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- You haven't gotten far.

- Can you do better?

- It's not hard.

- We'll see.

I'm not surprised Ana left you.

- Osvaldo.

- What?

We have to close the site.

Drinam will never pay 500.000 Euros!

Of course not.

"Aguas Altas at war over its website."

Now, the site is worth 800.000 Euros.

Even a million!

My basket is full.

What do I do now?.

It's worse than I thought.

Much worse.

It's never too late to learn.

With less than a month

to the elections,

polls show the two parties tied.

The Prime Minister

will be in our studio live.

Don't miss it.

Here. On your TV.

You've reached Ana Alves.

I'm not here. Leave your message.

Elena!

- Did you convince Father?

- To marry us? No. Goodbye.

I couldn't go.

It would be lying before God.

The forest crew said no.

They want the money.

Will 100.000 Euros get the site back?

Taken from my ad budget.

- You want to bribe the village?

- I don't see another way.

- Luisa!

- I'm over here!

Pedro wants you

to be the first to know.

Drinam is paying 100.000 Euros

to close the site.

My aunt and I agree. If Mario says yes,

we only need three more votes.

- 100.000 Euros?

- 2.500 per person.

Finish this.

- I'll deal with Mario.

- Luisa, what do I do?

Twist and wrap.

Twist and wrap.

Then you're done.

Concha will help you.

- You'll see how lovely our feast is.

- Thanks.

What do I do?

Twist and wrap. Twist and wrap.

Then you're done.

Drinam is paying 2.500 Euros

per person. Add it up.

- 5.000 Euros for the two of us.

- Betray my country for money? Never!

We need a new roof!

Soon, it'll be raining inside.

Where are you going, Mario?

To get my pajamas.

I'm moving to my mother's.

Your mother's? Come back.

What will people say?

"Here..."

"in Aguas Altas..."

"... everyone is fine".

Osvaldo! Help me.

Let me do it. Take the mouse.

It changes. You press.

Tiny but tough...

What a joke!

At Chico's,

everyone was laughing at us.

He who laughs last, laughs best.

"Here in Aguas Altas everyone is fine."

Joaquim, what do you think?

Why send a letter?

Email is as fast as can be.

With the money from the site,

we can lobby for the road.

With my share,

I'm buying a new freezer.

The money's for the village.

Not for you.

It's for the villagers!

And I'm one of them.

Osvaldo. Is the money

for the village or the villagers?

We didn't decide that.

The dignity of our village

is priceless.

The village! The village!

I've had it with the village!

If this keeps up,

it will ruin our feast.

Go on...

What do you want to tell me?

Concha called to apologize.

The real one or the false one?

Before, I dated anyone.

It never worked.

With Concha,

I know why I love her.

She puts sugar on a spoon

then in her coffee.

She does crossword puzzles in ink,

not in pencil.

You learned all that

on a weekend in Spain?

There must be millions of reasons

you love Ana.

- How are you?

- Glad you could come.

- My assistant, Rui Tadeu.

- Pleased to meet you.

- My pleasure.

- Shall we sit?

- Thank you for coming.

- I should thank you.

Why are you like this?

- Because we're enemies.

- You both want the same thing!

You're wrong.

Elena wants what she wants,

I want what I want

and God only knows

what the village wants.

Pedro! It's started.

The Portuguese expect a quick,

forceful response.

Mr. Prime Minister,

with only weeks to the elections,

polls have your party

tied with the opposition.

- Are you worried?

- Not at all.

The Portuguese

have confidence in us.

- That's not what the opposition says.

- They speak. We act.

- The Portuguese know the difference.

- I'm sorry to interrupt. A newsflash.

A small village in Portugal,

Aguas Altas...

is being sued

by the multinational Drinam

for 500.000 Euros

if they don't close their website.

The 800-year-old village's name

is the same as one of Drinam's

registered trademarks,

Aguas Altas mineral water, soon to

be relaunched in the Iberian market.

Mr. Prime Minister.

What's your position

on this threat to national sovereignty?

We're working with the village

to solve this problem.

- This is a disaster.

- A catastrophe.

We're on TV!

We're famous!

We'll be back after a short break.

Stay with us.

We're off the air.

- Stop this before it blows up.

- I'll go to Aguas Altas myself.

That was Ana.

THURSDAY:

The whole world's talking about us

- Thanks for the ride, Joaquim.

- You're welcome.

The way to Aguas Altas?

- Good morning, Engineer.

- Good Morning, Manuel!

God bless you!

Let me through.

I'll answer all your questions.

- Vicente. It's Elena.

- What's wrong?

Aguas Altas was on the news.

It's chaos here.

- I'll do what I can.

- One at a time.

But I don't know how it'll end.

Do you have international support?

Worldwide support for our cause

has been overwhelming.

It proves geography is not destiny.

Engineer,

our village will be famous.

The site is ours!

United we'll win.

"SAVE OUR SITE"

Do you like it?

Worldwide support?

A little imagination never hurt.

"Night mail" speaking.

Can I have Fernando Oliveira?

- Elena.

- Vicente?

- Rita's going on Portuguese TV.

- What?!

Don't let her do that.

You know her

when her mind's made up.

Do what you have to.

I'll do what I can.

Engineer Pedro Afonso?

Him.

Rui Tadeu.

Assistant to the Prime Minister.

- Hello...

- We got a mail about Aguas Altas...

We don't have

an official position yet.

I'm suspended...?!

You should have told us

about Drinam's letter.

- Aguas Altas is in the middle of nowhere.

- So were the Falklands.

And Parsley Island? Spain and

Morocco almost fought over it.

I'm here to save the site.

And ensure that Aguas Altas

stays in the middle of nowhere.

We're ready to fight...

Get this junk out of here.

And go with it.

We're not leaving.

We're coming to you live

from Aguas Altas,

a small village

under siege by the national media.

With us, Osvaldo Tavares,

Mayor of the village.

As Mayor of Aguas Altas,

I can say

we intend to protect our rights.

The rights of Aguas Altas.

I want to send a message

to Drinam...

You chose the wrong village to bully!

Did you hear that?

- Long live Aguas Altas!

- Very good.

We want 500.000 Euros minimum.

Not a cent less.

Ana. Concha. Concha. Ana.

My fiance.

It's an abuse of power!

The world will see

we're not stupid.

Ana!

- Hello, Concha!

- Hello, aunt!

Hello, aunt!

How wonderful!

The whole world's talking about us!

Once the site is closed,

I'll come back to Lisbon.

You want to close the site?!

Betray the village's dreams?

- And our dreams, Ana?

- This is bigger than us!

I created the site, I'm closing it.

No matter what you or the village think.

- It's best for everyone.

- You can't do that!

I can...

... and I will.

We won't give in to blackmail.

The Board is with me.

The legal precedents aren't clear.

We've been off the market for years.

And the village is over 800 years old.

We have the means to win.

It's a mistake.

Mistake or not, the decision's mine.

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