BASED ON REAL EVENTS
We can hold them off for a while.
You take Sila, Nina, and the others,
- and get out. - My place is by your side.
It always has been, it always will be.
- They will try to harm me… - They will try to harm me…
- …but they won't succeed. - …but they won't succeed.
Because I am covered in the Virgin's mantle.
They will try to strike me,
- but they will miss. - …but they will miss.
Their arrows of evil
- will dissolve like salt in water. - …will dissolve like salt in water.
They will try to cut me,
- but they will not succeed. - …but they will not succeed.
If they lock me up,
- the doors will collapse… - …will collapse…
- …to let me through. - …to let me through.
- Unseen… - Unseen…
- I will pass through my enemies. - I will pass through my enemies.
- I've been saved… - I've been saved…
- …I will be saved. - …I will be saved.
- Against me, nothing will stand. - Against me, nothing will stand.
- No one will rise against my loved ones. - No one will rise against my loved ones.
- And to protect my home… - And to protect my home…
I will lock it with the key to the tabernacle.
In Brazil, while president Getúlio Vargas consolidated his power,
bands of outlaws called cangaceiros
roamed through sertão defying the authorities.
For some, they were heroes. To others, they were criminals.
In Lampião's group,
the name of a woman begins to gain recognition.
A woman whose rebellious spirit would make her a legend.
Ah! Lampião!
Die, you plague!
- Come back here, bastard! - Die, bastard!
Be strong, woman.
Oh, Maria, help me! I can't stand this anymore.
Son of a bitch!
Bastard! Die, you son of a bitch!
Oh, my child!
Careful, Maria!
Are you scared, Silvério? You're weak!
- You son of a bitch! - Shoot!
I'm gonna kill you all!
I'm gonna get you one day, son of a bitch!
Oh, Maria, I can't do it anymore!
- Let go! - Come on, Dadá, be strong!
Let's go! C'mon!
Stay right here. Stay there.
You try. You can do this, Dadá. Bring this child into the world.
- Push! - Hold her leg, Maria.
- Ow, ow! - Push!
Push. Breathe. Breathe, Dadá.
Breathe out!
- Deep inhale, deep inhale. - Inhale. Inhale.
Breathe.
Inhale and exhale. C'mon, c'mon, push!
Yes, yes. Yes.
- C'mon, Dadá, push, woman! - C'mon!
Push, push!
- Push! Push, push! - Push! Push! Push! Push!
Push hard!
A little angel is coming for me
I'm going with God, my time has come
Mother Mary will take me
Oh, Father, I'm going to heaven
A little angel is coming for me
I'm going with God, my time has come
Mother Mary will take me
- You can go. We'll finish up here. - I'm staying.
- Just go.
Oh, Father, I'm going to heaven
I'm not, no.
A little angel is coming for me
My little angel…
I'm going with God, my time has come
UNPUBLISHED PHOTOS OF LAMPEÃO, MARIA BONITA, AND THEIR GANG
MARIA, THE OUTLAW LEGEND
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Will we ever see the day
when we're not living and dying like animals?
It's been a long day. Come sleep, Maria.
- Dadá won't be able to handle it, man.
The healer Juraci could save her.
It's a very hard trek, Santa. The Raso is a trap.
If we get in, we'll never get out, Santa.
- Better to head back to Canindé. Dadá won't stop bleeding, man.
Nina is going to give birth to her child any minute.
We have a lot of wounded men. If we don't go, everyone will die.
God writes each person's fate in blood.
It's your responsibility, Virgulino…
Not God's.
How is Dadá, Santa?
She's not gonna make it. We have to take her to the healer.
The Raso is a gateway to hell.
If Silvério closes the passage, we may never get out again.
The truth is that we're running out of food,
and we need to leave this place.
You'll decide with your heart, old man.
I know you.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done…
You're gonna be fine, my child, God willing.
I'll pray for you. I'll help you. Come here.
Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name,
Thy Kingdom come,
- Thy will be done. Amen. - Hey!
- Hey! Go! Over there! - Go, go!
It's all set? Thank you, Mr. Barroso.
- You're welcome. Good afternoon. Thanks. - Thank you.
Thank you.
Mr. Olegário?
- Oh, hi. - Good morning.
- Are you good? How are you?
- I'm good. - How's the family?
- They're good. - Morning. Pretty daughter.
Thank you.
Uh… uh… Mr. Olegário, um… um… um…
a little birdie chirping in my ear…
tells me that you're storing… ammo and food for the cangaceiro.
Not at all, Lieutenant. That's for someone else.
Who might that be?
- Ezequiel de Matos. - Oh, Ezequiel…
And what is this?
I've always wanted one of these.
You know what, Mr. Olegário?
I have a serious problem in this ear here.
It starts itching, every time it hears a lie.
And you know this, right?
False testimony is one of the most appalling sins
that a citizen can commit.
SILVÉRIO BATISTA, THE MAN WHO WILL PUT AN END TO THE CANGAÇO
The time for this racket is ending.
By the grace of God, I will starve and thirst those bastards to death.
And death will also be the fate for those who protect them,
- do you understand me? Have mercy, Lieutenant Batista.
We have nothing to do with the cangaceiro!
I will give you a chance.
I will give you one chance to tell the truth…
until I reach the end of this prayer.
Daddy!
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy kingdom come!
Daddy? Daddy?
Daddy…
A beauty like you…
has another use, huh?
Hey…
…you don't mind, do you?
We're running low on food, I'll put aside most of it for the men.
- Are you mad, Sila? Are you dumb? - Girl, the men need more sustenance!
Nina is the one who needs more strength, she's pregnant. The rest get the same.
- Captain! - Yeah.
Zé! Come here. Let's go!
Give me one of those rocks, man.
Things are ugly. There's a man here, a man here, a man here and here.
Here at the top, too. Silvério's demons surrounded everything.
If we go down through Baixa do Chico, no one will be left to tell our story.
Captain!
Some men deserted overnight, those dirty bastards.
- Nobody saw them. - What're you talking about?
They disappeared in the middle of the night, those shit piles.
- For fuck's sake. - Fucking cuckolds. Cowards!
Look, Captain.
I think we better make our way back to Canindé.
If we stay here in this scorching sun, we'll all die from dehydration.
Dadá needs to rest for three moons.
Old Juraci told me that.
She won't make it. From here to Canindé is two days.
If we stay here, we'll only meet our death.
Instead of running away, you should attack Silvério in Piranhas.
Catch him by surprise.
When that fucker wakes, he'll be sitting in the lap of the Devil.
Fuck that! His men will see us crossing, won't they?
Listen up, everyone!
Our friend Olegário has stocked up on food and ammunition.
- Zé Bispo will go get it. - Yes, sir.
Don't embarrass me like that, woman.
Corisco is right.
How are we gonna get into that town?
Corisco thinks he knows everything.
I don't know how you stand it.
If we had listened to him, we wouldn't be in this rat trap.
Look down and walk slowly, Volta Seca.
Hey!
Where are you going?
We're going to pray for a soul at Coronel Martiniano's farm.
Move along.
Those traitors got what they deserved.
WET AND DRY GOODS WAREHOUSE
Our friend Olegário…
Girl…
Calm down. No one is gonna hurt you. Let go.
Do you know airplanes?
It's a car that flies.
Here.
Hey! Captain.
We sifted through everything. Macureré, Rodelas…
They confiscated the guns and ammo. They took everything from the warehouse…
I didn't find a speck, Captain.
They killed our friend.
May God keep the soul of my friend Olegário.
I brought his daughter. I wanted to ask for your permission…
to be with the girl.
Since Marcolina's passing, I've been in need of a companion.
A well-bred girl like that doesn't get used to this harshness, Zé.
But I pity her. I brought her for me.
All right then.
Let her stay with us for a little bit to get used to it.
Don't be afraid, girl. Come with me.
Let's go.
Life out here is hard.
We don't have a home.
One day you sleep on one rock, the next day it's a different one. Right?
Drink a little. It won't kill you.
Zé Bispo will make sure you have everything, okay?
And be careful not to catch a belly full, okay, kid?
There's nothing worse here than children and a pregnant woman.
- Don't scare the girl, Maria. - But it's true.
To spend nine months carrying a sack of potatoes,
putting everyone here at risk,
only to hand it over to someone else.
Have you been with a man?
It's the fate of us all, young lady.
Leave now, Maria!
Get going! You have to go, Maria.
Zé de Neném is your father's cousin. A God-fearing man.
- Let's go! Grab your belongings. - No!
You have to go, woman! Go!
I am not cattle!
Not today, love. Okay, not today.
I already said no! Are you stupid?
Hey. What's wrong now, Santa?
Silvério raped that girl.
Are you gonna do something?
"The Northeastern hinterland has finally found its liberator."
"He goes by the name of Silvério Batista."
SILVÉRIO BATISTA, THE MAN WHO WILL PUT AN END TO THE CANGAÇO
"A lieutenant of the Alagoas army, who has dedicated himself
to restoring peace in Sertão…
with a relentless hunt against Lampião's gang of thugs."
We're a group!
Gangs are for vagrants.
I wanna see that cunt come here and call us a "gang"
to our faces.
He's not a man, he's a boy.
LUNAR ECLIPSE IN TWO DAYS
They're saying the moon will go out in two days.
Everything will be black for more than an hour!
"Go out," Santinha?
It says here, man.
On the full moon, Earth will cast a shadow across the lunar satellite.
And in two days, will be extinguished in the hinterlands.
You can cross Baixa do Chico
and enter Piranhas without anyone noticing.
Are you mocking me?
I'm just telling you what it says here.
It's written here in the small print. Here, look.
Bullshit.
So, the moon will go out just like that, huh?
Only if it's Judgment Day.
If we can't stay…
if we can't run away…
then so be it.
We will invade Piranhas on that night.
I'm going with you, old man. I want to see that demon bleed.
No, you're not, Santa. We're low on bullets.
Things are about to boil over.
Are you sure about this crazy story, Santa?
I read it over 20 times. It'll be half past ten,
and the backlands will be pitch black.
- Let me come. - You won't.
Hey! It's time to go!
…Thou who are cursed, two have placed it upon you,
three will take it away.
Where this evil came from, it will go back again.
In the name of the three persons of the Holy Trinity…
When have you ever seen the moon turn into a firefly?
Fuck, this is madness, man.
Mm. Mrs. Maria is going crazy.
If the moon doesn't go out, we're all going to die tonight.
Thou who are cursed, two have placed it upon you,
three will take it away. Where this evil came from,
it will go back again. In the name of the three persons
of the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost. You who are cursed…
God have mercy…
Mother of God…
Didn't I tell you?
- That's not possible! - My God!
Maria.
Godmother? Godmother, for God's sake. Maria, don't do this!
- Godmother, wait! Don't do this, Maria. - Cut it out, boy!
The captain asked me to take care of you.
- If I don't, they will kill me. - Get out of here!
- No, Godmother, don't do this! - Let go of my horse, dammit!
I'll go with you.
- I'll go with you. - I'll go alone.
This is my right.
Go! Move it!
- Come on, man! Come on, man! - Go! Be quiet!
Let's see those bastards telegraph for help now.
Go!
To the base!
- C'mon, son! C'mon, man! - Go! Go! Move it! Go, go!
That way. Go! That way! Go, go, go. Go!
- Go around back! - This is Corisco's fight here, bastards!
Die, you dog!
Sons of bitches!
I surrender! I surrender! Don't shoot!
- Come on! - Go, go, go!
Go, go! Release the prisoners.
- C'mon! - Let's go!
Let's go!
- C'mon. - No, Silvério! No, don't go!
- Silvério, don't leave me alone. - Get off!
- Silvério! - Get inside!
- No! - Be quiet, woman!
Silvério, you coward! Come out if you're a man!
Fuck!
Guarabira!
Go!
Where are you, you son of a bitch?
Santa… Santinha!
Santa. Santa.
I can see you, Lampião!
I'm going to get Santa.
- I'm going to get Santa! - Go, Captain!
- Let's go, Captain, move! - Santa!
Didn't I ask you to look after them, you idiot?
- I couldn't stop them, Captain! - It's my fault, man!
Do you wanna get shot?
…in the head!
Silvério, you son of a bitch! Come out so I can shoot you in the gut!
Now I want to see all these donkeys
with their asses hanging out!
Everyone, take your clothes off!
Go! Are you fucking deaf? Didn't you hear Corisco now?
Go, goddammit!
- Come on! - Come on!
We'll look for whoever has the smallest dick,
then we'll release them. Right?
Let's find it! Let's find it!
Now with your arm up! Up! Now shout, "Long live the Captain!"
- Long live the Captain! - Jump with both hands up.
"Long live Captain Virgulino!"
- Come on, boy! - Long live the Captain!
Long live Captain Virgulino!
With both hands! With both hands! C'mon, boy!
Now dance, you fucks, and shout, "Long live Lampião!"
And where's that filthy pig, Silvério Batista?
Huh?
You're bullshitting around while the devil is hiding, laughing at you!
Whoever finds that pig fucker Batista will get double the reward!
And what should we do with these men, Captain?
Lock everyone up in jail, butt-naked like this.
- Let's go. - Come on! Go, boys!
- Hey! Hey! Ho! - Go, dammit! One after the other!
C'mon, you bunch of cocksuckers!
Bastards!
Come out, Silvério!
Come out, you son of a bitch!
Hey, Silvério! Coward! Where are your balls, man?
Hey!
Oh, my dear God! Help me! Help me.
Let's celebrate!
Piranhas will remember the day that Lampião's group turned off the moon.
Hey! It was my godmother, you see?
And we'll remember that lot of cuckolds, all trembling in fear.
Hey, Corisco, you saw that, right?
There was one pissing himself!
But the Devil's son is still alive.
But at least we have food, guns, and bullets. Tell him to come now!
I see someone's shadow over there.
- Do you? - It's a man.
Excuse me, Captain.
I would like to ask for permission to join the group.
Why are you speaking so softly, man?
He speaks softly, but he can use a Parabellum, Captain.
- Oh, yeah? - He sent half a dozen to hell.
Then come closer.
I'm gonna call you Bullfinch, because you talk like a little bird.
Then drink some water that birds won't drink.
It's your baptism!
Wait, Santinha…
- Quiet! - What a rush.
My nemeses will fall before the seven flames.
Lord of Darkness…
I swear my loyalty to you until the end of my existence.
Fallen angel of the Lord, come to my aid.
Help me defeat my enemy.
Thou art magnified, Lord of the seven skins.
My enemies will fall before the seven flames.
We did it, old man.
- That's pregnancy fatigue, see? - Have you gone mad, Sila?
Are you crazy?
I was born barren.
I know, Maria.
There's a child in there.
IN UPCOMING EPISODES
How many moons since your last red visit?
I can't keep anything down.
You're pregnant, aren't you, Santa?
A battalion of men is heading that way.
They said they're going to ambush Lampião's gang.
- Where are you going, Maria? - Move!
Silvério Batista is coming this way with a bunch of men.
Hyah!
Santinha!
My boy did something stupid.
- Lampião! - Let's go, Santinha!
A trap set by these sons of bitches!
Maria!
It's just this damn dry air.
I've gathered you here to tell you
that my days as a cangaço are coming to an end.
Expedita. Expedita is the right name for her.
No way!
I was sent to wipe away this communist plague that you call cangaço.
And you stole my money to finance this shit, Santa?
You gonna kill me, too?
If we can't stay…
…if we can't run away…
then so be it.
Translated by Joao Neto