Die, Lampião!
PREVIOUSLY ON
- You're pregnant, aren't you, Santa?
I want to give a… a good life to Santinha and to the girl.
I am going to kill the greasy soul who warned those fuckers!
Instead of running away, you should attack Silvério in Piranhas.
There's been a tuberculosis outbreak.
He's coughing up blood, Doctor.
Take another step and you'll never see this girl again!
She has nothing to do with our fight.
Will we ever see the day
when we're not living and dying like animals?
Extra, extra! Watch Lampião's movie!
All the bravery of the King of Cangaço, alongside Maria Bonita,
the most courageous woman in the hinterland!
MARIA BONITA, THE QUEEN OF CANGAÇO
Cheap whore.
Go, go! Go, go, go, go!
Go! Go!
Look at the sky, how beautiful.
You've always had a taste for looking after oxen.
We'll have to buy some goats. A few calves.
Dita and I would take care of the chickens.
UNPUBLISHED PHOTOS OF LAMPEÃO, MARIA BONITA, AND THEIR GANG
MARIA, THE OUTLAW LEGEND
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Hey.
Blessings, my aunt.
Don't mind the mess. It's a shabby house, but we have love.
Thank you.
Where's the little goat and Mom?
I sent them to Propriá, because…
Batista didn't give us any peace, Maria.
We had to change our post three times. I… I would have brought them if I could,
but… that girl was in terrible heartache.
You did the right thing.
Thank you.
I'm leaving with Virgulino to get my girl.
I just need you to settle everything with Armínio…
to take us there and return to Minas.
I think you made the right decision to leave now, because…
I heard on the radio that the government sent a bunch of soldiers after you.
I left my comrades when they needed me most, Santinha.
Corisco will finish that devil, you'll see.
It would disgust me to waste away like a coward.
Don't ever say that again.
A nobody.
Not one ounce of your flesh is cowardly.
CHIEF
Welcome, Lieutenant.
Now, I see why this plague has taken over the entire Northeast.
You watch your words when you speak to a patriot.
I was sent to wipe out this communist plague
that you call the Cangaço.
I have more than 300 men under my command for this mission.
Negative.
We'll be commanding them together.
Side by side.
Armínio confirmed everything.
He'll meet you somewhere at the fair, then from there you'll take a boat,
go to Minas, and… I think a truck after that.
I appreciate it.
They have these everywhere.
WANTED 100:000$000 REWARD
THE STATE OF ALAGOAS WILL PAY A REWARD FOR LAMPEÃO
A photo of Dita.
I hope you find a peaceful place to live with her.
She looks just like you.
Her face…
- Here. - Thank you.
May the angels guide and protect you.
You too.
God bless you, Auntie.
- Godspeed. - Amen.
Take care.
Blessed and praised be
Our patron saint
Father Cícero protect us
With the peace of kingdom of the Lord
Blessed and praised be our patron…
Pardon me.
Shouldn't he be here already?
Yeah.
"Many events have been told about this region of ours."
"However, I want to tell all of you
of an event that took place in Alagoas, in the hinterlands."
"It's about a huge battle
that's wreaking havoc in those backlands of Alagoas."
"It is between the Devil and Lampião."
"One of these strong combatants is caught in an ambush
out there at a crossroads."
"Silvério Batista…"
Captain! Am I late?
It's okay. Come on, Santa.
- Let's go then. - You were a little late.
Let's go then. Come, let's go.
- The boat is ready for us. - Okay, then. What about the girl?
- Everything's good. - And you?
- Yes. - Okay, then. Let's go.
Let's go. Get down, Santa!
Lampião is over there! Get him!
Get on top of him, goddamnit!
Come, Santinha!
Don't let him get away! Don't let him get away!
Move, move, move!
Go!
Hurry!
Are you okay?
Easy, Mr. Armínio.
Over here, Virgulino.
Let's go, Brother.
Josafá will take my boat.
- He'll take you to Propriá early. - Thank you.
- Hello, good evening. - Good evening.
Are you here for the Goat Festival?
We wanted a room.
We're full, ma'am.
Work it out.
And put a guest out on their ass?
- I told you, work it out, cocksucker! - Find a way, kid.
It will be better for you.
Well…
…I keep a room down at the end of the lodge.
If you're adventurous enough…
That's fine.
- I can sleep with my mother. - Thank you.
That man has seen the devil, Lord…
Santinha.
There are pictures of us all over town.
They're looking for us in every little corner.
Dita doesn't deserve that.
We won't be able to provide a proper family to our little girl.
We'll always be on the run.
We won't have peace.
We go back.
Expedita does not deserve this.
ONE WEEK LATER
I'm entrusting you with a responsibility.
Then say it.
We can't look after our little girl.
Look, Maria.
Dita is like a daughter to me.
She's no different to me than Amália.
Not at all.
But you've dreamed about this for so long.
This life is not for Dita, no.
I don't want her to suffer the same agony as her parents.
I don't want it.
She deserves a real mother.
You're the best mother in the world, Maria.
- Dita will be so proud of you. - Don't be stupid.
- I'm just a madwoman to this world. - I've always envied you.
Your bravery.
Someone who's not afraid of anything, you… went your way.
Did what you wanted.
You're the brave one.
You need to be brave to raise those two jaguars in your house.
And taking care of an old hag.
I'll leave you some money.
So, you can pay for Dita and Amália's education.
To take care of Mom.
You have to give them the best.
The very best.
Promise me? Promise me?
Jesus.
Is it a vision?
I'm not a vision. It's me, Zé.
Your captain!
Here.
The government put together a bunch of lizards to help that old sick dog.
We need to tell Corisco…
Zé Manso.
Where is everybody?
After you left, everyone went their own way, Captain.
Well, let's pull it back together.
We're going to Angico.
Chase these filthy pigs out of our territory!
Then let's go.
The captain ordered everyone to Angico.
If the captain sent for us, we'll go.
This isn't an ambush, is it, Macambira?
I saw him with these eyes.
I'll go with you.
With that belly, you won't go anywhere close, woman.
Take my men and lead the way. And get your weapons together too.
I'll take Dadá to a midwife and will catch up with you later.
Let's go!
My loyalty has already been paid, Zé.
- I don't owe anything to anyone. - Do you want to defy the captain's orders?
The captain chose to leave.
He let everyone look after their own ass.
The captain is walking dead,
and whoever follows him is doomed, you see?
You should wash your mouth before you talk about the captain!
Easy, boss!
Let go!
You don't run the show here, Zé Bispo!
You good?
Hey there!
Hey, fleabag!
- How are you doing? - Well, Sister.
I'm glad.
- Captain. - Zé.
Oh, Corisco!
I can't do it, I can't make it.
Help me.
Help me!
Lieutenant! This filthy drunkard has been going around saying,
he's one of Lampião's cangaceiros.
Do you know where he is?
You're not going to talk? Speak, you bastard! Speak!
If I talk, do you guarantee my freedom and the reward?
How will I know you're not lying?
- Huh, you filthy fuck? - I was with Lampião the day
they killed your wife!
You will get…
the freedom and the reward you deserve…
if you hand over that greasy blind dog.
Lampião's men are marching toward Angico.
Congratulations, friend.
Look at those fleabags.
What the hell is this?
Help us, Mother of God.
They're in a group. They're heavily armed.
Here, Santa. I want everyone ready!
Hold him! Hold him!
Oh, my love!
My love…
My son!
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.
Give yourself up, you bastard!
You're surrounded, you sons of bitches! We have more than 200 men!
They will try to harm me…
but I'm covered in the Virgin's mantle.
They will try to strike me…
- But they will miss. - …they will miss.
Their arrows of evil…
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
- to let me through. - To let me through.
Unseen, I will pass
- through my enemies. - I will pass through my enemies.
- I was saved. - I was saved.
- I am saved. - I am saved.
- I will be saved. - I will be saved.
- Against me, nothing will stand. - Against me, nothing will stand.
- No one will rise… - No one will rise
- against my loved ones. - …against my loved ones.
- And to protect my home. - And to protect my home.
- I will lock it with the key… - I will lock it with the key
- to the tabernacle. - …to the tabernacle.
- Take this, son of a whore! - Son of a bitch!
Oh, baby. Yes.
No way!
Expedita.
Expedita is the right name for her.
Look at the sky, how beautiful.
Maria, Lampião, and many others in the group died in Angico, in 1938.
Corisco and Dadá escaped and created their own group.
In the following years, unrelenting repression
from the Vargas government put an end to the cangaço.
The name Maria Bonita remains a popular symbol
of women's strength and resistance in Brazil to this day.
Translated by Joao Neto