"I see you!" "Let's go!" "I'll catch you next time!" "Thief!" "Not much left." "The injera's enough for me." "It's you who's got growing up to do." "Ok, Dad, but one bite." "We should leave, before the holiday." "What will we eat without a woman in the house?" "But I'm already cooking for Madam Mulu." "You're not doing a woman's work for a living." "You said I cook as good as Mom did." "Boys don't cook." "I only want to be here with you and Chuni." "She'll have to go." "We can't keep a barren sheep." "But she's Mom's." "Someday you're going to have to sacrifice your lamb, lest you starve." "We'll never pan, Chuni." "I promise." "I don't want to leave either." "But if we stay, we may meet your mother's fate." "I'm indebted to you, Uncle Yakob." "We shall meet again, God willing." "Ephraim." "Have a peaceful journey." "May the Spirit be with you." "Take good care." "Whoever brought the bird inside will be paying extra!" "Giving me a damn headache!" ""Whoever brought the bird inside will be paying extra!" "Giving me a damn headache!"" "It's not fair Chuni's outside." "My relatives!" "Are you alive and well?" "Still here, Solomon." "My, has he grown!" "You remember your uncle?" "And look at the size of her." "Ephraim's raised her well." "God bless you." "Come!" "Your poor wife!" " Elshaddai!" " Beloved Elshaddai!" "That's enough, Abraham." "Mother, it's enough." "They've come a long way." "Our gatherer." "Auntie." "May I ask..." "What is it, dear?" "Would you care for my child?" "While I seek work in the city." "He needs a mother's love." "What about the holiday?" "This is not the year for it." "Maybe the following, God willing." "Sure, I'll take in my grand-nephew." "It'll be a joy!" "When spiders unite, they can tie up a lion." "Easythere, kid." "It hasn't rained for us either." "Tell me about it." "In our province it was too little too late." "It's been hard enough without my wife." "May He deliver us." "Family, gather around." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "Let's eat." "I'll return when it rains." "What if it won't?" "You'll be better taken care of here." "Behave and be brave, my boy." "You'll grow to become a fine man." "I'm not hungry either." "I'm sorry you have to sleep here." "What's this?" "What's he doing?" "A young man cooking?" "Well, he's quite the talent." "Excuse these ladies and follow me." "With the rain falling so late, the plowing will be in vain." "Come quickly." "Here." "Can't drive oxen?" "A farmer's boy?" "Sorry." "Enough!" "Move on!" "Wasting my time on this chicken." "Your shawl is beautiful." "I need those papers." "I'm out of wood." "Oh my, Yohannes is coming." "Fix yourself." "All this hair, I wish you'd braid it once in a while." "Wild like a lion's mane." "How will you find someone without the effort?" "I hate this place." "Why did Dad bring us here?" "We could've been with Uncle Yakob." "Maybe we could see which way's home from up there." "Come, Chuni!" "You don't have to be a goat to jump this." "If we fall, we go down together." "Come!" "We made it!" "Our magical mountain." "If only we can cross the valley, we'll be back in Buya." "Come out!" "Trying to hide from the law?" "Any other livestock?" "A fat one you have." "Hand it and I'll let you go." "Are you deaf or dumb?" "No!" "Please don't, sir!" "You come this far for a single sheep?" "Ok, then." "I'll make your parents pay." " Where's your home?" " Buya." "Where's Buya?" "Up nonh." "What the hell you doing here?" "I'm staying with my great-aunt, Emama Belinesh, for now." "Belinesh..." " Solomon's mother?" " Yes." "You're lucky." "I love Emama like my own mother." "But next time I catch you here," "I'll shoot your sheep." "Got it?" "What's happening to my baby's body?" "Your father will soon be here, and dinner isn't even ready." "You said you didn't need me tonight." "God!" "Don't use the Lord's name in vain." "Thank you, Emama." "What did I do?" "That's for allowing her to talk back." "Enough bickering now from both of you, for Christ's sake." "Yes, Emama." "Why do I waste energy on this lazy girl?" "Ephraim, come watch this." "Look at him." "It's your daughter you should be scolding for her selfishness." "This reckless boy had us nearly fined today." "What in God's name made you take that damn sheep into the forbidden forest?" "What does he know, Solomon?" "He's like the lamb himself." "Did my cousin bear a son or a sissy?" "Listen." "For the holiday, you're going to learn what all boys must do in our country:" "sacrifice sheep." "Sir." "How much is it to go to Buya?" "For how many?" "Just me and her." "100 for you and 20 for the sheep." "120 Birrs." "That's what we need to be free, Chuni." "It says here we need to expon more food to better our country." "But what's the point, if we Ethiopians can't afford to eat the food we grow ourselves?" "That's right!" "Looks to me you're eating alright." "What you doing, bumpkin?" "Maybe he doesn't understands Amharic, only sheep language." "Get him!" "Starving hick." "I'll spare you this time." "Now go home." "Beat it!" "I can feel your heanbeat." "Hear mine." "Yohannes is from a good, God fearing family." "You think that's going to feed me?" "All that reading won't feed you either." "Only till you with foolish dreams." "Tsion." "You're the only woman of your age without a husband in this village." "And mark my words, it will soon be too late." "I'm not getting married to breed offspring like cattle." "Then keep dreaming of some rich man to sweep you off to the city." "Remember if we country farmers famish, so will the city folk." "Madam Azeb," "I could make lentil samosas to sell in the market." "When there's barely enough for us to eat?" "Foolish." "Forget it." "If you had offspring like the hen, they could've been our ticket back." "I'm kidding." "But wait..." "How much's the hen?" "40 Birrs." "65 total with the chicks." "Should I offer 55?" "TN" " How about 55?" " It won't do, ma'am." "60 is the lowest I can go." "Still have 24 Birrs left." "Time to make and sell some samosas." "What are you doing?" "You've been nothing but trouble to the family since you came." "Now go home." "The first batch is ready." "My, he has his mother's gift." "Really, you do make some special samosas." "Look at this tool!" "Let him be." "A boy becoming a lady." "How did my cousin raise you?" "Let the child be." "He wants to help the family by selling samosas." "I won't hand the whip!" "He bought the ingredients himself." "Would you rather he beg or steal?" "Silence!" "Let me catch you cooking again." "I'll finish these." "Go play with Mimi." "I won't play with him!" "Late like the lady of the night." "You can't call me that!" "See how she talks back to me?" "Dad, didn't I ask you?" "Coming this late?" "Where's that whip?" "It's time to taste She-Rains-Sugar." "The samosas are all done and ready." "Maybe not as good as yours, but they were pretty tasty to me." "Listen." "When Solomon goes to the field in the mornings, you can cook." "It'll be our little secret." "I think she likes the idea too." "Solomon, I think you should reconsider about the sheep." "What do you mean?" "It is by God's grace we have meat for this holiday." "Alright, then you slaughter it." " How much?" " 3 Birrs." "Falasha, how's your little baa-friend?" "Hand the leftovers." "There's none." "The money." "Get him!" "Take it!" "Think you can outrun me?" "Hello, Ephraim." "How's the sale?" "What's this girl up to now?" "Some crops can survive on family urine." "Only 4 Birrs?" "Well, use these to buy more ingredients." "The business will come, ok." "Yes." "Urine is a good, natural fenilizer." "Why must you bring such indignity to the family?" "This nonsense comes from these papers, right?" "Stinks!" " Is that our leader?" " No." " Then who's he?" " Doctor Gebisa Ejeta." "What's his story?" "Doctor Ejeta was awarded the World Food Prize for his drought resistant sorghum hybrids, which has helped save lives." "I wish he saved my Mom's life." "There, there, my child." "The pain will pass." "Mommy's here for you." "Whose child is this boy?" "My nephew's son." "Lost his mother in that awful drought." "Nothing worse than a deprived childhood." "Ephraim, come greet the neighbors." "He'sjust like her." "May she rest in peace, that poor Falasha." " He's Jewish?" " Yes, by his mother." "Dawit." "How's it you got married before your older brother?" "And Hanna's pregnant with her second already." "How wondefiul!" "But a wolf is too dignified to take a hen and her chicks." "A hyena, on the other hand..." "Yes." "But only in a clan because a lone hyena's a chicken itself." "We only made 6 Birrs today." "Giving Azeb 3, so 34 left." "Still need 86." " So the holiday's near upon us." " And so is darkness." "Yes." "Thank you and good evening to you all." "Good evening." "Not much time before the holiday." "You alright?" "Mom, is the Feast of the Holy Cross tomorrow?" "No, dear, the day after." "Then we get to eat everything, right?" "Yes." "Spiced bread, chicken stew, and Ephraim's lamb too?" "Yummy." "Dad." "Can't we sell the sheep and buy cheaper food like lentils, chickpeas, even injera?" "We'd get the same protein." "What's pro-tyn?" "Solomon," "I don't know about this girl's mind." "But it's not of this world." "This boy's father brings us this gift for the holiday, and you want us to sell it?" "Quiet!" "Hello, I'm Tsion." "Hello, I'm Mikael." "How do you do?" "Fine, thank you." "Will you hold onto my cousin's lamb if paid?" "Look, young lady." "I sell sheep for a living, not keep them as refuge." "In the name of Saint Mikael." "The holiday's near." "Please help him." "We'll make it up to you." "Alright." "Fine." "But I want 2 Birrs a day." "Thank you." "Thank you, Tsion." "I've never liked lamb meat anyway." "Don't be mad at me, Chuni." "I'm trying to save you." "Alright, that's enough!" "Ridiculous!" "Ephraim, eat." "We also have chicken for the holiday?" "Ephraim bought it." "That's a good boy!" "But the lamb's gone." "Gone?" "What do you mean?" "Where's that damn animal?" "Stolen, at the market." "Stolen?" " Give me that whip." " No." "You can't have it." "She-Rains is mine!" " Give it!" " I won't!" "Fine." "Solomon." "Come." "Dad, please don't!" "Lord, have mercy!" "Dad. stop!" "Enough, Solomon!" "You're going to make your daughter more ill." "You people are aging me, I swear it!" "Before the foreigners board, General Tedros shouts:" "ustop!" ""I won't let you take even a speck of din from my land." "Now take off your boots!" Without a word, the foreigners took their shoes off" "and back they sailed to their homeland... barefoot!" "That's the way to handle swindlers!" "A story as delicious as your food." "Happy holidays!" "Happy Feast of the Holy Cross." " Happy Feast of the Holy Cross, Father." " Same to you all." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "May He bless you all." "Ball!" "Here!" "Just as dinner is finished." "There's spinach." "Those are for Mimi." "I'll give him the toasted grains then." "Enough water." "If you're coming past dinner time, then your belly must be full." "Isn't it?" "These erratic seasons." "It's all in His hands." "You look like you've been rolling in din all day." "It's worsening." "I'm bringing Father first thing tomorrow." "What she needs is a clinic." "And how do we pay for that?" "Shiftless." "Must you go against all I say?" "Watch your tone." "There they go again." "Even the boy's helping with what he can." "Sure." "And I'm useless?" "Azeb." "Here." "For the clinic." "My time's almost up." "Let this child live." "The curse of our country is caused by man, not God or Satan." "I don't understand." "You know how the elderly say they grew up eating more than we do?" "They had better luck with the rains." "Why?" "I don't know exactly." "But Doctor Ejeta does." "He's like a doctor of the land." "I want to be just like him one day, after college." "College?" "That must be in AddisAbaba, where my Dad is." "You miss your Dad?" "And your Mom?" "I was also small when I lost my Mom." "People are trying to sleep around here." "And how dare you waste the candle?" "I'm tired of your nagging." "And I'm tired of your attitude and misdeeds." "I'm sick of this confine." "Tsion." "No one's holding you prisoner." "What's going on?" "This bastard bit me!" "No!" "He was hitting Chuni!" "How much is owed?" "12." "No!" "Only 4 Birrs!" "He already has 2!" "Give it to him." "You think I'm afraid of some city slicker?" "Alright." "We've got a long way." "Give me a minute." "Thank you, Tsion." "No need." "I'm leaving for the city now." "Really?" "You're leaving?" "Can you take us too?" "I want to see my Dad." "The family needs you, Ephraim." "You're not ready to leave home." "But I need to go." "Come on, cutie!" "Be a good boy, cousin." "Qat man, come!" "Fool." "You think you're clever, huh?" "Now get off." "Off!" "I wish you'd stayed quiet." "Will you look after my lamb if I pay?" "Your lamb has a name?" "That's funny." "Come on, Chuni." "Sorry." "We can't go home yet." "You'll be better off here for now." "Look how happy they are." "Say bye-bye now, Chuni." "My dear." "It's no use worrying." "Drink your coffee." "I can't swallow how that young woman has abandoned us." "Tsion has... good head on her shoulders." "She'll be fine." "Azeb." "A clinic's supposed to recommend medicine, not food." "The nurse said food is medicine." "What a waste of time and money." "My baby was better off with the holy water." "The food we grew up on is hard to come by today." "All we have left are the oxen." "And if we kill them, we're finished." "Where may Tsion be this late?" "Well, send her to take some milk." "Our goat just delivered." "That girl is unbelievable." "Bringing shame to the family." "Ephraim!" "Help me clean up!" "0k!" "Look." "Look what I found." "That's my boy!" "Good job!" "Wait until Solomon returns." "I didn't mean..." "Get out of here!" "Ephraim." "Come." "Buy vegetables and a rack of lamb with this money for the child." "Show this family the honorable young man you are." "You're going to fall into illness yourself." "You run like a prey." "I'm taking her back." "Come!" "We can finally go now." "Back home." "Come, Chuni!" "Come before we miss the bus." "H63'" "Maybe you should let her go." "Sir, this bus bound for Buya?" "Nope." "No more nonhbound today." "Ephraim!" "My beloved friends," "My beloved friends," "My flourishing flowers," "Wait in turn" "While I gather woods" "And make me a house." "But forget a house," "I don't even have a fence." "I shall lay outside instead," "Counting the stars." "After counting the stars" "And return to the house," "I shall be scolded" "By my step-mother." "My mother, my sweet scented flower." "Where once she looked at me with fondness," "Now she up and left me in Darkness." "Not bad for a boy." "His mother lives through him, I tell you." "Ephraim." "Come, my dear." "Missing you too, Dad." "Subtitlingz Monal Group"