00:01:00
-Mom, I'm scared!
-Everything will be okay.
00:01:05
There are people who are afraid of the dark.
00:01:08
But it takes darkness to see the glow of fireflies.
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[Whispered prayer]
00:02:41
What a bad feeling!
00:02:43
The street is full of mud.
00:02:46
But the procession is beautiful!
Your blessing, godmother.
00:03:01
Are you better?
00:03:04
I am, my dear.
00:03:08
Mom, did you clean the mud from inside the house?
00:03:13
Godmother, what a stubborn woman!
00:03:15
Stubborn me?
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-You see, Nice?
-It's the pot calling the kettle black.
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[Whispered prayer]
00:03:38
Let her rest.
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Let her.
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Oh, godmother.
00:03:46
Mom isn't getting better.
00:03:48
Not even with that weird stuff you do.
00:03:50
Respect, girl!
00:03:52
I lost Grandma Teresinha...
00:03:53
I don't accept losing
my mother, godmother.
00:03:55
But Maria Flor!
00:03:57
You know that this life
is a cycle, don't you?
00:04:00
That everyone leaves one day.
00:04:02
-Me, your mother, you.
-Jesus, godmother!
00:04:05
But this is not the end.
It's just a new beginning.
00:04:09
Godmother, I dont' want
to talk about the end.
00:04:11
I want to know if you know
anything to cure mom.
00:04:43
Listen... some people believe...
00:04:47
that the glow of fireflies
is the light of the soul.
00:04:51
And firefly egg tea is such a powerful,
almost magical thing.
00:04:55
Why didn't you say
before, godmother?
00:04:57
Where am I going to find firefly eggs?
00:04:59
Well, wherever there are fireflies.
00:05:01
People say they like
to lay eggs in moist places.
00:05:05
Tree trunks...
00:05:07
But it is said to be very difficult to find,
you have to be patient.
00:05:11
Godmother, will you stay
here with mom until I get back?
00:05:14
I will!
00:05:15
I will find those firefly eggs,
even if it's the last thing I do.
00:05:18
I will stay.
00:05:20
But you take this with you, my girl.
00:05:23
To protect you, okay?
00:05:26
Because you never know.
00:05:29
And if you need strength, Maria Flor,
you pray and invoke.
00:05:34
Strongly invoke,
that I will always be with you.
00:05:38
Thank you, godmother.
00:05:41
-Your blessing.
-God bless you, dear.
00:05:43
God bless you, my dear.
00:05:45
Your blessing, mom.
00:05:59
Look Bastiana there.
00:06:01
Just finished praying and gossiping
about people's lives.
00:06:04
As she started hanging out
with that Quinca's daughter,
00:06:06
the girl strayed from the path.
00:06:07
I told her mother. "A chicken who walks
with a duck meets death by frowning".
00:06:11
"Drowing", Raul.
00:06:13
What did I say?
00:06:14
You always says it wrong.
Every time.
00:06:16
But come on.
00:06:17
Have you seen Eliane?
00:06:19
What's wrong?
00:06:20
Well, are those are clothes
to go to the procession!?
00:06:22
Was she indecent?
00:06:23
Sure, what a disrespect.
00:06:25
I didn't even notice.
00:06:26
You are the one
showing disrespect, Jurema.
00:06:28
Talking about other people,
don't you think?
00:06:30
Don't know it is rude
listen to other people's conversations?
00:06:33
Hey, Jurema,
I need a favor from you.
00:06:37
I need to go to your avocado tree.
00:06:40
The avocado tree?
00:06:41
Yeah, the one full of fireflies,
in the yard.
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Well.
00:06:44
The flood took it away.
00:06:46
It took houses, animals, people.
00:06:49
A tragedy.
00:06:51
Guys, was it that serious?
00:06:53
Hey, girl, don't you remember that?
00:07:01
And where am I going to find fireflies?
00:07:07
And where am I going to find fireflies?
00:07:11
The flood took it away.
00:07:12
Don't you remember that?
00:07:13
The flood took it away.
00:07:16
Took away.
00:07:16
Don't you remember that?
00:07:18
The flood took it away.
00:07:37
I warned Mr. Milton...
00:07:39
That it wasn't good to uproot
those trees on the riverbank.
00:07:42
But these people want to
deforest everything.
00:07:44
Well, the result: it turned out like this.
00:07:47
Hey, guy!
00:07:49
Hey, guy!
00:07:51
Wow, how rude!
00:08:07
Sweets! Sweets!
00:08:09
What a screaming, guy!
00:08:11
But let me ask you,
do you know where I can find...
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I'll make a delivery,
then I talk to you.
00:08:16
Hello, my friend!
00:08:18
Hey.
00:08:19
Here's the sweet you asked for.
00:08:21
Thank you very much!
God bless you!
00:08:24
God bless you too!
00:08:25
So, I'm looking for something
that's hard to find.
00:08:29
Fireflies.
00:08:32
Fireflies are hard to find nowadays.
00:08:34
Yes... but you don't know
where to find them around here?
00:08:39
I'm digging here in my memory.
00:08:42
I'm going to pass by a little place.
00:08:46
I think there are.
00:08:47
-Really?
-You're in luck.
00:08:48
-Want a ride?
-Sure!
00:08:50
-What's your name?
-Felizardo.
00:08:52
Come on, Roxinho!
00:08:58
So, it's in a little place
on the riverbank.
00:09:02
Where there is a big tree.
00:09:04
That almost swallows
the abandoned little house there.
00:09:08
There were lots of fireflies in the tree.
But the haunted house, I don't know.
00:09:12
I never had the courage to go in.
00:09:14
Yeah, but this place seems far away...
00:09:17
And I have no time to waste.
00:09:19
Patience.
00:09:21
Patience, time doesn't always
pass the way we want it to.
00:09:25
Sometimes a gesture can last a lifetime.
00:09:29
And a life can pass in the blink of an eye.
00:09:41
Felizardo, you don't look like
someone who makes sweets.
00:09:45
It's because I only deliver.
00:09:49
You look like you want
something sweet, Maria Flor.
00:09:51
How do you know my name?
00:09:52
There are sweets of papaya,
milk caramel... Take the small one.
00:09:55
Close-fisted, Felizardo?
00:09:57
It's because I still have
a lot of deliveries to make.
00:10:01
Look, a milk caramel
in exchange for a chat.
00:10:05
Tell me, what happened?
00:10:07
What made you so nervous?
00:10:10
Oh no, Felizardo, it was
so many things, you know?
00:10:13
I don't even know where to start.
00:10:16
My mother is sick.
00:10:18
There was a flood here in the city
that messed everything up.
00:10:22
Yeah, I just think
that life isn't fair.
00:10:26
Why do bad things
happen to good people?
00:10:31
Yeah, you're right.
Life really isn't fair.
00:10:36
There should be someone with a scale.
00:10:39
Weighing the handful of sadness and joy
00:10:42
that each one would receive
in their little pot of destiny.
00:10:46
But most importantly...
00:10:48
It's just that we can choose
what to do with what we receive.
00:10:53
It's that story of making lemonade
with the lemons that life gives you.
00:10:57
Yeah, or build a castle
with the stones of the path.
00:11:01
And listen, I know a lot about paths!
00:11:04
Me and Roxinho, right, Roxinho?
00:11:07
That's it, Maria Flor.
00:11:09
Life is like a road.
00:11:12
Everyone has their own.
00:11:14
There are people arriving
with the road already paved.
00:11:19
Without even a single hole.
00:11:22
And there are people who have to
open the road with their own hands.
00:11:27
But all the ways...
00:11:30
have the same fate.
00:11:32
Yeah.
00:11:34
And then it ended.
00:11:37
Have you ever noticed that
in nature nothing ends?
00:11:44
Everything changes.
00:11:55
-We're here.
-Already?
00:11:56
Yes. It's here, look.
00:11:59
Look, you're going to go
under this fence here.
00:12:02
You know that river down there?
00:12:04
-Yes.
-It's not there.
00:12:05
You go all the way
on the side of this river.
00:12:08
Then you will find
a large bamboo grove.
00:12:10
There you will see the house
and the big tree I told you about.
00:12:13
Thank you, Felizardo.
00:12:15
See you later, Roxinho!
00:12:16
Thanks for the ride and the candy!
00:12:19
Oh, and for the words too.
00:12:22
Look, if you find some stones
in your path, don't give up, okay?
00:12:26
That's right, Felizardo!
00:12:28
And good luck with your firefly eggs.
00:12:31
Come on, Roxinho!
00:12:41
SUPERNATURAL CREATURES
00:13:33
Now let's wait for nightfall.
00:14:13
Oh, mom, I found it!
00:14:15
I found it!
00:14:24
Maria Flor? Maria Flor?
00:14:30
Mom?
00:14:34
Maria Flor?
00:14:35
Mom?
00:14:41
Mom?
00:14:50
What place is this?
00:14:52
What is happening?
00:14:58
A bad penny always turns up!
00:15:00
Who's there?
00:15:01
You are very brave to walk alone
around here, Maria Flor.
00:15:06
How do you know my name?
00:15:08
We are old acquaintances.
00:15:09
I'm not alone.
My friends are arriving.
00:15:15
Oh, girl.
00:15:17
I know much more about your life
than you can imagine.
00:15:22
Who are you?
00:15:24
I am everything you don't want to see.
00:15:27
What you don't want to feel.
00:15:30
And what you refuse to hear.
00:15:36
I know what you need.
00:15:38
I can help you.
00:15:39
I already found what I need,
the firefly eggs.
00:15:45
And you believed that nonsense?
00:15:51
But I have the power
to heal your mother.
00:15:55
If you have the courage
to pay the price.
00:15:58
I'll do anything for my mother.
00:16:01
I trade Dona Neuza's cure
for Maria Flor's soul.
00:16:07
What nonsense! I'm leaving!
00:16:10
I knew you didn't love
your mother that much!
00:16:14
I love my mother more
than anything in this life.
00:16:17
Do what the man asks.
Or will you let me die?
00:16:20
No, Mom! Hold on tight!
00:16:22
I will save you, I promise!
00:16:24
Oh, it won't work that way.
00:16:26
Life is a road and yours
ended in a ravine.
00:16:29
No! Stop!
00:16:31
That firefly egg story,
I made it all up.
00:16:36
Listen to the people who love you!
00:16:38
I don't believe!
00:16:39
Save your mother!
00:16:40
Godmother!
00:16:41
And stay here with me!
00:16:43
Help me, godmother!
00:17:23
Grandma Teresinha, wherever you are,
help me save my mother.
00:17:55
Hey, old man, you don't deserve
a poorly made cross like that!
00:17:59
I'll fix it.
00:18:06
Someone you knew?
00:18:08
Missing a lot these days.
00:18:09
I'm sorry, okay?
00:18:11
I know that life is just like that.
00:18:13
There are good days, difficult days,
there are complicated days.
00:18:18
I keep thinking about
the day of the accident.
00:18:21
What if it had happened differently?
00:18:23
If the truck's tire
had gone flat before?
00:18:26
I understand you. I felt the same way
when my grandmother died.
00:18:30
Thinking about everything
I could have said, done.
00:18:34
Every time I pass through these parts,
00:18:36
there is something that drags me here.
00:18:39
If my mother heard it, she would say
it was his spirit calling you.
00:18:45
I would like to think this is
some kind of sign, but...
00:18:48
It comes from within,
not from without.
00:18:50
I don't believe in life after death.
00:18:54
I don't believe in ghosts.
00:18:56
What do you believe then?
00:19:00
I guess I don't believe
in anything anymore.
00:19:05
And I wish I had the faith
that these people have.
00:19:07
Then maybe things would be easier.
00:19:10
But for me, death is
and will aways be weird.
00:19:15
So, old man, that's it.
00:19:17
It's about living
the best way you can.
00:19:20
Make the most of every minute.
00:19:22
Because life can go away
on the curve of a road.
00:19:25
What a bad thought, man!
00:19:27
Well, it's getting late.
00:19:29
I have to head home, okay?
00:19:31
I hope sadness gives a break.
00:19:35
May you find the answers
to everything you are looking for.
00:19:40
Hey, despite everything
I'm fine, okay?
00:19:44
And this mystery
doesn't bother me at all.
00:19:47
It even helps me get on the road.
00:20:07
OLD MINING ROAD
00:20:14
BETTER NOT
00:20:40
Anybody home?
00:20:41
Anybody out?
00:20:43
Do the winds bring good news?
00:20:46
Hey, what a nice smell, huh?
00:20:47
Do you feel it, girl?
Some roasted corn.
00:20:50
Sit down, make yourself comfortable.
Do you want some cold water?
00:20:53
-I do, yes.
-You can take it.
00:20:55
Who is it?
00:20:57
I am Maria Flor.
00:20:59
I'm going to the city.
00:21:00
-But in this hot weather, girl?
-Right?
00:21:03
No, stay here so you can drink
some water with me.
00:21:05
-Would you like to eat some roasted corn?
-Oh, I'll take it!
00:21:08
What's your name, sir?
Do you live around here?
00:21:11
I live where the wind takes me,
right, girl?
00:21:14
People call me Mané Zoim.
00:21:17
I lived in mines.
00:21:19
Geez, poor guy, a miner?
00:21:21
Not "poor guy" at all!
00:21:23
Because it was in the mine
that I found my most valuable treasure.
00:21:29
Pink diamond.
00:21:31
Pink diamond?
00:21:33
Yes!
00:21:34
It is very valuable.
00:21:38
But it is also very dangerous.
00:21:40
Because this gem is not just any jewel!
00:21:47
This diamond has powers.
00:21:49
Powers?
00:21:52
Whoever looks at this diamond, girl,
is cursed with the truth.
00:22:00
Mané Zoim, the truth
is a blessing, not a curse!
00:22:05
Do you believe some people
flee from the truth,
00:22:09
like the devil flees from the cross, girl?
00:22:11
Maybe, but that's not me at all.
00:22:14
There's none so blind as those
who will not see, right?
00:22:18
Well, Mané Zoim,
you don't know me.
00:22:20
You must be confused.
00:22:21
But it seems the cap fit, huh.
00:22:24
What's up, Mané Zoim?
I face the truth head on.
00:22:27
So...
00:22:29
If that's the case, you will
look at the diamond.
00:22:33
Look at the diamond?
00:22:35
You're right,
it's better not to...
00:22:37
You are still very young.
00:22:40
You won't handle it.
00:22:43
I can handle it!
00:22:44
Where's that diamond?
Let me see it, Mané Zoim!
00:22:46
Where is that diamond?
00:22:48
-Are you sure, girl?
-I'm sure.
00:22:50
The truth is not alway
what we want to see.
00:22:54
But I want to see.
00:22:55
Show me, where is it?
00:23:04
Is it here?
00:23:05
Under that gourd?
00:23:07
Calm down, girl.
00:23:09
What's the rush?
00:23:23
Mané Zoim!
00:23:24
Mané Zoim!
00:23:25
I can't see!
00:23:27
Help me!
00:23:30
You will see.
00:23:33
You will see the truth.
00:23:37
Help me!
00:23:42
Help!
00:23:47
Where am I?
00:23:48
Someone help me!
00:23:57
Help, godmother!
00:23:59
I'm here, Maria Flor. I'm here.
00:24:09
Oh, godmother, where?
00:24:12
I'm waiting for you.
00:24:17
I'm blind, godmother!
00:24:19
Calm down, my dear, calm down!
00:24:21
It wasn't supposed to be like this.
00:24:23
But, hey, there are other
ways to guide yourself.
00:24:27
Other ways of seeing.
00:24:31
Listen to your heart.
00:24:34
You are ready.
00:24:36
Sprig, sacred Sprig, brings
healing in its enchanted fragrance.
00:24:42
Hope revealed to me that
the Sprig has power.
00:24:46
Godmother, what about my mother?
00:24:50
You will find her.
00:24:52
And your grandmother too.
00:24:55
Open your eyes, Maria Flor.
00:24:57
Now you will see it in a new way.
00:25:00
Let the truth in.
00:25:04
Let the truth in.
00:26:20
Oh, God, save the sacred shrine!
00:26:27
-Did you remember, dear?
-Yeah.
00:26:29
Is my life over?
00:26:30
No, dear.
00:26:32
Nothing truly ends. Everything remains,
everything transforms, in the heart.
00:26:38
In memory, in History
and in other mysterious ways.
00:26:43
You are ready, dear!
00:26:47
And you?
00:26:48
I wasn't at home when it rained.
00:26:51
But I'm going to use the rest of my life
to help those who also stayed.
00:26:57
Go, go!
00:26:59
Oh, godmother, I remembered!
00:27:02
I found the firefly eggs,
but then I lost them.
00:27:05
This walk was not about
finding a solution.
00:27:09
It was about finding the light.
00:27:20
Oh, God, save the sacred shrine!
00:27:23
Oh, God, save the sacred shrine!
00:27:25
Where God made His home,
oh, oh, my God.
00:27:30
Where God made His home, oh, oh.
00:27:47
Where the blessed chalice lives.
00:27:50
Where the blessed chalice lives.
00:27:52
And the consecrated host,
oh, oh, my God.
00:27:57
And the consecrated host, oh, oh.
00:28:15
From Jesse came the branch.
00:28:17
From Jesse came the branch.
00:28:20
From the branch the flower
was born, oh, oh, my God.
00:28:25
From the branch the flower
was born, oh, oh.
00:28:42
And from the flower Mary was born.
00:28:45
And from the flower Mary was born.
00:28:47
From Mary, the Savior,
oh, oh, my God.
00:28:52
From Mary, the Savior...
