding music]
[chief] The Chosen One has asked you to take care of her.
[foreboding music]
[Silvino] I, I don't understand, Eva.
I didn't understand it either, Silvino.
But after talking to Ana,
I wanted to take a look at these documents again.
Everything I know about people like The Chosen One is here.
So, are you saying there were others like The Chosen One?
Yes, that's what I'm saying.
It not as important that there were others,
but rather where they came from.
The World Health Organization said
that the Zika mutation was reduced in one season, in this entire area.
But that's not entirely true.
The cure started somewhere specific.
[Eva] It started here.
In Aguazul.
[foreboding music]
[wind whooshes]
Chosen One, are you sure?
Yes, Santiago.
And I don't wanna delay my departure.
Angelina and Lorenzo, you're coming with me.
Damião,
you might be useful, too.
But, Brother, I should go with you.
No, Santiago.
The Natives will protect me.
Your place is here with Lúcia.
What do you mean by that?
That I will need you during the war, Lúcia.
[gasps]
- No. - [Santiago] Hey!
No?
You, stay away from me.
And you need to hear me out.
I'm tired of letting a bunch of men tell me
what I can or cannot do in this place. This ends right here, right now.
I already got what I came here for.
Just look at me now.
You actually cured me.
I don't really care if Enzo's right or not
but there's some secret you're hiding in the jungle.
Or if it's Damião's right when he says you're the magical healer.
But either way,
I can see you're actually capable of performing miracles.
So, if you what you're saying is true, that I'm the one who keeps you alive,
I'm not gonna sit around here anymore.
My messenger comes with me.
First, he took away my husband,
now he take my mother away.
Is that what I get for all my devotion?
Your mother asked to leave, Zulmira.
That was her wish, right?
But she came back for a reason.
Did you know, Damião?
No.
[foreboding music]
Then you can do something for me, okay?
Find her and bring her back to me.
You heard what The Chosen One said.
You understand that was not your mother, right?
[grunts]
Don't talk about her like that.
I know she's still out there somewhere.
And you will bring her back to me because you owe it to me, Damião.
You owe me for everything you and your doctors have done to my life
since you've arrived here.
I don't owe you anything.
[Zulmira scoffs]
Looking for this?
You don't understand.
I don't?
Because Angelina is doing so much better than before.
And I can't help but notice your extreme devotion.
And the fact that you refuse to leave her side.
Bring me my mother, Damião.
[door opens]
Take care of my village, Santiago.
[boat engine starts]
[foreboding music]
But, Eva, what are trying to prove here?
I wanna find a connection between what's happening here in Aguazul
and what has already happened in other parts of the world.
[doctor] We are absolutely certain
that the epidemic in the region around the Pantanal is under control.
But you do confirm there have been recent records
of people infected by the mutation, right?
Um, before, we were dealing with the risk of mass contamination.
Now, there are only isolated cases
that are already being identified and treated.
And to what do you credit the success of this eradication?
Well, as Doctor Ramiro already mentioned,
the vaccines were successfully administered.
According to the statement of your colleague Lúcia Santeiro,
the community in Aguazul refused to take the vaccines.
As a member of the press, you must surely be aware that
despite Brazil having one of the best public vaccination programs in the world,
there are always some people who are reluctant
to vaccinate their children and themselves
based on the dissemination of fake news.
This was one more case of that, which we handled.
- [doctor] Any other questions? - [Eva] Over here!
While you were in the town of Aguazul,
did you witness the activities of a local spiritual healer
capable of performing miraculous cures?
A healer?
What do you mean? A medium?
Who could talk to spirits?
[crowd laughs]
Miss, with all due respect,
our press needs to start practicing serious journalism.
I guess we eradicated the epidemic, not the ignorance.
So, this is the result of a lot of historical research
about other healers.
"Once he was cured,
the man expressed his desire to die, to be with his Lord,
no longer feeling the satisfaction of belonging to Earth."
Yes. That's the statement of a man who was successfully cured.
Look at the date.
From 1834?
Mm.
"The Healing Light erased his consciousness.
Being given a new life awakened the desire for death."
God, it's just like that.
That is exactly how I feel.
Yes. It's the same feelings you described just now, Ana.
But some of these statements are over a thousand years old.
But were these healers like The Chosen One?
Well, most of them were false prophets.
But there were some healers
that the Catholic Church was trying to hide and erase from history,
fearing they might compete with the image of Christ.
[sighs] But...
The Chosen One isn't a false prophet.
- He's not a fraud. - Silvino.
There's one group in particular who cried tears of blood,
and they're described in similar terms to The Chosen One.
And I think he is a part of this group of miracle workers.
There are even some religious cults
that called them "The Destroyers of The New World".
And it seems every century a new one is born.
I've seen this here.
What do you mean, Silvino?
[Anna] Seen what?
This altar. This cabin.
"The protection of the dead."
Where did you see this?
[ominous music]
Lúcia?
Brother.
I need to speak to you.
A tragedy has occurred.
[Mateus] I went to the cabin.
I followed the blood...
[whispering]
[pants, sobs]
[foreboding music]
[foreboding music continues]
[The Chosen One sobs]
[sobbing continues]
Mateus, they killed her.
He murdered my first cure.
Of all the creatures,
he chose the most innocent one.
Tomás,
bring the scientist here.
[door clatters, opens]
Enzo.
[thuds]
- Did you kill it? - [Enzo] Wait.
No.
No, it wasn't me.
He... he did. He did.
Did you watch her die?
Did she suffer?
It was you, I saw it was you.
You killed the thing.
[The Chosen One] The Serpent tricked you, scientist.
He made you see me.
[Mateus] Brother.
I'm gathering some of the natives to hunt down the Serpent.
He will end up killing all of you.
This place doesn't need weapons, Mateus.
It needs me.
What should I do with the doctor?
[The Chosen One] Lock him back in there.
No, no! Please. You promised, Chosen One!
[Enzo] No, don't do this!
No! No, no!
[Enzo grunts]
[Enzo] No, no!
[foreboding music]
Lúcia.
What are you doing here?
I feel responsible for the woman I brought here.
I need to see how she's doing.
Yeah, that's you in a nutshell.
What do you mean by that?
Hm. You just never know when to stop.
Oh, I don't?
Mm-hm.
You're the one who turned me in when I tried to help you.
How dare you say that to my face? Who do you think you are?
Who do I think I am?
What are you talking about?
I slit my throat for you.
I'm still being punished for that. And for what?
Just to watch you come back here?
Do you know how I felt when it looked like my brother wouldn't heal you?
[Mateus] I know.
I've made a lot of mistakes.
I understand why you feel betrayed.
But I do know how my brother thinks.
Or at least I thought I did.
But look...
everything I did,
I was just trying my best to protect you.
So why don't you help me now then?
Tell me where they took the new Angelina.
I can't believe it.
Can you stop being so stubborn for one second?
- [moans] - [smooches]
[foreboding music]
[foreboding music continues]
[panting]
So, The Chosen One keeps a cabin
in the middle of the jungle,
a place he believes is mystical,
with an altar for protection like this one,
built by other healers.
Can you take me there, Silvino?
It's in the middle of the forest.
I've seen it once before and got beaten up.
I can't go back there.
But, Silvino, you want to know what is happening, right?
[Eva] You want what's best for your wife, don't you?
Come on, look at Ana and tell me you don't wanna help her.
Then you have to take me to this cabin.
Reinforce the cabin with anything you find.
[men speaking in native language]
[thumping]
[smooches]
May my tears protect this sacred place.
[water sloshing]
[woman 1] No.
I don't want anything. I just want to go home.
You've mistaken me for someone else.
I know. But you'll have to wait.
He'll end up realizing you're not his new life.
[approaching footsteps]
How do you feel?
She still doesn't understand what's happening.
But that's normal.
No, I asked how you were feeling.
I...
I'm cured, aren't I?
No.
Not completely.
You may be feeling better now, but...
we've only just started your recovery.
- [Angelina sighs] - Come with me.
[foreboding music]
[Angelina sighs]
[bottles clank]
I'm going to make you The Chosen One's life forever.
[rustling]
[gasps]
Get away from me, you demon. Get away.
- Get out. - What did he say to you?
He didn't say anything. He said nothing.
Impossible. He must have said something.
He must have said something to you.
All I know is that he enjoyed killing it.
He laughed while he tore it into shreds and bathed in its blood.
Concentrate on me, scientist.
Breathe in.
[The Chosen One] Swallow your fear.
Calm down.
Breathe.
- Better? - [Enzo] Mm-hm.
Chosen One...
I want to get out of here.
I swear I tried. I swear I did.
I did things I didn't even know I was capable of.
But I can't take it anymore. I'm asking you.
Please, please, let me go.
[The Chosen One] Are you giving up, scientist?
[whimpers]
So, now you're ready to see what you came for.
[door opens]
[The Chosen One] Mateus.
- Have you seen Mateus? - No, Holy One.
Lúcia?
[Mateus] I have scouted the south side.
Everything is under control.
[The Chosen One] Brother, the doctor is ready to see the Holy Ground.
Are you sure?
[Mateus] Come with me.
Lúcia, follow me, please.
[Mateus] What exactly are you planning on doing when you get to the Holy Ground?
I just want to take a sample of whatever is there,
so I can try to replicate it in the laboratory.
You like to use big words, don't you, scientist?
Well, it's not my intention.
[Enzo] I guess I'm just too educated for some people.
- [both grunt] - [Enzo groans]
What was that for?
That's for what you did to Lúcia.
Now enjoy yourself.
You are on Holy Ground.
But there's nothing out here.
Head over there.
Out of respect for this place, I won't go any closer.
[foreboding music]
You're not going to shoot me in the back, Mateus, are you?
Here.
Right past that hill over there.
[birds cawing]
[animals growling]
[ominous music]
[buzzing]
What's happening to me?
[gasping]
[crackling]
[gasping]
[closing theme music]
Subtitle translation by Othelo Sabbag