"THE NIGHT OF TRUTH" " How are you?" " Listen, Edna..." "You've got to stop." "Your little Michel is no longer here." "As long as their blood is not avenged, the dead remain on earth." "I can see him." "He's still suffering, and largely because of you." "He doesn't agree with your plans." "No, Edna." "Our son was kind, obedient." "He would choose peace, just like his father." "His father!" "In any case, I'm not going." "You do as you like, but there's no way I'm going to eat with the killers... of my son." "Listen, Edna." "If you don't come now, I'll leave you here." "Michel!" "Don't leave me!" "Come back!" " You remember Lamoussa?" " My dearest..." "After the death of his wife and children, he would still cook for them, every night and starved himself to death." "The human soul is unfathomable." "God moves in mysterious ways." "Starving oneself to death when cooking every day!" "All in." "Idiots!" "Murderers!" "We're gonna kill you!" "To kill you, murderers!" "The Colonel has fooled you!" "But not me." "Cockroaches!" "Who are you?" "Rest in peace, soldier." "Look here!" "This one, for me." "This one, for Tomoto..." "This one, for the Colonel." "For the Colonel!" "There are some eggs." "What is it?" "You want to kill me?" "Murderer!" "Come on, get in!" "So, Tomoto?" "Leave me alone!" "You must be pleased." "The party's tomorrow." "Yes, this party worries me." "It's not good at all." "And I don't understand the Colonel." "After everything I've seen," "I'm really disgusted." "Just imagine, the other night, I was driving along..." "I heard the wheels: "Bump, bump."" "What was it?" "Bones!" "Bones all over the track... with flesh still stuck to them." "Did it smell bad?" "Smell bad?" "It stank!" "If it stank, it was Nayaks." "Because the Bonandés don't stink." "Isn't that right, my pretty one?" "Don't you agree?" "You aren't a Nayak, are you?" "You're quiet." "She has family at the Colonel's place." "Family?" "So that's why you're so pretty!" "You're a Bonandé, but you don't smell bad." "You smell good." "What are you doing?" "You want me to fall out?" "It's the road, Tomoto, the road!" "Tomoto!" "My little ones!" " Gotta lead." " Calm down." " Line up!" " Go!" "Move along!" "Hello, help them to unload." "Lend a hand, faster!" "Hurry up!" "Never seen such slow soldiers!" "Keep it up." "Thanks." "Who are the women who go to the well?" "You idiots!" "You're singing, while there's a body at the door?" " What?" "Where?" " A body at the door!" " At our door?" " Right here." "This morning, in the bush," "I saw 50 Nayaks." "They stopped me and surrounded me." "They had blood-shot eyes, foaming at the mouth." "Real wild dogs!" "I drew my sword and threw myself at them." "You know what they did?" "They ran, I swear." "Liar!" "What a liar!" "Oh, yeah?" "Look!" "I killed one of them." "You found those shoes in the bush." "You're incapable of killing." "We know you too well." "Go try it on with someone else." "Meanwhile, my girlfriend makes off." "Fatou!" "Hello!" "Thank God!" "You're still alive." "Yes, but all alone." " And your father?" " Dead." "Sliced up with a machete." "Be strong." "It was terrible here too." "Sebou, what are you doing with my girlfriend?" "Don't you recognise her?" " No." " It's Fatou." " Which Fatou?" " Diéneba's daughter." "The one who married the Nayak?" " Moussa's son." " They're bastards!" "Snake eaters!" "She doesn't belong here." "She's taboo." "Half-breed taboo." " What's going on?" " She's a Nayak spy." " What's going on here?" " Colonel..." " Who are you?" " She's a spy." "I'm Awa's niece." "I've come to give a hand." "Colonel, she's Diéneba's daughter." "She abandoned us for another ally." "No, it's over." "I'm fed up with these stories of Nayaks and Bonandés!" "From this evening on, we're all the same." "Understood?" "Stop it now!" " Show her to the kitchen." " Go!" " You're not hurt?" " No, I'm fine." "Awa, what's going on?" "Instead of consoling her, you start crying." "You must be tougher." "Calm down." "Don't cry." "Be quiet!" "And you, stop crying." "Wipe your face." "Yes, dry your tears." "I always hoped that Diéneba would be still alive." "Grace be to God, you're still alive." "Still alive?" "I've been dead for a long time." "Deep down, I'm dead." "How can you say that?" "God protected you, He saved you." "He spared you..." "But why did He spare me?" "I'd rather have been killed, like the others." "I'm scared and in pain." "I'm distraught." "You will cook the Nayak dishes." "Yes, I know how to do them." "You're hungry?" "Yes, auntie." "Go and eat with the others." "As for me, I have things to do." "My God!" "You know what?" "They chased me across the village." "I went in here, and came out there, and they got me." "They put my hand on a big rock." "And in one blow, cut it off." "All chopped off!" "I didn't even cry." "Two fingers?" "Don't exaggerate." "Show us then!" "What'll you do with the three left?" "What about you?" "If I meet a Nayak, I'll say:" ""I'll stop you thinking." I'll cut off his head." "Why that?" "They cut off my leg to stop me running." "So I'll stop him thinking." "Thank God they only cut off one." "A soldier saved me." "Otherwise they'd have cut off two." "My son Amado was the same age as a Nayak neighbour's daughter." "You'd have thought they were brother and sister." "But during the fighting, my neighbour tied me up." "He made me watch as he chopped up my son." "He screamed, he was terrified." "I wonder how I survived that." "Those people are pitiless." "And you, Fatou?" "What happened to you?" " You got nothing to say?" " Me?" "I saw..." "You off again?" "Stop these horrible stories!" "You should rather tell the story of the hare and hyena." "Instead of:" ""They cut off my leg, my head..."" "You cow, you let them tell these horrible stories?" "Change the subject, or get out of my house." "Don't you have anything else to do?" "Go and work in the fields!" "Let the dead bury the dead." " Major..." " Yes?" "You know what all these weapons stacked up make me think of?" "No." "Of the dead..." "An army of corpses." "You're tired." "Get some sleep." "No, I'm not tired." "Go and sleep, please." "As you wish." " Good evening, major." " Good night." "Get some rest." "See you tomorrow." "Leave me alone!" "Give me back the bottle, come on!" "Give me back my bottle, please." "Here's your bottle." "No, not that one." "Come on, I'll help you get up." "Up you get." "There you are." "He's such a pain!" "Here's a pillow." "I'll bring your pills." "You've got to take them." "Come on, come here." "What is it now?" " Take your pills." " Leave me alone." "Be nice." "Everything will be OK." "Come on, take them." "You're so annoying!" "There, now." "Drink." "Edna, lay down." "Come on!" "Edna, lay down!" "Come on." "Everything'll be OK." "What are you doing?" "Listen, you've got to be fit for tomorrow." "Understand?" "Listen." "I've thought this over..." "You'll tell them I'm not well." "Make something up..." "a malarial fever, or something." "But I can't do it." "Listen..." "Don't you understand?" "I can't!" "The Colonel insisted that you attend." "You see?" " You have to go." " Kouka..." "I'm sure that it'll help you recover." " I'm scared." " Scared of what?" "Of hate." "Of fear..." "I don't know anymore." "We'll offer our throats so they can bleed us dry." "Let's not go, I beg you." "Edna..." " My regards, Colonel." " Good evening." " Everything's OK?" " Yes." " The men?" " They're well." " Not too tense?" " No, Colonel." "Good evening." "Good night, Colonel." "Théo, is there anything you need?" "Just to be alone... alone." " Good night, Théo." " Good night." "And this one?" "You thought it pretty last time, didn't you?" "The bastard wants war!" "He wants to come with soldiers." " Give me the phone." " Why?" "Give me the phone." " No, I'll talk to him." " Give it to me!" "What's the matter?" "Hello, Mr. President?" "What's the matter?" "You don't trust us or what?" "I don't understand." "It's not in your interest not to have peace." "If that's your condition, then I'll take the risk." "Very good!" "See you soon, Mr. President." "What's wrong?" "You're accepting his terms?" "What's got into you?" "What's the matter?" "But this is crazy!" "Allowing the enemy in here, armed!" "I don't want armed men here in my house." "You want peace?" "Yes or no?" "You want it or not?" "We must refuse." "Tell him he can't keep imposing things on us!" "Théo, your brother's right." "We'll do as I said." "Théo, what is it?" "What's wrong with you?" "Please, refuse." "It's dangerous." "Refuse!" "I know what I'm doing." "I'll tell you something." "I don't leave anything to chance." "What I must do, I must do." " What are you doing?" " I'm leaving." " Where?" " I'm taking the children with me." "Darling, don't be silly." "We shouldn't be on a battlefield, we're leaving." "There's no battle, the war is over." "If the war's over, as you say, what are we playing at?" "This is no game." "We brought together the heads." "Let's do the same with hearts and stomachs." "Men make peace, men make war." "It's nothing to do with me, nor the children." "Listen, wait a moment." "Calm down." "I already explained." " What?" " I know what I'm doing." "But you don't understand me very well." "I'm scared, you know." "I really need you." "I don't understand you any more." "You've changed." "What can I do for you?" "You've changed." "Very well..." "If you want to leave, you can leave." "But you know, Soumari..." "Before you go, you should know" "that I'm a murderer." "No, you're not." "You're a warrior and you've fought fairly, up to now." "No." "At Govinda," "I killed." "Very well." "If you want to leave, you can leave." "Friends!" "Friends!" "Friends!" "I've heard lots of rumours." "Some think that Colonel Théo has changed." "Some even think that he's a traitor." "I could never betray you, because we're of the same clay." "We've shared the same dream." "Yesterday, as today," "I suffer from your wounds." "I'm dying with our dead and I strike with your anger." "I cannot betray you." "But the dream we once had has today become a nightmare." "Because the blood spilt is smothering us, choking us, poisoning us." " Can you feel it smothering us?" " Yes!" "Can you feel it choking you?" "It's time to find peace, so we can sleep at last." "We must!" " Are you ready to follow me?" " Yes, Colonel!" " Are you ready to follow me?" " Yes, Colonel!" "You know, you mustn't worry." "The Nayaks will be armed." "We too." "But I insist on this:" "No one must shoot, before I or the major" "give the order." " Are you ready to follow me?" " Yes, Colonel!" " Are you ready?" " Yes, Colonel!" "Pass out the weapons, calmly." "Fall in!" "It's the truth." "The Nayaks are not men like us." "If you catch one, you'll see." "He'll have scales on his skin." "Like a snake!" "Aunt Awa!" "Don't laugh." "He's right." "One day, in my village, we caught a Nayak who'd come to steal." "It was unbelievable." "He came, he stole and he fled." "We caught him, beat him, and left him for dead." "As soon as our backs were turned, he escaped into a hut." "And guess what we found?" "A writhing monster, half-snake, half-human." "Yes, I'll explain..." "A long time ago, there was the daughter of a powerful chieftain." "She was beautiful and she was stubborn as a mule." "One day, she decided to bathe in the sacred swamp." "Her parents and the village elders tried to dissuade her." "She went anyway." "At the edge of the swamp, she undressed." "She went into the water and spread her legs." "And as she was going to dive, she saw an enormous python's head break the surface." "They stared at each other." "She froze, unable to move." "The snake dived, grabbed her leg and tried to climb." "You finished with your unlikely tales?" "Go and help them slaughter the sheep." "And you lot, you'd better hurry up!" "Careful, be quiet!" "You'll find some in the bedroom." "Look, they've ripped his leg off!" "Look at that face, those teeth!" "That one looks like the Colonel." "A many-headed woman... with her children." "Look, she drew Minata and Souli." "Yes, that's them." "Looks just like them!" "Moussa, why is the oil black?" " You're daft." " Idiot!" "He thought the paint was a marinade!" "Tell me how we're going to grill our meat?" "Stop it!" " Get dressed." " I don't want to, Mummy." "Why don't you want to?" "I don't want to see the President." " Why don't you want to see him?" " He's mean." " Really?" " Uncle N'Gové said so." "Sit down." "Look at me." "You've got to understand what's going on." "It's true that we were at war with the President." "It started well before you were born." "But today, we're at peace." "You understand?" "At peace." "When you're naughty and Mummy smacks you, we're both at war and you think I'm mean, don't you?" "But afterwards, I kiss you, we laugh and it's all over." "You see?" "That's peace." "And that's what Dad wants to do with the President." "OK?" "Now get dressed." "Mina, where's your dress?" "Here it is." "Come here." "Come." "Put your hand here." "What does "traitor-to-the-people" mean?" " What?" " "Traitor-to-the-people"?" "What's this nonsense?" "Uncle said when you bow before the President, you're a "traitor-to-the-people"." " That's what he said?" " Yes." " You're sure?" " Yes, Mummy." "Very well..." "You told Honoré that his father is a traitor?" "Not at all!" "But that's what he understood." "Don't play that game with my children." "You think it's a game?" "You think I'm playing?" "Yes, it's a game to you." "A game!" " You love war." "Admit it." " You know, Soumari..." "War is useful." "What your father never got through peaceful protest, we won through armed struggle." "Is that what you think?" "And how many men did you kill?" "You just won a land of living dead." "My father never wanted that." "Wait, you really want peace?" "I also want peace, Soumari." "But peace is a whole process." "It's a seed." "To grow well, it needs to be well planted and looked after." "I don't want that blood spilt for nothing." "Even you, Théo's brother, you don't trust him?" "Is that it?" "Truly, I don't understand his turnaround." "He trusts the President too much, unlike me." "Don't worry, I'll keep watch." "Go to your kitchen." "That's it: "Go to your kitchen."" "Adama!" "Yes." "Hurry up, they're coming." "That's not a drum, is it?" "I don't want that tonight." "The music must be soothing." "No incitement to war." "When you made the dinner, you added spices?" "Hot pepper and tomatoes for taste?" "Drums are the spices of music." "Without them, it's tasteless." "I know, but tonight, no drums." "I don't want to wake sleeping dogs." "Just let me add a little pinch." " No." " Just the sound of my heart." "No." "I said: "no drums"." "OK, children." "Did you hear?" "Put that drum away." "I'm suffocating." "Come on, come on..." "Everything will be OK, Edna." "Come on." "You'll see." "Don't worry." "I'll be fine." "Can't you go any faster?" "The moment might have come for our people to find hope." "After ten years of this war triggered by the Bonandés'rebellion against the Nayak authorities, a peace agreement has just been signed by the rebel leader," "Colonel Théo Bogwanda, and President Miossoune." "Everyone hopes that this painful chapter in our country's history will at last close..." "Close forever." "I can see the presidential motorcade." "The President's car is stopping." "I'm going closer to experience this event." "Attention!" "Present... arms!" "Lieutenant Soulou, commanding the guard of honour." "My ancestors, help me!" "The enemy is amongst us." "The murderers are all around." "They want my life." "Well, Tomoto..." "If you have powers, use them." "Prevention is better than cure." "Just one more, please." "Thank you, Mr. President." "We can continue." "Ladies and gentlemen, you all know that dirty laundry is not washed in public." "What happens here will become history's secrets." "I have to leave you now." "See you soon." "What is it?" "Attention!" "Fall back!" "I said: "Attention, fall back!"" " What is it?" " Négué says that guy burned his house" "Major N'Gové, you're an incompetent officer." "Take your men in hand, teach them to follow orders." "Those four bars on your rounded shoulders, did you buy them in a supermarket?" "Remember, you were hopeless in school." "I've got field experience and my men aren't mercenaries." "These men have an ideal." "What ideal?" "Anyway we have money, and money rules the world." "Fall back!" "Fall back!" "Calm down!" "You were lucky." "President, the welcoming draft." "Thank you." "Edna..." " Salif!" " Present, Mr. President." "Bring me the case of whisky." "Right away, Mr. President." "Colonel," "I brought you whisky so we may toast the peace." "Thank you, Mr. President." "Bastard, you want to celebrate peace?" "Cockroaches, I'll crush you!" "President, you could perhaps say a few words." "No, Colonel." "Go ahead, you're our host." "Thank you." "Come closer." "Gather round, all of you." "Mr. President," "Mrs. Miossoune and you, my Nayak and Bonandé brothers, we receive you today in freedom and dignity." "If we took to arms, it wasn't to crush you, but to regain our place before you, as equals, as today, and to be able to say:" ""Welcome!"" "So, as the prophet Jeremiah said:" ""God's design is for peace and not for unhappiness." ""He wants a future for us."" "Thus, once again, my Nayak brothers, welcome." "Mr. President..." "Colonel, I won't use long phrases," "I'm not used to it." "I will simply say:" "Let's forget the past." "Look at our country, it's in bad shape..." "Dreadful shape!" "And to get better, it needs everyone's help, with no exceptions." "You know, we say:" ""An entire baobab comes from a single seed."" "If we want the tree of peace and prosperity to grow, a single word is enough:" "Reconciliation." "To the President!" "Mr. President!" "You're too serious." "We are celebrating peace, and you have a mournful face!" "We were just talking about peace." "Be more joyful, then." "Peace has come, hasn't it?" "Mr. President, a drink?" "Thank you, Colonel." "Madam..." "I'd like to speak to you, alone." "Mummy..." "What is it?" "Mina asks when we're eating the mutton." "Is it Honoré or Mina who's asking?" "It's not ready yet." "You'll have to be patient." "Go and play." "Madam, aren't you feeling well?" "Would you like a glass of water?" "No, it's nothing." "Everything's fine." "You had me worried." " Your children are beautiful." " Thanks." "Congratulations." "I had one myself." "My Michel was handsome as a god." "I know." "I heard of your tragedy." "I'm really sorry." "You know what they did to him?" "No, tell me." "They cut off his testicles, and crammed them in his mouth." "What?" "Cut off his testicles and crammed them in his mouth." "You're not serious!" "Yes, I am." "You have tears to cry with." "I have no more." "Come on, pull yourself together." "I'm so sorry." "Since this is the night of reconciliation," "let's drink to reconciliation." "If you feed us snake, we won't eat it." "This will be for the Bonandés." "Braised snake!" "It's been a while since I had any." " Thoughtful." " You're welcome." "Excellent idea." "Smells good, doesn't it?" "Enjoy your meal." "I'm having trouble with the snake." "Help yourself, Mr. President." "That's our speciality." "It's really good!" "It's our speciality:" "Roasted caterpillar." "Try them, they're good." "But no one's forcing you." "No..." "I'd like to try them." "The best way is with your fingers." "I'll try." "They're going down?" "Yes, it's OK." "Our cooking differs, but it all comes from nature." "You're managing?" "Not bad." "Smells a little strong though." "What is it?" "It's not good?" "Yes, it's fine but..." "That's my husband's favourite dish!" " What's that?" " I love it." "Crickets." "They're really hard to find." "How did you get them?" "Théo has a friend in Central Africa." "He sent us a package." "Congratulations." "I'd fight a hyena for a rotting corpse, rather than eat in the company of that monkey!" "Don't you think you're exaggerating?" "She's a real monkey!" " Is your wife prettier?" " Yes." "Eat and shut up!" "Thanks." "You should've said that first." "Does it taste good?" "Delicious." "As tasty as a young bride!" "Do you know what you're eating?" "Fish!" "No, it's snake!" "What?" "A huge boa!" "What an idiot!" "What's going on here?" "Why aren't you eating?" "What's the matter, Koudbi?" "Isn't it a good party?" "Aren't you happy?" "I am happy, but the others..." "Who?" "What others?" "The dead..." "All those who gave their blood." "They're here, all around." "You don't see them, but I do." "I can hear them." "They're saying:" ""There was no point in dying." ""There are no longer friends nor enemies," ""neither Nayaks, nor Bonandés."" "See for yourself, I'm sitting with Nayaks." ""But we, the dead," ""from which well shall we drink?" ""Where shall we eat?"" "And they're crying out." "Yes, that's how it is." "OK." "There, Koudbi..." "Our dead will wander no more." "They'll drink with us." "And your dead are welcome here too." "Captain, captain!" "Why keep these weapons?" "We don't need them tonight." "The soldiers got their orders." "To drink together is one thing, but we won't give up the weapons." "But we're celebrating peace, aren't we?" "I said we won't give up the weapons." "You, Colonel, you've often had the opportunity to be in a position of strength, without ever going all the way." "Why is that?" "Why, Colonel?" "Mr. President, have you ever seen a hurricane?" "I saw one once, in the islands." "First of all, there's a cool wind that gladdens your heart." "You think the world will be reborn." "That's the beginning of the revolution..." "The awakening of the poor, of the oppressed, of those humiliated, as we were, we, the Bonandés." "And the wind brings the rain." "It's good, warm, sweet, like the first blood in the fight for a just cause." "And then afterwards..." "Afterwards, the wind becomes stronger and stronger." "It rips roofs off, it wrecks everything." "That's war." "We forget why we're fighting." "Daily, we trample our ideal." "We strangle it with our own hands." "The horror!" "It's madness." "So, it has to be stopped, by any possible means." "You understand?" "So that never again the hurricane passes where we live." "Colonel, what you say is very impressive." "You speak in images, like a poet." "Could you be more precise?" "Edna, please." "Colonel..." "I heard you, it's perfect." "Though I don't have your gift," "I feel the same way as you." "So what do you want exactly?" "Tell me." "Your Excellency, we have some tangible problems." "Come on, N'Gové." "Wait, wait!" "We have plenty of time." "We have the whole night." "That's true." "In any case, we agreed on the main points." "We'll find a way to agree on the details." " Madam..." " President!" " You did a good job." " Thank you, Mr. President." "You seem to know my tastes." "I tried to guess them in order to please you." " But tell me, Mr. President..." " Yes." "What do you think deep in your heart?" "Do you really want this peace?" "Well... my presence here proves it." "You know, I'm a pragmatist, not an ideologist." "It's no good swimming against the tide of history." "I know you have suffered a lot." "But no one was spared." "No one." "Listen..." "If you think that it'll ease your pain, you should know that Bakolo, the man who tortured your father, is in jail." "Thank God!" "But tell me, Mr. President, can I ask you something else?" "Don't ask me to have him shot, OK?" "Of course not." "Can your men put down their weapons, if ours do likewise?" "Just for tonight." "Please!" "I always have a premonition at night." "What premonition?" "It's more of an image..." "A terrible image." "I see a hyena, huge, black, that swallows the sun." "And I can't stop shaking and crying until the morning, when it lets it go." "I'm scared." "Don't be scared, Fatou." "You know, when the night comes," "I too feel like dying to escape from my torment." "Colonel, don't ever die, please." "I just have to see you and I'm no longer scared." "You're a good girl." "That one's going to cause trouble." "Why do you run after him like a bitch in heat?" "You don't know everything." "The Colonel has already held me in his arms." "So that's your little secret." "He doesn't even remember." "Was it as dark as that?" "It's not what you're thinking." "The night of the slaughter, right under my nose, they gutted my father like a goat." "My mother, my brothers and sisters had their throats cut like chickens." "And the soldiers..." "Let her tell her story!" "The soldiers undid their flies to rape me." "God bless the Colonel." "He's the one who saved me." "Without him, I'd probably be dead already." "Poor thing..." "Forgive me." "Don't laugh." "A man who cooks is a find." "Girls, don't you want to marry him?" "Mrs. Miossoune, I hope they're no trouble." "No, they're charming." "Thanks." "May I speak with you?" "Children, see you later." "I wanted..." "I wanted to speak with you." " Excuse me." " I'd like to speak with you." "Colonel, with your permission." " Excuse me, Colonel." " As you wish." " I'll be back in five minutes." " Go ahead." "At ease!" "Stand easy." "Fall out." "At ease!" "Form up!" "Leave everything!" "The first to arrive is the last." "Captain!" " Me?" " Yes!" "I'm a major." "Sorry..." "Major." "You didn't finish explaining what happened at Govinda." "Why drag up all those horrors?" "Especially tonight!" "Listen, captain..." " Major." " Sorry, major." "You see," "I'm stubborn." "I'm trying to put the events in order." "In order to heal ourselves, we must know what happened." "So tell me, tell me exactly what happened." "I don't know any more, I really don't." "All I know is that there was a horrible slaughter." "So, somebody had this great idea:" "Beat the drums calling people to a party." "Bring a crowd to use as a human shield." "And people believed the drums, they came..." "They came from all over, like lambs to the slaughter." "But... tell me." "You knew that pupils from the Lycée Descartes were there?" "Because my son was there." "I don't know why, but he was there." "So tell me... who's responsible?" "Who?" "Madam, in a way, we're all responsible." "May I leave?" "Captain, cheers!" "Let's drink!" "Let's drink to truth." "Good evening." "God is tired, God is tired" "God is weary of our atrocities" " Mr. President!" " Yes, Théo." "The moment has come for us to create the symbol of this day." " Come with me, please." " Edna..." "And you too, my friends, come, everybody!" "We're going to plant a tree." "It will be the living symbol of our reconciliation." "Mr. President," "Nayaks and Bonandés united forever." "We'll bury the hatchet." "Peace will reign over our continents." "Stop, stop it!" "The boss forbade it!" "She doesn't want any drumming tonight." "She'll also say she doesn't like the bangala." "Come on, play!" "Colonel, it's just like Govinda!" "Stop!" "Stop, stop!" " Calm down!" " The blood of those roaches..." " frothed like a cool beer." " Don't panic!" "You remember that child?" "Let go of me!" "He's the one!" "Tomoto, stop that!" "Stop!" "Stop, stop!" "No!" " Stop!" " Get up!" " Please, get up." " Stop!" "Pull yourself together!" "Get up, get up, Théo!" "The men are staring at you." "They're staring." "Théo, you can't do this." "You heard the drums?" "Just like at Govinda." " I told you not to come." " Edna..." "It's a trap." "Look, they're behind the walls..." "All armed." "They'll kill us all tonight." " It's a trap." " Listen..." "Pull yourself together, you're raving." "While you're not!" "You're supping with the devil." "With your son's murderer!" " Come..." " It's him!" " It's him!" " Please..." "The old man said it all." "You've been perfect up to now." "You've been strong." "Hold on!" "Edna, you'll be OK." "Why don't you ever believe me?" "Don't you see the shadows crying out for revenge?" "It's him, he killed my Michel!" " My Michel!" " You're crazy!" "Kill him." "Kill him!" " Kill him!" " Edna, this is madness." "This is madness, I tell you." " Yes, Youba." " Excuse me." "The soldiers are on edge." "Those who were at Govinda remember the call of the drums." "Be strong Edna, I beg of you." "It'll be alright." "You understand?" "It'll be OK." "Youba, Youba." "Do something, please." "They're hiding behind the walls." "It's a trap." " They'll kill us." " Edna." "I'm sorry, the men are tired." " Open your eyes." " Me too." " Are you blind?" " I'm tired, Edna." "I'm sure he's the one who killed my son." "My God!" "Come, it'll be alright." "It'll be fine." "Good." "Who gave the order to rearm?" "Can you hear me?" "We're at peace now." "Listen to me!" "The demon of hate and war, do you know where he's hiding?" "He's here, here... here..." "He's also in my heart." "We'll chase him out!" "Out!" "Go away!" "Out!" "Go away!" "Out!" "Long live peace!" "Long live peace!" "What shame!" "Look..." "That's unworthy." "Long live peace!" "We saved the main things." "Yes, Mr. President." "Youba, you have to help me." "Please, help me do it." "Do it for Michel, so that his soul may rest in peace." "After all, you're his father, aren't you?" "Don't be afraid" "Brave warriors, don't be afraid any more" "Each of you was victorious, don't be afraid" "Now, you're like brothers" "From the same belly, the same womb" "Between you reign loyalty and trust" "Don't be afraid any more, don't be afraid any more" "What could you be scared of?" "Fear nothing, fear nothing..." "Théo..." "I've got to talk to you." "You were perfect tonight." " Thank you." " Listen..." "Fatou saw something odd amongst the Nayaks." "Beware." "Soumari, do you still love me?" " Didn't you hear what I said?" " Answer me." "I'm not judging you, but I don't want to lose you." "So be careful." "Thank you." "You are my strength." " We've had our fill." " I like small-sized women." "I like large women, with large comfortable bottoms, like mattresses." "Turn there, it's soft." "Turn around, it's velvety smooth." "Everywhere you lay your hand, it's plump." "That's what I want." "In the village, they gave me a woman." "They always give you women!" "How can we believe you?" "We forgot about the fireworks." "The fireworks..." "You're right, Youba." "Get them ready." "The party has to be a success." "That's an excellent idea." " Where are you going?" " Let me by!" "It's important!" "You're chasing after the Colonel." "Bitch!" "I don't trust you." "Since you insist, let's walk a little." "With pleasure, Madam." "May I?" "Be careful, Colonel." "That's how she got me into her clutches." "Don't worry, Mr. President." " Have you something to tell me?" " Yes." "About what happened at Govinda." "You killed him, didn't you?" "With your own hands." "Know that I condemn all atrocities." "Every time my men committed them, I punished them." "And what happened?" "That day," "I too nearly..." "Really?" "I had given the orders and stood aside, as usual." "And?" "I saw something unbelievable." "What did you see?" "Men... who enjoyed killing." " And others who allowed it to happen." " But my son?" "The devil put him before me at that moment." "Michel?" "I saw the boy." "He was there, in front of me..." "It was my son." "Showing no fear." " That air of innocence..." " That's him." "Not reproachful..." " That's him." " And then..." "I pulled out my knife and I stabbed him in the stomach." "He cried out, and that excited me." "Then I grabbed his testicles and cut them off." "I crammed them in his mouth." "I didn't understand what had happened." "Oh, my God!" "Then I understood." "War opens our souls, and demons move in." "I wasn't myself." "I felt as strong as a god, I felt powerful." "But I realized that I wasn't one." "I was just a miserable being, a disgusting thing." "Since then, I haven't slept." "I'm not myself anymore." "I'm asking for your help." "I ask for your forgiveness, please." "I can't live without your pardon." "Help me, Madam." "Help me, please!" "Help me, I beg of you." "I can't live without your pardon." "Have mercy." "Madam, have mercy." "Forgiveness is God's business... not mine." "That little girl dances really well." "My God!" "Mummy, what's happening?" "Wasn't it you who prepared this marinade?" "Fantastic!" "Colonel!" "The king of the marinade!" "Fantastic!" "Have you seen the Colonel?" "Miss, come back!" "Why is she running?" "He'll never hurt you again!" "Never hurt anyone again!" "The child-killer of Govinda." "What happened?" "Cut him loose, quickly." "The king of the marinade!" "My God!" "Marinated!" "Move back, please!" "Back, please, Soumari!" "Soumari, move back!" "Completely marinated!" "Edna, you shouldn't have done that." "Oh, Lord!" "Oh, Lord!" "I no longer enjoy life." "My heart is heavy." "Too much suffering, too much pain..." "Oh, Lord!" "Almighty Lord!" "Dying first is painful, even if death awaits us all." "Life is empty!" "Everything lies in God's hand." "I beg of you, stop!" "We are all Adam's children, even if we are different." "The forces of death and hate have reappeared amongst us." "The Nayaks and the Bonandés have again torn each other apart." "As this fair man said, we must create a strong symbol." "We'll mingle our blood so that this hate vanishes forever." "So we're going to bury our dead together." "A Nayak and a Bonandé in the same grave." "Come on!" "Bring the bodies." "Over here!" "Colonel!" "Lieutenant Tomoto reporting." "Nothing to report today." "Everything's quiet." "The caterpillars are spreading." "I even brought you some." "I cooked them just the way you like." "The men are now considerate toward each other." "You know, your death brought them together." "The children?" "They work well, they make us proud." "But their mother..." "She's there where she's supposed to be." "And N'Gové, your brother N'Gové..." "He's become a minister, the Defence minister!" "That's how life goes!" "And your aunt, she died before she finished painting." "And so it goes." "The Bonandés and the Nayaks?" "There aren't any Bonandés or Nayaks anymore." "Now we're all "Bonandayaks"." "They call us "Bonandayaks" now." "There's peace between us." "That's the message to take to the Kingdom of the Dead." "Well, Colonel..." "I've gotta go." "I'll be back another time." "Now what?" "What is it?" "Really?" "Colonel Théo, you know that your faithful Tomoto will always do as you say." "Come on!" "Don't stay there locked up like animals." "Run away!" "You've won your freedom." "Now enjoy it." "You're free." "What has gotten into us?" "Why kill each other?" "Why kill each other?" "Nobody's immortal" "What has gotten into us?" "Why kill each other?" "Why kill each other?" "Nobody's immortal" "Life is sacred, it must be respected" "You have suffered so much!" "It is time to look to the future" "Oh, Africa, my country..." "Children, we're going to do a dictation called: "The Crossing"." "It's a text by Colonel Théo." " Are you listening carefully?" " Yes." "I'll read the text and we'll do the dictation." "Yes!" ""The Crossing"." ""We're from the same clay." ""We've lived through the same nightmares," ""endured the same suffering." ""In truth, I tell you," ""I won't forget you." ""Your pain is my pain," ""because..." ""the same memories live within us" ""and we all belong to the big day."" " Will that do?" " Yes!" " Promise you won't make mistakes?" " Yes!" "OK." "Here we go." "I don't want to hear:" ""I haven't got a good pen." Ready?" "Yes." ""The Crossing"." ""The Crossing"." ""We're from" ""the same clay", comma." ""We're from" ""the same clay", comma..." ""We have lived through the same nightmares", comma," ""Endured the same suffering", full stop." "Next line." ""In truth, I tell you..." ""In truth," ""I tell you...", colon..." ""I won't forget you", full stop." ""I won't forget you", full stop." ""Your pain is my pain", full stop." ""because" ""the same memories live within us..." ""Because" ""the same memories live within us" ""and we all belong to the big day."" ""And we all belong to the big day."" " Madam!" " Yes, Honoré?" " I don't follow." " I can see that." "Doesn't your pen work?" " You're speaking too quickly." " I'll repeat the sentence." ""Because the same memories live within us."" "Subtitling TVS" " TITRA FILM Paris"