Welcome to our World! Where we serve you cookies to ensure you get the best viewing experience on our site.

Did you know that you can remove censorship board-wide, use our advanced search functions, be notified when new content is posted, join our memberships, set episodes to show in any order you want & more if you are logged into your account?

Register or sign in here: ucp.php?mode=register

02x04 - From Antimatter to Forró

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "At Home with the Gils". Aired: June 24, 2022.*
Watch/Buy Amazon



To celebrate his 80th birthday, Gilberto Gil sets out on an unprecedented tour of Europe and Morocco with 28 family members.

02x04 - From Antimatter to Forró

Post by bunniefuu »

NARBONNE
FRANCE

Hello?

Try harder.

It's open.

DAY #22 OF THE TOUR

Good morning!

Shall we go inside?

-Hello.
-We have guests.

Dinosaur hat!

Hey, Mr. Gil. I brought the guitar.

JP DEMASI
SON-IN-LAW

-Listen, we...
-Mommy?

We need the lyrics for...

Queremos Saber.

For the CERN.

All set. Let's go.

Queremos Saber.

We want to know

We want to know
When we will have


A cheaper laser beam

How much time do you need
to learn music by heart?

Depends on the song.

This one I have on my mind. And it's easy.

It's simple to play.

It took ten minutes.

There are so many songs.

About 700 or 800.

I'm loving this book.

It's amazing. It has
all of Dad's lyrics in it.

Wow. What was the first one?

Do you know?

BELA GIL
DAUGHTER

Your first song?

-Hold on.
-1962.



If you say...

-Louco Coração.
-Louco Coração,
yeah.

I don't remember this one.

It's a lost song.

-A lost song.
-I know this one.

Felicidade Vem Depois.

If you say that you still want me, love

I'll run and hug you

Your kisses, your caresses
I keep looking for them


Like a poet looks for inspiration
On moonlit nights


Gil Family : Traveling with the Gils

If you say that you still want me, love

I'll run and hug you

And together
We'll leave, just the two of us


NARBONNE, FRANCE
- GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

536.53 KM COVERED


Happiness comes later

We're arriving in Switzerland!

-I did a whole album...
-A whole album.

...about my interest
in contemporary physics.

GENEVA
SWITZERLAND

Quantum mechanics.

DAY #23 OF THE TOUR

The quantum. The association

with religion and philosophy.

I like to defend it.

Show people the importance of it.

-You know. Not necessarily...
-Not necessarily.

...to use it in a compulsory way.
I have no compulsion.

Also, I'm lazy. I still don't know
how to turn on my guitar amp.

-Good morning.
-Good morning. How are you?

CERN - EUROPEAN COUNCIL
FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH

Hi.

-By yourself.
-Wait!

Good morning!

-Good morning!
-How are we today?

What will happen is
we'll see things.

JOSÉ CARLOS RASTEIRO
PHYSICIST

Things from the sun.
What's the first thing we see?

-The sun.
-Light.

SOL DE MARIA
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER

Great, Sol. Do you know her name, sir?

Sol de Maria.

I know. I saw it, Sol.

-The initials...
-Go!

CERN. European Organization
for Nuclear Research.

DENIS OLIVEIRA DAMAZIO
PHYSICIST

It's changed.
People wanted a different name,

because you say "nuclear"
and some people may get scared.

Begun as a vision for European science,

it grew and became a unique model

for further global scientific
and technological collaborations.


FRANCOIS BUTIN
ENGINEER

Using this synchrotron...

Antimatter factory.

Interesting.

We want to know

What they are going to do

We want more serious news

About the discovery of antimatter

And its implications

From the emancipation of men

From the large populations

Poor men from the cities

From the steppes and the backlands

That gram, or milligram,
created of antimatter

generates enough energy
to power New York for a year.

Oh, my!

We just can't create enough antimatter,
nor use it and recover the energy,

but it's the most potent thing we have.

NINO GIL
GRANDSON

-What will you see?
-Can you see, Nino?

I can see it all!

-I can see the...
-It takes a while to start.

To see the...
You see this powder being created?

-Yes.
-See it moving? That's the cloud.

Now when I put in some alcohol,
this fog becomes denser

until we see
the particles passing through.

Sol, can you see it?

Over there!

What?

See where it's formed? It's gigantic!

And it's coming forward.

I know that art is science's sister

Both daughters of a fleeting god

Who does in a moment
And in the same moment


Undoes

If it's thick, what does that mean, Nino?

-It's an alpha particle.
-Good!

Nino just did his first experiment ever.
He became a certified scientist today.

-I'm already a scientist.
-You are? Sorry!

-I'm a scientist.
-Did you see the alpha particle?

That vague god behind the world

Behind what's behind

Quantum of quanta

Quantum of quanta

"Art is the sister of science.

"Both daughters of a fleeting god.

"Who does in a moment
and in the same moment undoes."

I remember when I was writing it,

I was tempted to write,

"Does in a moment
and in the next moment undoes."

Then I thought, "It's not like that."

Look at the shirt.

It's immediate. All at the same time.

Nothing is too wonderful to be true.

They'll go crazy!

Nino will feel like...

-Nino, smile...
-It was a great visit.

It was great.

-It was the only one I asked for.
-It was.

Did you enjoy CERN?

-I loved it!
-Great.

I got emotional there.

Science gives us knowledge

and art gives us beauty.

They are equivalents.

You're looking for the guys, right?

DOM GIL
GRANDSON

I play this and the caxixi.

-Maria! Is it here?
-Yes.

Come on. I've picked out
that light outfit over there.

-Okay.
-Okay? And those soft pants.

There are so many people.

Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome to the stage

Have a nice show!

Have a nice show, Dad!

Okay, Mr. Gilberto. Have a nice show!

Have a nice show!

ELLA FITZGERALD FESTIVAL

Sing with us, everyone!

Together.

I want to hear you, Geneva!

Go! Go!

Once again, louder.

I get on this stage
My soul smells like baby powder


Like a baby's bottom
Of a baby


My clear aura
Only those who are clairvoyant can see


Can see

I'll bring my band
Only those who know where Luanda is


Will know how to value it

Value it

For those who value
The crazy butt of the drum


Of the drum

Eternal fire to drive away

Hell to another place

Eternal fire to consume
Hell out of here


Out of here

Out of here

Out of here

I had lots of people calling me.
Paulo Coelho, Cristina...

To talk about the effect
of the Geneva show.

It will stay with that city forever.

And the Internet saying,
"I've never seen..."

Like Bento said, the best show
I've been to. And it is.

I can say that, even though
I'm not onstage, I cry at every show.

MARÍLIA GIL
DAUGHTER

It's so beautiful to see.

And to be here, be a part of it.

Even those who are not
in the family are moved.

We the people.

Gil, I love you!

Gil, I love you!

Gil, I love you!

Gil, I love you!

Gil, I love you!

Gil, I love you!

Gil, I love you!

Gil, I love you!

The tenth show.

-There's still five to go.
-Five left.

-I'll travel in the same clothes.
-No way.

JOSÉ GIL
SON

I guess I will. They're not dirty,
since we change costumes.

The question is, should we shower?

Shower? I will.

-How do we do this?
-What? We're not leaving now.

-It's in 15 minutes.
-No kidding!

Dete, is there anything to pack
from the girls?

From the girls?

Beans, rice, broccoli.

Better get going in flip-flops, huh?

I'm so f*cking tired, dear Lord!

Dete, our bus is here.

MARIA GIL
DAUGHTER, TOUR E.P.

Our bus is here.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
- BARCELONA, SPAIN

782.46 KM COVERED


Who is most excited about the tour?

It's João.

SERENO GIL
GRANDSON

Who's always late?
Answer at the same time.

Bem Gil, for sure.

Bem Gil, for sure.

JOÃO GIL
GRANDSON

We're creating content here.
You're gonna interrupt us?

Who would win a popularity poll?

-Me.
-I love it!

BENTO GIL
GRANDSON

-I'd totally vote. I'd vote for Bento Gil.
-Easy.

BARCELONA
SPAIN

DAY #25 OF THE TOUR

-Hello!
-There she is. I'm so happy!

JULIETTE
SINGER

-I'm happy, too.
-It's such an honor.

My dad is anxious.
The whole family is, actually.

PRETA GIL
DAUGHTER

Today, you'll meet even more people.

Because when you sang with my dad,
there was Bem, José.

-I think.
-I've met Sereno.

-Sereno! He's madly in love with you.
-The star!

He's wonderful.

Obviously, you and Dad
have chosen a forró song to sing.

We don't usually have a forró song.

We said, "After Juliette,
this song must remain."

My own crush
In my own way

To cheer my life up

Is she there?

-Hi!
-Hi!

-You're so thin.
-I am.

Is someone mistreating you?

-I'm on a diet.
-Are you?

To withstand it all.

-Yeah, you've lost about five kilos.
-Exactly five.

-That's it.
-He weighed me with his eyes.

-I'm so happy.
-How are you?

Here's mine.

How I miss something good

How I miss someone to love

But since I have no one

I live life by myself

I just want a love

To end my suffering

Someone to love, the way I do

That cheers me up

Juliette!

Thank you.

-Come on.
-How beautiful!

-You were...
-Nervous.

-She gets cold like you.
-I do.

I get nervous, as well.
Even today, after all these years.

DAY #26 OF THE TOUR

Such nice weather.

Barcelona, the beach.

-I enjoy the sea.
-I love it. The water is like...

It's half Porto da Barra, half Posto 9.

People here are not ashamed
of taking off their clothes.

They don't care.

They can be conservative in other aspects,

-but the body is not an issue.
-It's not.

I used to do this in the '80s at Barra,

Porto da Barra and Boca do Rio.
It was no big deal.

-Brazil is so...
-So close-minded nowadays.

-Close-minded.
-Exactly!

Let's talk about my inspiration
for showing off.

Right?

She was the first.

-I just...
-I was thinking the other day,

when I was born, Dad was younger
than the twins are now.

So young. And your mom? How old was she?

She was a bit older. She was 27.

-Imagine.
-Yeah.

Two kids and having to work,

-to provide.
-Just like you, who had a kid so young.

GIL, PRETA AND FRANCISCO


My father changed his profession.

My grandpa used to say,

"You need to be safer. You have a kid.

-"How will you make it?"
-"...as an artist."

It's crazy, but you see
history repeating itself.

I changed my profession
and I never realized my dad did, too.

One of Dad's songs,
Ele Falava Nisso Todo Dia,

he says it's not about that.

It has nothing to do with Grandpa,

but it's about exactly that.

A young man with kids
and the pressure for stability and all...

And at the end he goes,

"He died getting run over in front
of the insurance company. What a future!

"He talked about this every day!"

It's great to write songs like this.

-To exorcize things.
-Right!

Better than therapy.

Maybe that's why
he's not really into therapy.

Sing your problems away.

I guess it's cheaper to start writing.

BARCELONA, SPAIN
- BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

1,339.59 KM COVERED


DAY #27 OF THE TOUR

FLOR GIL
GRANDDAUGHTER

I'll wash this hoodie. It's so dirty.

This is Bela.

This is Thaynara.

How are you?

-My dad.
-Hi. How are you?

The funny part is
her introducing everyone.

"This is my sister..." We know everyone.

It's funny.

Bela was meeting with a friend.

-I said to get everyone together.
-And Preta.

She said, "Get everyone together."

Has anyone ever told you
that you look like Julia Roberts?

-That same smile.
-Thaynara, send me your bank info.

I will.

-It's quite common.
-Common.

In my case, I get mistaken for Simaria.

-You look a lot like her.
-A lot.

How did you meet, Bela?

Carnival.

He was her boyfriend.

I like this. Tell the whole story.

I didn't know. Preta never told me.

He is a man
and my sister dated the whole city.

Makes it harder to meet new people.

He was her boyfriend.

You really didn't want
to leave the family.

The open air always helps.

-It's nice, isn't it? It's better.
-Yeah.

THIAGO BRAGA
TECHNICIAN

The sound always gets better.

Look at Uncle JP.

-Where's Rod?
-Now he's put on...

Come see!

Look at this! There.

Oh, no.

It's Caribbean!

Ricky Martin.

Ricky Martin!

I loved this family time.

One jumping, the other screaming.
Just like mine.

The difference is that we don't sing,
we just yell and fight.

But you are...
I already feel I've adapted.

PEDRO GIL
GRANDSON

Do you want to take her?
Go with your cousin. Go with him.

Hands up!

I'm always checking the attention economy.

What's interesting is
that they monopolize it. Both of them.

There are several levels of monopoly,
but they have

-the largest monopoly of the attention.
-They are the mascots.

Yeah, both of them.
They're one-and-a-half years old, right?

And all the cousins chase them,

take them, hold them,
want to be with them.

Marília's kids are completely fascinated
by both of them.

-And they go with everyone.
-Yeah, that's...

For them to grow up like this
is a great gift.

That's worth more than any song.

Last day with the kids onstage.

And their first concert.

-Everyone will get onstage.
-Yeah.

King time

Oh, king time
Oh, king time


Transform
The old ways of living


Teach me
Oh, Father, what I still don't know


Mr. Gilberto!

...of the perpetual
Help


It's almost over.

I'm going to cry.

Crying all the way back to Araras.

We'll miss it here.

I can't talk, I'm crying.

One, two, three, and go!

It's so important to me
that all of this happened.

And we can't help but say,
it's all because of you.

Without a doubt.

There's not a single day...

By the way, this family configuration,

the way it is with us,

this family only exists because of you.

It only exists because of you.

That's true.

-I'm positive that it's true.
-Me, too.

We all know that.

Today, the whole family will be
at the show.

-Even you.
-No, just to go on with the girls.

ARENA 5 FESTIVAL

No point in abandoning me

Because there will always be mystery
Somewhere


People will love you even more

Even much harder than me for you

Than me, than two
Than ten, than ten million


All the same

And not that esoteric

If I'm something incomprehensible
My God is more


There will always be mystery
Somewhere


No point in abandoning me

Not being so passionate, forget it

Who doesn't know how to swim
Who drowns for me


No point in abandoning me

Because there will always be mystery
Somewhere


Somewhere, somewhere

People will love you even more

Even much harder than me for you

Than me, than two
Than ten, than ten million


All the same

No point in abandoning me

No point

Not being so passionate, forget it

Who doesn't know how to swim
Who drowns for me


Brussels! How beautiful!

Gil! Gil! Gil!

IN THE NEXT EPISODE

There's only one country left.

-Just England.
-It's over, all of a sudden.


-A dreadful farewell feeling.
-It's not over yet!

I don't like it.

Gilberto Gil!

Do you feel nostalgic, Grandpa?

About going back to London.

I'm not a nostalgic person, in general.

But I'm curious to see London.

It's been 50 years apart and now...

-Are you okay?
-I'm tired of the off-show part of it.

I'm totally excited about the shows.

-Now that's good, you know?
-It's always like that.

Once it gets good, it ends.