"Our tradition is that when twins are born... they are dropped off at a crossroads." "So as to see who is the stronger." "The stronger one... is reinserted." "But in the village of Amanha Lundju the tradition was not respected." "The first child, the weaker, was sent elsewhere." "The other one stayed." "When her wife was pregnant, the father said..." ""If it's a boy, I'll call him Hamidou."" "The wife gave birth to twins, so the name was split in two." "The first one was Hami, the second one Dou." "Which story are you telling?" "I want to hear it too!" "Tree of blood" "Which one of us is dead." "The mute, where are they?" "Hurry up!" "Over here!" "Bring water!" "Quick!" "Hurry up!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "Over there on the side." "Be careful!" "Be careful!" "Come here, quick!" "Use branches!" "Help me!" "Help me!" "We need more water!" "The fire is expanding, we'll lost everything!" "Calacalado, where is Calacalado?" "Calacalado, get out of your hut!" "We need your help!" "Quickly!" "You think you're more important than the village?" "More important than the trees?" "It's not me." "I was about to prepare the ground but..." "I didn't start a fire." "I think it's the wind." "If you don't master the fire, then don't start it!" "You burn the forest everyday." "Still I'm not accusing you." "I burn the forest the way my grand father and father taught me." "I don't use charcoal!" "You'd starve, idiot!" "Wretch!" "Get out of here." "Hami?" "!" "No, my name is Dou." "Your son Dou is here." "He wants to salute you." "Speak, brother, she hears your." "Mother, I'm here." "I'm back." "Hami, my son... why did you stop building your house?" "What do you want?" "Get out of here." "Leave me alone." "Go sweep the ashes away." "I'm your son, Dou." "Dou is far away." "Let him there." "He'll be back when Calacalado call him." "Don't forget that Calacalado alone decides... each one's place in the village." "I can hear your brother Dou singing." "Listen to him, presumptuous son." "Your father planted two trees when you were born." "Because Hamidou was twins." "Dou's tree is dead." "The birds left." "The field burnt." "The ancestors announced it, one you the twins must die." "Hami, take your wife and your daughter home." "It's time." "Oh, you're here!" "I found it." "They didn't see it." "Eusebio was accused for the fire." "I know you started it." "It was a punishment for losing the pendant." "Don't get mad." "I need your presence." "Don't go away." "Stay here." "Sally!" "Sally!" "They're back!" "How wonderful!" "Did you see?" " They are back." " Who?" "The birds." "Didn't you see?" "Leave her alone." "She's speaking to her lover." "What birds?" "The cranes!" "Their departure is a sign of imminent death." "Is there none in your village?" "I saw them leave before Hami..." "I told Calacalado." "He started sweating." "When I asked him why they'd leave..." "He didn't answer." "The birds came back because of Dou." "Can't you see?" "They are smarter than you." "If you don't love him, I do." "Dou is mine." "It's none of your business." "Stop flirting around." "Is speaking to the wind a custom in your village?" " Leave me alone!" " Stop it!" "I'm your friend." "You can talk to me." "I won't repeat." "Dou, you can't stay here." "Come with me." "I'll leave on a business trip in ten days." "The two of us can make good charcoal and profit." "Don't you think so?" "Have you gone mute?" "One mute is enough for the village." "Now talk to me." "Why is he dead?" " Your tree?" " No, my twin!" "Tell me." "Let him rest in peace." "The village knows what killed him." "Remember he's listening to us." "Amanha Lundju don't need dead people." "Yorna, talk to him." "He won't listen to me." "Dou..." "Do you recognize me?" "I'm Yorna." "I was his friend." "He planned everything." "We must finish what he started." "No-one understand." "Calacalado neither." "Calacalado is closer to the ancestors than us." "Tell us your story." "Sing your songs and I'll tell you about us." "Why is he dead?" "Look at the birds." "They are back." "Your twin is not dead." "Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Celestino took my doll." "He'll break it again!" "She's like the birds..." "confusing dead and living." "Enough kids!" "What are you doing?" "All you can do is destroy things." "Go watch the herd now." "Consult the trees, Dou." "Talk to your father's one." "You must take care of your brother's widow." "Why the blue death?" "What can I say?" "He lived too fast." "He didn't take his time so the days got him." "You're here and you're like him." "You should ask first." "The batteries are almost dead." "Dance, my sweet cow." "Dance with me sweety and come in the round." "Tomorrow is waiting for us." "Cow, I love so much." "You're innocent, dance for me." "Tomorrow is far away." "We all come from the same tree." "No-one die." "The father feeds the son." "The ancestors feed the father." "The heritage must not be dispersed." "He was possessed by anger." "The anger belongs to the dead." "He didn't listen to me." "I told him this tree, the Polon... eventhough is not ours... must not be turned into dead wood." "He's been stubborn." "One must certainly not decide the procedure of the time." "He acted like a rooster." "He's been sacrificed." "He died." "No way!" "Don't touch this door." "Why?" "It's not your." "I was his friend too!" "He won't use this door anymore." "But it'll be useful for me." "Leave it to him." "His wife's going to give birth." "The house must be ready." "Are you trying to kill him twice?" "This house is sacred." "It was built for Dou." "Dou is back now." "It his." "Where is he?" "Dou!" "Dou!" "Hami's dead." "There is still enough for Dou." "He has his hut, his wife, his daughter..." "Leave us the wood." "Who are you to give us orders?" "Now, this house is ours." "Leave the door if he wants it." "It will only bring misfortune." "It's damned." "Help!" "Help!" "Dou, come her!" "Hurry up!" "They are crazy!" "Help me!" "You vultures!" "You're taking advantage of Hami's death." "What are you doing?" "Get out of my house." "Your husband's dead." "He doesn't need it anymore." "You have another hut." "Don't touch this door." "It's Dad's." "I'm gonna tell him!" "He'll be very angry." "Calm down N'te." "I'm protecting it from these thieves." "This is Sally's house." "You'll regret it." "Hami built it for her." "Calacalado will damn you!" "I'm gonna tell Dad." "I saw him." "I know where he is." "There is a thorn in your side." "I'll take it out." "We all have... a thorn... in our side." "We have... a part of our body... suffering." "One side alive." "One side dead." "Dad." "N'te, you're mistaken." "I'm not..." "Shut up!" "What do you know?" "Dad, you have to come." "They are breaking our house." " Whose house?" " Uncle Dou's, hurry up." "Go." "If the pirogue don't run aground, we will reach there." "Dad, let's play tree." "It's been a long time." "Higher." "Hami." "I'm here." "What is my fate?" "I don't know." "Dou will take me as his wife." "But in my mind... you will always be my husband." "What is our curse?" "The forest is burning." "Some say it's you." "Trees are being cut down." "It's you again." "For your soul to rest in peace... even trees... can forgive." "Will he stay with us?" "Did you speak to him?" "Yes." "Dou will stay with us." "He won't go again." "He offered a vow to Luana." "But they don't live together!" "Why?" "He needs time." "Once the mourning time ends..." "He will take charge." "You're here." "Where were you again?" "I was with Aoua." "Don't lie!" "Aoua was just here looking for you." "Why are you lying?" "You'd better help us with these pots." "It's okay, Sally." "What's the matte?" "He'll marry you." "He's back now." "He swore before the tree." "He is a man of his word." "Don't cry, Sally." "Since you arrived in our village, I never blamed you." "I love you like my own flesh." "I'd like Aoua to be like you." "You can tell me your secrets." "I have no secret." "You can do nothing about my tears." "Since he's back... he hasn't looked at me yet." "Be patient, dear." "You've waited for so long." "You can endure it a bit more." "It won't be long." "I never thought the house would be finished." "I was wrong, it's going great." "I couldn't finish it alone." "He planned everything." "You'll have two houses." "One for each wife." "One downstairs for Luana and her daughter." "One upstairs for Sally." "No, I'll live upstairs with Dad." "You promised!" "No I didn't." "But it's my place is upstairs!" "I wanna marry you!" "Go to your mother." "Now you have three wives." "You'll need strength." "Let's make a deal." "Lend us your radio once a day." "We'll help you build your house once a day." "Hurry up!" "The mute freed your cow!" "Is it okay about the radio?" "Stop!" "Enough!" "Move away." "About the house... do you agree?" "Let's work all together." "And you'll lend them your radio." "Here, it belonged to Hami." "No." "Don't refuse, take it." "Look." "It's too big for me." "Like everything you owned." "We're not alike." "There will always be differences." "Only your daughter can't tell." "Mother pretends not to recognize me." "I must guess everything." "Hami..." "How did you do?" "They admire you." "What did you do?" "It's amazing." "Even outsiders admire you." "Everyone respect you." "Beautiful specimen." "A tree..." "A tree of blood." "" How is this village named?"" ""Amanha Lundju?"" "This means "tomorrow is far away"." "Dance, beautiful cow." "Dance with me, set off." "Tomorrow is waiting." "Cow, I love so much." "You're innocent, dance with me." "Tomorrow is far away." ""A tree?"" ""A tree of blood."" ""From Amanha Lundju."" ""Professor?" "What did you say?"" ""20?"" ""25 years-old?"" "He is my age, ignorant." "Tell them, brother." "Listen, I'm singing for you." "Hami, you're the smooth talker, I'm not." "You're the thinker." "Why should I speak?" "Tell me your thoughts." "Hami..." "Can you trust me?" "You're still here?" "When will you stop sculpting the poles?" "You'll erode the whole village." "Do you want my house to fall down." "Stop!" "Dad agreed!" "Hello." "Welcome to you, strangers." "We're from Bissau." "Are you the village chief?" "This man is a friend of mine." "A tree specialist." "He came to count the trees in our forests." "He's welcome." " Can we visit the village?" " Sure." "No." "No." "They are not thirsty." "Is this your ancestor's house?" "Is it still habitable?" "It's Hami's house. he built it." "But he died." "Now it belongs to his twin." "Did he live here?" "He built this alone?" "Yes." "Hami stayed and his twin left." "Did he travel?" "He never went further than over there." "No trip." "A Polon." "I didn't know there were some here." "No!" " What are you doing?" " He can't touch my tree!" "He loves your tress." "Don't worry." "He won't hurt it." "No-one can touch me or my brother." "We're always two." "One man, one tree." "We are twins." "These gentlemen came to count all the trees." "And write it in a book." "All they want is look at it to know its age." "They are important men." "They can name any tree." "If this man is aware... that trees are human beings... and furthermore he can name it..." "I'm happy." "He's wise." "So put the knife away!" "And get on your way!" "Who is this man?" "Who's the old man?" "He's Calacalado, our sorcerer." "May I take a picture of him?" "Can we photograph him?" "He wanna take a photo." "A picture?" "He won't do that." "This is a cursed box." "His whole life... is an image." "Let him know that here, in Amanha Lundju... each of us is a tree." "Each tree is a human being." "I won't loose it again." "I love to feel you on me." "I'm proud you chose me, Sally." "I'm lucky." "I'm yours." "Dou has changed recently." "He's interested in nothing." "He doesn't thing anymore." "I will do everything you say." "I'll come to see you every day." "No, don't leave." "Don't leave me in the darkness." "I know your secret, Sally." "I know he's listening to you." "But soon, your lover will leave for another place." "Venture off into new horizons." "You'll have to love him and ask nothing in return." "You'll avoid making him angry." "You must not cheat on him." "Come." "Sit next to me." "I have to talk to you." "Long ago, the sun used to come... so close to the trees..." "so close to the earth... that people could caress him." "If he came so close, it was because... he was in love." "With a young girl." "So he stayed here, with the men." "Children and old man discussed with him." "One night, he came unexpectedly." "He caught the young girl in a boy's arms." "He got terribly angry." "He swell like a toad." "Everyone ran in the shade of the trees... and the freshness of the lakes." "But the sun burnt some and dried the others." "Azure." "Blue azure, color of death." "Poor blue child." "What did you do?" "The blood of these trees is red." "A blazing purple." "As purple as destiny." "I wanted the two of them to live." "Hami... touched the plants who... are blue." "Plants that cause death." "It dries the trees." "A poison." "A poisonous plant." "Here is the consequence." "I see a mark." "Death and desolation." "One of the two innocents... had to die." "Who am I... not to obey the ancestor's words?" "Have I gone mad?" "Help me, ancestors." "Give me a sign." "It's Dad." "Take it." "The men from the city gave it to me." "I'll come to see it everyday." "You didn't think we would make it, Dou?" "Your house is finished!" " Turn off the radio." " What?" "Turn off the radio!" "The work is done." "Get down now." "Mother, did you call?" "I'm here." "It's me." "Dou." "It's you I want." "We must listen to the ancestors." "They told one of you has to die." "But the marabout and your father refused to sacrifice you." "Here, wash it." "A beautiful boy." "His name is Hamidou." "Amanha Lundju turtles, where did they come from... when the spider-guides betrayed them?" "They talked about things that don't exist anymore." "The turtles didn't find the way back..." "They talked a lot that night." "After 25 days, tired of waiting... they build a village... and named it Amanha Lundju." "Let's taste the wine." "Where is Calacalado?" "I sent Armando but they did not return." "We need him for the baptism." "What do you think?" "I'll check on him." "I'm coming with you." "What's going on?" "He won't go out." "I called him but he doesn't listen." " Did he speak?" " A few words I didn't understand." "Let's go in." "Do you hear?" "They are coming." "Talk to me." "What's wrong Calacalado?" "What's the matter?" "They are approaching." "What are you doing Calacalado?" "Why don't you come to the baptism?" "We must light the candles, plant the trees." "Nothing is gonna happen." "No candle." "No tree." "I hear them coming." "They candle are ready." "We're waiting for you." "Chickens are ready." "There are mangoes, bananas, rubber tree..." "They are coming." "I can hear." "The noise is deafening." "Who is coming?" "What is this noise?" "They are very close now." "There will be not baptism today." "No-one can be born today neither men nor trees." "Their anger is strong." "They are furious." "Go away!" "Bush God!" "Spirit of Calacalado!" "Sacred beautiful tree!" "Ancestors!" "Don't get mad." "Hami, my brother." "Calm them down." "Men have gone crazy." "They are blind." "And deaf." "Men are out of their minds." "They are not grown up." "They started fighting, killing father and mother for wealth." "Men are beasts." "They are hungry and can't get satisfied." "They will swallow everything." "Even the earth and the trees." "Where should I put my feet?" "What is this song?" "What's going on here?" "Who touched the door?" "Is this a vengeance?" "Tell me!" "What are you trying to way?" "I can't hear you, speak louder!" "The door, the curse, why?" "I'll find out." "Be patient." "I'm your sacred coat." "Amanha Lundju... can wait." "I'll protect you all, good or bad." "Anger engenders more anger." "They will leave to be forgiven." "Who took the door?" "Who dried the lake?" "Who offended the ancestors?" "Who raised the cloud of dust?" "What is done... is done." "Villagers!" "You who can't see tomorrow." "You who can't hear the ancestors." "Go away!" "Gt on your way!" "Where shall we go?" "What evil is in Amanha Lundju?" "Who is looking for our destruction?" "Move away." "Go." "What you don't see don't exist." "My eyes will hold them and protect you." "What do you mean?" "Where shall we go?" "Dou." "You will guide them." "You will be... a united herd." "No-one shall separate." "You're like the fingers of one hand." "If one go missing." "The whole is ruined." "You want us to leave you?" "Why don't you come?" "I have to calm down the fire's anger... before it's too late." "That's why I stay." "Sally." "Show them the way." "Take care of this jewel." "Thanks to it you can't be lost." "It will take your back here." "Where is the mute?" "I can't see him." "She's right." "We forgot the chuckles." "He was with Calacalado." "Maybe to Gods wanted him." "So that Calacalado is not alone." "We can't go back." "It may be better this way." "The choice is often tough between the God's will and the men's desires." "Who knows?" "We may have made another mistake." "Diner is ready!" "Come eat!" " They are calling us." " I'm coming." "What are you doing?" "I'm scattered rocks so that the mute can find our way." "Give me more!" "There is not much water left." "I want to go home." "I can't stand it anymore." "Where are you going?" "We are from Nodjourson." "We're going to the forest for a better life." "We are from Amanha Lundju." "We left so as not to see the death of our trees." "We are following the sun." "Is there water over here?" "We have some." "Here is some." "The turtles come from 52 points on earth." "Each one carries a mark from its tribe." "They go with spiders, they want to see the world too." "The price for their travel... is a web to show the way." "The turtles carry the spiders... and cross unknown lands." "The water turns into sand... day turn into night... birds bury corpses... deads are forgotten." "Until one day, the turtles... and spiders finally arrive." "The meeting is prolonged... turtles speak endlessly... they can't agree... about the way the world is done." "At night, they set up a fire... to light up the forest." "Sally gave birth to a boy!" "A beautiful boy!" "A beautiful baby boy!" "What kind of tree an we plant here?" "It's the sixth child without a tree-twin." "Without ancestor, without destiny." "They can't be born here." "Let's go back to Amanha Lundju." "Pack up your baggage." "We'll leave at dawn." "Here is the mute." "Yes, the mute is here!" "Hey mute!" "We are back." "Hello mute." "Happy to see you." "Come!" "Look at what the mute did!" "It's wonderful!" "Come and see!" "Come with me." "Here, the spiders leaving the village because of the noise." "Here, trees being cut down." "Dad's tree... mine, the one of Luana..." "Look, the birds are flying away." "Here are the turtle-trucks uprooting our trees." "So, the war begins." "The sun fought for us." "Here, our meeting with the people of Nodjourson." "Like us, they are looking for a better place." "They are children of the sun too." "Now, we have to plant a lot of trees."