♫ What happened to ♫
♫ The world we knew ♫
♫ When we would dream and scheme and while the time away? ♫
CHARMIAN: I was dreaming about you last night.
You´d just been born, and when Dad saw you, he started to cry.
Was he sad?
No, he was crying because he was happy.
People can cry when they´re happy too.
You look so much like him now.
-What are you doing? -I´m writing a poem for school.
Can I see it? You´re taking a lot of trouble with it.
NICKY: Not till I´ve finished.
[ Laughs ]
Wonder when those lazy brothers of yours are going to get up.
Dad said in his last letter he´s found some work.
Do you think you´d like to live in South America?
He says the people are very friendly there.
Or would it be too hard to leave all your school friends?
I want to live where Dad is.
♫ Até Zé Macaxeira que era o noivo ♫
♫ Dançou a noite inteira sem parar ♫
♫ Que é o costume de todos que se "casa" ♫
♫ Fica "doido" pra festa se "acabá" ♫
♫ Whoo ♫
♫ Coroné Antônio Bento ♫
♫ No dia do casamento ♫
-[ Jet engine roaring ] -♫ Da sua filha Juliana ♫
♫ Ele não quis sanfoneiro ♫
♫ Foi pro Rio de Janeiro ♫
♫ Convidou Bené Nunes pra tocar ♫
♫ Oh lêlê, oh lálá ♫
♫ Neste dia, Bodocó faltou pouco pra "virá" ♫
[ Indistinct talking ]
Hey, hello, my friend.
-Hello, Mr. Mike. -Anything for me?
We have a money order from Australia.
And this morning a letter arrived to my house.
Adaulto, you don´t know how happy you´ve made me.
I can eat tonight and read about my children.
God bless you.
VAL: So what does he say?
CHARMIAN: He says the work comes in fits and starts.
Because he has no permit, he can only take on casual jobs.
"If it wasn´t for the money you send me,
I think I´d be out on the streets."
[ Sighs ] I hate to think of him out there all on his own.
In his last letter, he said he was sure
he could use your passport to reenter Australia.
-Bit too soon, isn´t it? -I wrote and told him that.
I said maybe this time next year.
I just don´t know if it can wait that long.
The boys miss him so much.
Nicky, especially.
And the worst thing is, he´s better off without us.
We´re his greatest danger.
MIKE: Haynes children, out with the bags.
All right, boy?
I´m taking you on holiday next time, eh?
Once we´ve saved up for the motor.
Yes.
With the move, we´re broke at the moment.
CHARMIAN: Don´t be silly. It was nice to have the company.
-MIKE: See you soon. -CHARMIAN: Bye.
Goodbye, you. Thanks again.
-Bye, darling. -Bye, darling.
Bye, car!
-In you get, Twiz. -You´re going.
-TWIZ: Oh! -NICKY: See you soon.
MIKE: Here you are.
CHARMIAN: Bye.
See you soon.
Seat belt on, please, Nickpops.
[ Vehicle door closes, engine starts ]
So who´s hungry?
-Me. -Yeah?
Oh, God.
Okay, baby?
Val, get Twiz.
MIKE: Nicky?
Good boy. It´s all gonna be okay.
MIKE: Nicky?
Who´s a brave boy? Are you okay?
Are you all right? Can you see?
Oh, God. Good boy.
-Twiz, does it hurt anywhere? -My back.
CHARMIAN: Okay.
The ambulance will be here soon, okay?
What´s the matter with Nicky?
Nicky?
-MIKE: Nicky? -Nicky? Nicky?
-MIKE: Nicky? -You okay?
Oh, God! Val!
Take the baby!
You be a brave boy and stay with Auntie Val, okay?
-Mummy´s gonna look after Nicky. -Nicky?
Nicky, can you hear me, love?
Come on, mate. Come on, mate.
Are you calling an ambulance?!
[ Sobbing ]
[ Siren wails ]
I think his eye´s okay, Charm.
It´s just a nasty gash.
CHARMIAN: Oh, God, hold on, my darling. Please hold on.
[ Tires screeching, vehicles crashing ]
What´s going on?!
MIKE: Move the car! Move!
We´ve got a sick boy here!
[ Siren wails ]
Charm?
He´s dead, isn´t he?
NURSE: He was dead on arrival.
There was no hope in resuscitating him.
I´m so sorry.
[ Wails ]
[ Sobbing ]
No!
[ Sighs ]
Read it to me please, Joan.
It´s the last thing he wrote.
"Lonely was Ned Kelly, lonely am I.
In a crowd of other people,
lonely is a wife without a husband,
lonely is a lost child in the street,
lonely is a parent without a child."
That´s beautiful, Charm.
It´s all in there.
We ruined his little life.
No, Charm, you can´t think like that.
He missed his dad so much.
He loved his life.
He loved you. He loved his brothers.
He -- He was a bright, happy little boy.
I had such hopes for him.
I couldn´t go to university,
but I was determined he´d go in my place.
He was so talented, Joan.
[ Crying ] And now he´s gone.
Oh, God, how am I gonna tell his father that he´s gone?
[ Rooster crows ]
Yo yo?
A letter arrived at my house this morning.
Mm.
I had a feeling I´d hit the jackpot today.
[ Slow instrumental plays ]
[ Camera shutters clicking ]
♫ ...divine, all loves excelling ♫
♫ Joy of heaven to earth come down ♫
♫ Fix in us thy humble dwelling ♫
♫ All thy faithful mercies crown ♫
RON: My darling wife,
my poor sweet love.
All the bitterness and anger in the world
won´t bring our little Nick back to us.
He was a happy chap, and he gave us many happy memories.
Let us use them.
I don´t want to mourn anymore
because that belongs to the dead.
I want to feel joy in my heart
whenever my thoughts turn to the little boy
we called Handsome Harry, Nickpops, and even Sherby Dab.
I don´t believe he has gone anywhere.
I know he is part of me and he´s with me with his trains
and his Lego and his shining morning face.
Wherever I go,
I´ll always have him with me.
♫ ...life receive ♫
♫ Suddenly return and never ♫
♫ Nevermore thy temples leave ♫
Now I won´t know who to thank.
[ Sobs ]
[ Engine starts ]
I´ve been getting a lot of letters from strangers.
JOAN: I hope you´re not reading them.
Someone sent one the other day
saying they were glad my son was dead,
that it was justice for all the wicked things
my husband has done.
There´s even been vile letters addressed to the boys.
Such ugliness in people´s souls. Sometimes I despair.
I´m thinking of going back to study.
Full-time?
You´ve got no mortgage,
and I suppose, financially, you could just about handle it.
I need to be doing something that stretches me.
Taking up a degree as a single mother
would certainly stretch you.
Be careful it doesn´t break you.
What does Ron say about it?
That´s the worst bit. I don´t know.
Are you still writing to each other?
His letters have dried up.
I just don´t know how he´s coping.
♫ Giro aflito ♫
♫ Beijo e grito ♫
♫ Algo mais ♫
Fuck. Sorry.
♫ Algo mais ♫
♫ Olha meu irmão ♫
♫ Vamos passear ♫
♫ Vamos voar ♫
[ British accent ] Excuse me? Hello! Jesus!
What have you got to do to get a drink in this bloody joint?!
It´s a long time since I´ve heard an accent like that.
Serviço, por favor.
Cachaça for my amigo.
Hi, I´m Constantine. My friends call me Conti.
I´m -- Oh, no, what am I today?
Oh, yes.
Mike Haynes. How do you do?
And the answer to your question is "starting."
You´re wondering, from the state of me,
if I´m starting or finishing my evening.
Well, that suits me fine
because I´d like to get absolutely legless tonight.
Spoken like a gentleman.
[ Clears throat ] Here´s, um...
120 cruzeiros.
All my worldly goods.
Let´s see how far that gets us.
MURIEL: Dear Charmian,
Gillian and I read of the terrible news
of the death of poor Nicky.
We have not stopped crying
and cannot imagine what you must be going through.
It occurred to me that you might need the enclosed
now that you have to support the boys on your own.
All my love, Mum.
I´m sure you know I have an unusual background.
I know who you are, Mrs. Biggs,
and I´m not interested in any of that.
What I am interested in is your ability as a student.
As you can see,
I have all the necessary academic qualifications.
I was even offered a place at Birmingham University,
which I was unable to take up.
Yes, but that was 13 years ago.
I assume you haven´t been keeping up your studies
for the last 13 years.
No, I´ve been raising a family.
Eight GCE O levels, two A levels --
English Literature and French.
You are amply qualified.
But I question why you´d want to put yourself through this --
a mature-age student with young children to support.
Sir, I can´t promise I will graduate.
But I can promise I will give you my absolute all.
I recently lost my son.
He was only 10, but already he was showing great promise.
And it was my dearest wish that he should go to university
to study for the degree that I missed out on.
Now that we´ve been granted leave to stay in Australia,
I would like to do this.
For him.
-So now you´re not hungry? -No.
Come on, Twiz.
If I don´t know what´s wrong, how can I help you?
Come on, please tell me what´s wrong, darling.
You can tell me anything. You know that.
They said I´ll have to go to prison when I grow up.
-Who did? -Douglas and Gordon.
Those little shits.
They´ve been on your back the whole time.
I´ve been down to that school about them already.
They said because Dad has been in prison,
when I grow up, I´ll have to go to prison too.
Darling, look at me. Listen.
You won´t have to go to prison. You´ve done nothing wrong.
Dad´s coming home, isn´t he?
I hope so, Twiz.
When he does, I´ve got all his tools ready for him.
[ Laughs ]
Well, that´s good. He´ll like that.
You tell those boys your dad is not a bad man.
He did what he did for us.
[ Doorbell rings ]
Who is it?
Hey, Charm, it´s me.
Craig. Can I come in?
It´s so great to see you. I haven´t seen you in ages.
No.
Congratulations on getting into uni.
What are you studying?
At the moment, English,
early British, French, and European history.
Wow. That´s a lot on your plate.
That´s great.
It´s so good to see you.
It´s good to see you too.
I think about you all the time.
How´s Lindy?
Um...
Things aren´t going so well at the moment.
A lot of arguing.
She can be a very difficult woman to live with.
Oh. [ Clears throat ] That´s a shame.
So I wondered if, um,
maybe you fancied coming out for a meal.
As families?
No, just -- just you and me.
Is that a good idea?
Well, I want you to know that I´m...
I´m gonna ask Lindy for a divorce.
Oh, you seemed so happy together.
It´s a bit difficult
when there are three people in a relationship.
Three? Who...
Come on, Craig. You can´t say that to me.
You must know how I feel about you.
-I´m married. -Only in name.
Look, Ron isn´t here for you, Charm, I am.
He hasn´t been for a long time.
I´m flattered, Craig. Honestly, I am.
But in spite of everything that´s happened,
I´m still Ron´s wife.
-Saúde! -Saúde!
[ Groans ]
Wa-hey-hey! Whoo-hoo!
[ Indistinct talking ]
[ Speaking Portuguese ]
-[ Men laugh ] -What did she say?
She said if you want to put your hand there, fine,
but if you leave it there, it´s another matter.
What´s the form with these girls, then?
They´re not whores, you know? They´re good-time girls.
They like to be taken out by a good-looking guy
and given a present,
You should take them shopping,
buy them some clothes or something.
[ Both moaning ]
Jesus wept!
Fuck.
O´LEARY: "Who is the third that always walks beside you?
When I count, there is only you and I together.
But when I look ahead up the white road,
there is always another one walking beside you."
Eliot is referencing here
the account of an actual Antarctic expedition
where the explorers, in their exhaustion,
had the constant delusion that there´s always one more of them
than could actually be counted.
Eliot originally considered titling the poem...
-♫ What does it take ♫ -TWIZ: It might be this one.
♫ What does it take ♫
♫ To win your love for me? ♫
Charmian! Hey.
You said to bring the boys if I couldn´t get a babysitter.
-Come in. -[ Woman laughs ]
Uh, it´s okay. I´ll see you at uni tomorrow.
Don´t be silly. Come on.
The guys would love to meet them. Come on.
-♫ Just got to know ♫ -♫ Got to know ♫
♫ Ooh, baby... ♫
So...
Who here can eat the most chocolate cake?
Me, easy. He´s only four.
But because he´s four, he´s cuter.
-Aren´t you? -Yes.
-[ Laughs ] -All right, eat up.
♫ My papa said, "Son, don´t let the man get you ♫
♫ Do what he done to me" ♫
Come on. No hiding away.
I feel so old.
I´m actually not that old, but I feel ancient tonight.
Don´t be daft. You look great.
I think I must be a terrible mother,
bringing them to a party.
Loud music and booze. And other things.
[ Laughs ]
I just had to get out of the house.
Things were starting to close in on me a bit.
You know, I really admire you, Charm.
Bet it´s not easy being you.
The boys help concentrate my mind.
Studying hard so I can get a good job at the end of this.
I need to support them.
It´s so shitty they can´t see their dad.
Can´t you just sneak off one weekend,
take them to see him?
I wish I could.
But I have no idea where he is.
[ Pounding on door ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Groaning ]
What?
-[ Pounding continues ] -I´m coming.
-[ Pounding continues ] -All right, all right.
All right, all right!
All right. Hold your horses.
Raimunda?
I need to speak to you.
This is my new apartment. How the hell did you find it?
How you get new apartment?
[ Sighs ]
Oh, you know, I had some jobs come in.
I decided to take the plunge.
I may be on my ass again next month.
No, don´t go in there, Raimunda.
[ Shouting in Portuguese ]
[ Women arguing in Portuguese ]
Please. Calm down.
-Calm down, okay? -She must go!
This isn´t necessary.
Darling, don´t slam the door!
[ Exhales sharply ]
Shit.
Look, come on, Raimunda.
I told you I don´t want a relationship.
Then why do you keep fucking me?
Well, that´s... It...
[ Sighs ] Because I´m weak.
-But I´m with Lucia now. -No. She must go.
-Why? -Because I´m pregnant.
I mean, she´s crazy.
How could she possibly prove it´s mine?
I mean, I told her I´d pay for her
to go and see the old nurse and get rid of it,
but she just sits there watching TV
and shouting at me in Portuguese.
I can´t get her out the apartment.
It´s a fucking nightmare.
[ Sighs ]
To tell you the truth, Conti,
I´ve had enough.
I´m sick of bumming around here.
I miss my family.
Listen, I was thinking, mate, um...
When you take your trip back to London,
why don´t you try and put some feelers out for me.
Yeah, see if you can´t find a journalist
interested in coming out here and doing my story.
Isn´t that a bit risky?
I just want to score one last payday for Charm and the boys.
You know, if it gets me rumbled, well...
All the other train robbers have done deals on their sentences.
Bruce, Charlie, Buster.
At least I´d have a clean conscience
knowing my family were looked after.
-Is it ready yet? -Go and wash your hands, please.
They´re clean.
Wash your hands and go and get your brother.
[ Exhales sharply ]
Come here. Are you all right?
LINDY: Don´t touch me!
-Stop it! -CRAIG: Get in the car, Lindy.
Get in the car.
Get in the car!
Charm, I´m so sorry.
-She followed me here. -That could have hit my son!
-You keep away from my husband! -Lindy. Lindy!
I´m not doing anything with your husband.
Is that what he´s told you?
Look, I will pay for the window, okay?
What is wrong with you? Why don´t you leave me alone!
-Then you stay away from him! -Just shut up, for God´s sake!
I´m not doing anything with him!
I don´t want your husband! I just want my own!
CRAIG: Get in the car. Get in the car.
[ Indistinct talking ]
[ Jet engine roars ]
Ron, this is Colin MacKenzie from the Daily Express.
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Biggs.
I have to say -- no offense, Constantine --
but at the back of my mind,
I couldn´t get rid of the idea that this was some sort of hoax
and we´d never actually get to see you.
Well, it´s me, all right. And for 35 grand, I´m all yours.
[ Laughs ]
So, what do you want to ask me?
Well, I suppose we should go back to the beginning
and ask where it all began.
May I?
[ Click ]
Where it all began.
Well, I suppose you could say
it all began with a girl on a train.
I was in love.
The only time I´ve ever truly been in love.
It was for the price of a deposit on my house.
That´s why I got involved. Make sure you get that bit in.
And Sod´s Law, I won that amount anyway on the horses
the week before the job.
[ Both chuckle ]
But I´d met the old man
when I did some renovation work on his house.
And then Bruce said they needed a train driver.
Unfortunately, when the time came,
he couldn´t move it down the track.
But he still got his money.
[ Chuckles ]
I couldn´t imagine being locked up for 30 years.
Remember, there was no parole back in those days.
Wandsworth was supposed to be impregnable,
but in the end, the escape was pretty straightforward.
In Melbourne. That was the happiest time.
All the money from the robbery had gone,
and we were just a young couple raising our kids
off the back of our own hard graft.
You were working on a construction site at this time?
That´s right. Yeah, they promoted me to foreman.
They said I was trustworthy.
[ Laughter ]
[ Indistinct talking ]
Come on, then. Let´s get back down to work.
-The train driver was hit once. -[ Camera shutter clicking ]
That´s all.
Jack Mills hurt himself as he fell
rather than from a blow by any of us.
-[ Camera shutter clicks ] -Who hit him?
Well, I can´t give you his name because he´s never been caught.
You´re telling me there is a Great Train Robber
who´s never been caught?
More than one. There was three of them.
But that´s incredible.
Yeah.
And there´s one other guy. Billy Boal. God rest his soul.
He went down for it and died in prison,
but he had nothing to do with it.
It´s an abs...
Hello, Ron. Long time no see.
[ Gasps ]
SLIPPER: I think you remember me.
And I certainly remember you.
And you´re nicked.
[ Doorbell rings ]
What is it?
We´re from the Daily Express.
I´ve got nothing to say.
Especially not at this time in the morning. Are you mad?
We´ve come here to tell you something.
It´s about Ron.
What´s happened?
Uh, he´s been arrested.
In Rio. He was living there under the name of Mike Haynes.
[ Sighs ] Oh, God.
Oh, no.
Uh, here, you´d better take these inside.
Oh!
-Did you get it? -Yeah.
[ Indistinct talking and shouting ]
[ Gates slamming ]
Obrigado.
Hello, Xu Xu.
What do you want?
Did you...
...go and see the old nurse about the baby?
Oh, thank God.
Listen, Raimunda, sweetheart, um...
Well, I´ve been speaking to some people in here,
and there might be a way we can, uh...
...help each other.
SLIPPER: But we have a seat booked for him
on a flight out of here tonight.
This has all been discussed at diplomatic level.
My instructions are
that the prisoner is to remain in our custody
until further notice.
I´m sorry, Chief Superintendent Slipper.
Bloody hell.
Charm, take my advice
and don´t do a deal with any of the papers.
If they want to do a story about you,
accept flights and hotel expenses by all means,
but no fee.
Another big payday might turn the public against you,
and you have to think about the boys.
Why would he have done such a thing?
Why take the risk of meeting a journalist out there?
He must have known what might happen.
There´s something you should know, Charm.
We´re getting information about a Brazilian girlfriend.
Raimunda Nascimento de Castro.
She´s apparently campaigning for his release.
So am I to be dispensed with?
Is that why he hasn´t been writing to us?
Because he´s shacked up with some woman out there?
[ Men shouting in Portuguese ]
[ Shouting continues ]
Oh, my poor, sweet darling.
My poor, sweet darling.
You look great, Charm.
If you´d given me some warning,
I could have lost a few pounds for you.
You don´t need to lose anything, hmm?
You look gorgeous.
Why did you do it, Ron?
Why take the risk?
I suppose I...
I´d had enough.
I was going to earn one last payday for you and the boys,
and then I was ready to turn myself in.
Yeah, but the Daily Express, they double-crossed me.
They got the story, but they didn´t pay me.
Why didn´t you write to me?
I kept meaning to, but it was...
It was just too painful.
So you left me to grieve for our son on my own?
I´m so sorry.
You know, for a long while it´s felt like
I´ve been slowly dying out here.
You still found time to take up with a girlfriend.
Who is she?
Raimunda.
Do the boys and I not figure in your plans anymore?
Of course you do.
Why are the press making such a fuss of her?
Just don´t knock her too hard,
´cause she might just be my ticket out of here.
What do you mean?
Well, you see, she´s, um...
She´s pregnant.
-What? -Hold on. Just...
Look...
Look, I´m not even sure it´s mine.
Right, but the thing is,
if we can persuade the Brazilian authorities that it is,
then there´s a good chance they won´t deport me.
Yeah, they won´t deprive a child of its parent.
Raimunda´s up for it if I look after her financially.
You mean you could stay here openly?
Yeah, a free man.
And I could come and join you with the boys?
No more hiding, Charm.
We can live as husband and wife again.
But what?
What´s the catch?
Before any of that can happen, my poor darling,
you´re gonna have to divorce me.
Now, look, it´s only for appearances,
so the Brazilians can think
that I´m serious about bringing up this baby.
I mean, it´s a Catholic country, isn´t it?
You want me to divorce you?
But we can get married again when it´s all died down.
It´s just a short-term fix, my darling.
But what would the boys think?
-[ Gate opens ] -This way gentlemen, please.
[ Indistinct talking ]
-What´s going on here? -Can we have some privacy?
It is a press conference.
MAN: And what about the stories
that one of the reasons you might stay here
is because of your relationship with this girl, Raimunda?
Are they true?
Well, the fact is, she has lived with me for more than a year.
Um...
And I have a great amount of affection for Raimunda.
But my children will always be a part of my life
and so will Charmian.
[ Sobs ]
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Raimunda! Come on, baby.
Are you gonna stay in Brazil?
What are you gonna do next? What are your next plans?
I love you. I do.
Mr. Biggs! Mr. Biggs! Mr. Biggs!
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
Oh, for fu...
Mum?
Hi. It´s me -- Charmian.
Charmian.
Is that really you?
How are you, Mum?
How´s Gillian and the boys? And Dad?
Oh, uh...
Everyone is fine here.
Oh, it´s so good to hear your voice.
-Can you speak? -Y-Yes.
Your father´s out.
I guess he would be at this time.
I´ve thought about you a lot, Charmian.
I prayed for you every night after you lost poor Nicky.
I don´t know how I got through it.
There´s been so many times
I wished I could have talked to you and asked your advice.
Not that you´d have paid any attention to it.
[ Both chuckle ]
Mum, I´m going to be traveling back out to Rio
in a couple of weeks.
Oh, uh, yes.
We´ve, uh, been following things in the paper.
CHARMIAN: Looks like we might be moving out there for good.
Oh, do be careful, Charmian.
It´s not a nice country, by all accounts.
Your father says it´s ruled by thugs.
I´m going to be going out there for a short trip
to look at possible places to live and things, and...
I was thinking, on the way home,
of breaking the journey in England
so we could come and see you -- the boys and I.
[ Exhales slowly ]
Oh, that would be nice.
Yes, I -- I´d love that.
And, uh, would Dad be okay about it?
I´ll talk to him, Charmian.
I´ve got time to get him used to the idea.
CHARMIAN: So, what do you think?
It´s brilliant.
[ Laughs ] What about you, Twiz?
Do you think you could live here?
If Dad were with us, I could.
[ Vehicle horns honking ]
Senhor Biggs, are you looking forward
to seeing your English wife and your family again?
Senhor Biggs.
Can we talk to you later?
[ Exhales slowly ]
[ Laughs ]
[ Door closes ]
Look who it is, boys.
Aren´t you gonna say hello to your old dad?
Go on, boys.
Come on.
See Dad. Go on.
Ohh!
Here, I can´t believe what a big boy you are now.
I´m nearly seven.
And I hear you´re a good footballer.
I´m quite good.
Come and sit down. Do you want a coffee?
No. No, no, I´m fine.
So, what are we going to do today?
We could go to the beach.
Can we take a cable-car ride
to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain?
I heard about Sugarloaf Mountain on the airplane.
Can we go on the cable car, Dad?
We can walk to it from here, can´t we?
What sort of tools do you use at work, Dad?
Look, the thing is, um...
Well, I haven´t really got any time this morning.
I´ve only got an hour or so. Then I´ve got to get back.
What?
I´ve got to keep things sweet with her ladyship.
Sorry, love.
We´ve traveled thousands of miles to be with you.
And I´m supposed to be living with her,
under the terms of my release.
She thinks it wouldn´t look good
if I´m seen out and about with you.
What are we supposed to do?
We came here to see you, to spend some time with you.
Look, she´s almost lost the baby once already,
and, well, to be honest with you,
she´s in such a stew with you lot being here,
I´m worried it´s gonna happen again.
So she snaps her fingers, and you jump?
Come on. If she wasn´t pregnant, I wouldn´t be free now, would I?
Jesus Christ.
Can we at least go down to the pool
so the boys can have a swim?
It would have to be this place they put you up in, eh?
It´s where I was arrested.
No, look, it´s probably safer to stay up here just now.
There´s a few journos
hanging around down there looking for a scoop.
So why don´t we, um...
Yeah, we´ll get some room service sent up,
and then I can come back tomorrow morning.
I know a lovely little spot
where we can take the boys fishing.
How about that?
Right, that´s it. I´m going over there.
It´s outrageous leaving us waiting like this.
Come on, you two.
-Please, Twiz. -I don´t want to see him.
I don´t even like him.
Okay. Suit yourself.
You can stay here, and I´ll tell reception.
But you don´t leave this room. You understand?
Come on.
[ Indistinct talking ]
Ah, bellissima!
[ Wolf whistle ]
Gostaria de ver meu marido.
I wish to see my husband!
My husband!
What the hell are you playing at?
What´s up?
You were supposed to be at the hotel at 8:00.
The boys have been waiting for you.
Oh, sorry, it was a bit of a night last night.
Have you any idea how selfish you are?
-Calm down. -I won´t bloody calm down!
This little boy -- your son -- was excited to come on this trip
because he could finally have his own dad
instead of having to borrow other daddies from his friends.
Twiz is so upset he wouldn´t even leave the hotel room.
[ Speaking Portuguese ]
We came out here ready to start a new life with you, Ron.
What?
-I´ll ask her. -Ask me what?
She said can you come back another time
[Laughing] ´cause she´s feeling tired?
Tell your whore, no, I will not leave.
And furthermore will she get out of my husband´s bed
and put some fucking clothes on?!
-Hey, hey. -[ Speaking Portuguese ]
I don´t know what you´re saying, but you can go to hell!
She´s nothing but a cheap, common tart!
How dare she talk to me like that, Ron?!
The divorce hasn´t gone through! I am still your wife!
If she wants a fight, I´ll give her one!
She thinks she´s had it tough?!
I´ve cried myself to sleep at night for four bloody years!
I buried my son!
I can´t believe you´d treat us like this.
Come on.
Oh, dear God. This is an impossible situation.
CHARMIAN: I might not have her body,
but I´ve given you three kids.
I´m her equal facially, and I know I´m better company.
It isn´t a competition. She´s just helping us out.
It seems to me she´s got designs on becoming the new Mrs. Biggs.
Anyway, it´s not the perfect, but the imperfect,
who have need of love.
Don´t you dare quote Oscar Wilde to me.
If you must know, I can barely stand the sight of her.
Ron, remember in Paris,
I tried to tell you something.
It´s important. I got pregnant.
I had an abortion.
Yeah, I guessed it was something like that.
It was a stupid mistake,
and I´ve had a long time to regret it.
But you were right when you said it didn´t matter.
Tell me this is the same,
that this baby won´t make a difference.
It´s a means to an end.
That´s all.
When are we gonna spend some time together?
We´ve got so much making up to do.
There´s a party tomorrow night.
We can spend some time together there.
[ Playing "Bat Macumba" ]
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♫ Bat macumba, ôba ♫
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♫ Bat macumba, ôba ♫
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RON: Yeah, well, uh... [ Laughs ]
Hey, I´m Conti. Friend of Ron´s.
He told me all about you.
That´s Virgil, our host.
He and Ron met in a bar.
They make unlikely companions, don´t they?
Not really. As long as Virgil was buying the drinks.
We´re all hoping Ron can stay free.
[ Gilberto Gil´s "Expresso 2222" playing ]
Listen, mate, I know you´ve got to keep Xu Xu sweet,
but your wife is sitting over there
getting seriously pissed off.
Oh, she´s all right. Charm knows the score.
Relax.
Cheers.
Boys. Boys, now, listen to me.
Oh. Come here, little one.
Look.
Say hello to your little brother or sister.
Eh? What do you think it´s gonna be?
A boy.
A boy, eh? Not a girl?
Okay, that´s it!
I´ve had enough. We´re leaving.
-What´s the matter with you? -Get off me!
No, Charm, wait. Wait.
It´s sick, making him touch her like that!
Come on, it was just a bit of fun. Where you going?
-Home. -Back to the hotel?
We are leaving on the first available flight
tomorrow morning!
Come on. Let´s talk about this.
We´ve been trying to talk to you ever since we got here.
Look, Charm, just give it another couple of months, yeah?
And then we can all move in together.
Yeah, Raimunda and the baby and you and the boys.
What do you think?
I don´t know what´s wrong with you.
Boys, come with me a minute.
Conti, look after the boys for me.
CONTI: Yeah, mate. Go, go.
Come here, come here. Shh, shh, shh.
Let´s go back to the hotel now and make love, eh?
You want that, don´t you, eh?
It´s been so long, hasn´t it, Charm?
Come on. Let´s just do it right here.
[ Crying ] Get off me!
[ Sobbing ]
I don´t know how to handle it.
Look, if I don´t play things right with her,
I´m gonna be deported.
You know what? I don´t blame you.
I don´t even blame her. I just...
I can´t stand it anymore.
Maybe I was naive.
Maybe I rushed out here too soon.
I just...
I wanted us to be together again.
I thought I could hack it, go back and do my time.
But I can´t, love.
I need to be free.
Oh, Ron.
You´re confusing being free with not being in prison.
You really think this is what it´s like to be free?
Boys.
[ Sobbing ]
No.
[ Crying ] No, look, I love you, Charm!
I never stopped loving you, Ron.
Only what you´ve become.
[ Birds chirping ]
Come on, boys. Out you get.
[ Knock on door ]
Hello, Mum.
Hello, Charmian.
Hello, boys.
I recognize you from your photos.
-Do you know who I am? -You´re our grandma.
That´s right.
-Charm! -Gillian.
Look at you. You´re so grown up.
-[ Laughs ] -Look at your hair.
Ohh!
MURIEL: Forgive them.
They haven´t seen each other for a long time.
-Well, come on in. -Come on, boys.
And then this is my fiancé, Keith.
-JAMIE: Oh! Great shot! -CHARMIAN: Oh, very nice.
When are you getting married?
GILLIAN: When he qualifies.
We´re saving like mad at the moment.
Those boys are a credit to you, Charmian.
They haven´t turned out badly, have they?
In spite of the best efforts of their father and I.
How is Ron? Keeping his spirits up?
That´s one way of putting it.
The trip to Rio wasn´t an unqualified success.
Oh. What happened?
Ron behaved very badly.
We were made to feel like an embarrassment to him...
[ Footsteps ]
Told you he was no good.
I knew he´d let you down in the end.
You were right, Dad.
It´s over between Ron and I. We´re getting a divorce.
Sometimes I feel it would have been better if we´d never met.
[ Children shouting indistinctly ]
So are those two young gentlemen out there my grandsons?
They look fine, healthy boys, Charmian.
I was a good cricketer myself when I was their age.
Did you know?
My word, you boys are hungry fellows.
I´ve never seen anyone put away as many potatoes as you.
CHARMIAN: Sunday lunch is their favorite.
BERNARD: Once you´re back home, you can come again.
Perhaps we can arrange a cricket match, too.
Are you coming back?
It would be lovely to see you more often.
There´s nothing to keep her away now, is there,
not now she´s getting a divorce.
MURIEL: No, it´s true.
You don´t have to wait for him anymore, love.
You´re free.
Please come home, Charm.
I´m sorry, but Australia is our home now.
I want to go back and finish my degree
and raise the boys there.
In a country that wants us.
Where we can feel some hope for the future.
The future´s full of possibilities.
The past will only drag us down.
[ Chuckles ]
After all, what am I here?
I´m just Mrs. Biggs, the train robber´s wife.
TWIZ: Freddy!