Yvy Maraey Page #4

Isn't that why they call you "fox"?

Go and find Susano,

let him help you.

And when you find him,

take him to Izozog.

Show him our culture and wisdom,

take him to Yande Yari...

...so he will know

our Land Without Evil.

I saw on Twitter you want

to make a film on the Guarani.

It was going to be about

Apiaguaiki Tumpa.

- So, why not?

- You boys are already doing one.

It's our film school thesis.

I wrote it and this savage

is directing.

We're showing it

at the village fiesta.

The municipality financed us.

- The massacre of Kuruyuki.

- And not the official version.

Can you help us?

What would I have to do?

We need a real karai.

To massacre indigenous people?

To massacre them, yes.

Making films about

indigenous people...

...or asking them

to film themselves is genocide.

The heavens are sad

because someone is dying.

This story had to be something else.

Something else.

Perhaps calamity is upon us.

It had to tell of a white man

who came...

...with a camera

and took away people's souls.

It had to be a different story.

What do the heavens

want of me?

An indigenous people's memory...

...is the very brief history

of its destruction.

What do the heavens want of me?

If I make my heart

a thinking instrument...

...will I be able to feel

what really matters in life?

- What do I think about?

- "An indigenous people's memory...

...is the very brief history

of its destruction".

Bartolomeu Meli.

What brilliant images!

- Really?

- It's incredible.

It was all we could do.

To get by with what you have

is the most honest thing.

Congratulations!

I see you've changed the ending;

In your film the Guarani don't die.

What do you think of the film?

Superb!

- Honestly?

- Yes.

- Let's get a drink!

- Let's go.

Congratulations!

Besides, I like you didn't try

to recreate reality. It's like a...

- Ritual.

- Like a ritual.

- That was the concept.

- Was that the concept?

So we lose the battle

but not the war.

It pays homage to our heroism.

Great for our grandchildren.

How will you make your film?

I don't know.

It's a dilemma...

...between what I can...

...what I should

and what I really want.

And what is it you want to do?

It's very difficult...

...to film what's

in a people's imaginary.

Now I'm following the trail

of a Swedish explorer...

...who came 100 years ago.

- Erland Nordenskild.

- The very same.

And what else?

I'm traveling, writing,

taking photos...

...messing about.

No people.

So Justin 'Timberlake

plays Apiaguaiki Tumpa?

I can take you.

Where?

To where the Swede saw

my ancestors.

Go on, take us!

Brilliant, your car!

How much did it cost?

- Will you let me drive?

- Have you got a license?

That doesn't matter around here.

Let's see...

My friend, maps are only good

for getting lost.

Susano!

Did you find the Land Without Evil?

How are you?

What are you doing here?

My new friends, Oji and Tengua.

They're film directors.

What a pleasure, my clan!

I've seen you as a leader

of the Guarani People's Assembly.

- National Congressman.

- So watch out, huh? Let's eat.

I was on the Kuruyuki battlefield...

...suddenly these two appear

with their crew 20 years old...

...already making the film

I always wanted to make.

- What do you think of that?

- My grandfather said...

...if you're a world that's not

your own, all you can do is laugh.

Cheers! to your grandfather.

Better if I go back to my 16 room

house and do something else.

Thanks ma'am.

Maybe I'll open a service station.

I don't know.

You promised the Guarani a film,

you must honour that.

We'll dust off

our loincloths and arrows...

...and we'll be your savages!

But now we're off

to see the "Toto Bigosode"...

- ...at the Paraguayan border.

- Shut up!

- Yari, how's it going?

- What a coincidence!

Sit!

- And these lads?

- New traveling companions.

Ma'am, another glass.

What brings you here?

Shall we go, then?

The man's got his savages...

...he can film, and we can go home.

You're letting him go and film

with these savage Ayoreos?

Are you crazy?

I already told you,

I'm going to Paraguay.

Let him go.

Didn't you come to see

the Land without Evil?

- That was the whole idea.

- He'll take you.

Land without Evil!

Who says that place even exists?

Inventions of priests.

Land without Evil!

This karai won't leave

without his film.

That's why I sent you.

Do you hear me?

This one thinks he's untouchable

because he's a national congressman.

Who do you think put you there?

Even I voted for you.

Well, anyway do what you like.

I'm going to Charagua.

- Andrs, drive me.

- Yes, of course.

What's happening then?

What do you want to do?

Go home.

This lad says

he has family in the forest.

They live in the Gran Chaco.

There aren't even roads.

So how will you get there?

Just like us Guarani, natives

in the process of extinction.

Don't keep on about that.

The world's ending and you're

looking for what no longer exists.

If you like, stay here.

You know what, brother?

You and I are very different.

You'll never know us.

I'm glad we're different.

And I'm glad there are things

about you I'll never know.

And by the way, it's good that

some ideas remain ideas...

...and films I'll never make,

places I'll never know.

Marvelous! So what now?

Sometimes

you don't act like a karai.

You surprise me.

Sometimes I think I even know you.

Kande! What are you doing here?

Chief, good to see you.

- Where's the roadblock now?

- Take us, please!

Jump in.

I'll send for you.

Seems your friend

is an asphalt driver.

I hope you know your mechanics.

Watch out, he speaks Guarani!

I thought you Congressmen

earned a lot...

...what's up, are you saving?

I'm wondering the same thing,

Kande, why are you walking?

You leaders have a lot of vehicles,

or did you sell them off?

I sent my SUV to Santa Cruz to

pick up the Eskimos from Canada.

We're signing an agreement

with them, with the Inuit.

Are things like that these days?

They say in Canada the natives

are millionaires.

What do you know?

They say we're going

to be rich like the Inuit.

I heard they're signing

a big agreement.

Pass me the first aid kit.

- Are you alright?

- Yeah, don't worry.

Now what?

What a bloody useless driver!

Shouldn't we get out?

Slowly, I tell you.

Susano, I said

we should have got out.

Well boys, time to start shoveling.

Sh*t, those pretty little shoes...

...are you going to work

or to a fashion show?

Lay off Yari, I'm a congressman.

I have to dress well

and wear shiny shoes.

Damn well get used to it!

When you get to La Paz...

...the natives with their red

ponchos and hook noses will say...

"Here's your shovel and machete,

get to work!"

How's that?

As you just said to your karai pal.

Get down to it,

there's no hierarchy here.

Before working I'll finish

my story about the gringa.

Go on then, how did it go?

She was one of those gringas

who's crazy for us Indians.

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