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Jean Vigo Prize 1966
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Best African feature
Festival of African Arts, Dakar 1966
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'Golden Tanit'
Carthage Film Festival, 1966
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BLACK GIRL
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Will someone be waiting for me?
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You made it all right? Let's go!
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Have a nice crossing?
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Lovely country, France!
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Yes, sir.
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Ermitage Road
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Here we are at last!
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Is that you?
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Hello, Diouana.
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I hope you'll like it here.
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I'll show you your room
while we wait for the children.
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That's your bed.
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And that's the Riviera,
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Juan-Les-Pins, Nice,
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Cannes,
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Antibes.
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Now let's go see the kitchen.
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The kitchen, the bathroom,
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the bedroom, the living room.
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That's all I do!
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That's not what I came to France for!
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What are the people here like?
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The doors are all shut, day and night!
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Night and day!
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I came to take care of children!
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Where are they?
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Why does the mistress
always shout at me?
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I'm no cook! I'm no cleaning woman!
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You're not going to a party!
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You've been dressed like that
for three weeks!
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I bought this apron for you.
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Let's see...
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Turn around.
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We're having guests for lunch.
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Make us rice with mafe.
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Why this apron?
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What am I in this house?
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I was never a cook!
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Why does the mistress want rice?
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In Dakar, her cook never made rice!
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Maybe the rice isn't the same in Dakar.
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I'm here for the children.
Where are they?
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Why did the mistress send for me
if they aren't with her?
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After this rice,
maybe they'll show me the city.
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Maybe we'll go to Cannes,
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Nice, Monte Carlo.
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We'll look at all the pretty shops,
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and when the mistress pays me,
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I'll buy pretty dresses,
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shoes,
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silk undies,
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and pretty wigs.
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And I'll get my picture taken
on the beach,
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and I'll send it back to Dakar,
and they'll all die of jealousy!
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I hope they like my rice.
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My sauce isn't too spicy.
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What if the children don't come?
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- I'm dying to taste it!
- You'll see, it's good but very spicy!
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- Here.
- Yes.
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Thanks.
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Genuine African cooking!
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Please pass the rice.
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You like it?
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- Yes, it's very good!
- Very spicy!
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I like spicy food! I'm in luck!
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Diouana...
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A plate of rice and wine.
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They eat like pigs and jabber away!
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And do they drink!
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A little sauce.
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L'£'S good!
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A bit more.
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You must come to Dakar!
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Africa isn't safe now,
all those civil wars.
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Senegal is safe.
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Yes, it's very good, but a little rich.
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And well-prepared! Your cook's a gem!
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Africans only eat rice.
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- Just what is mafe?
- Is it fattening?
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I hope it's an aphrodisiac!
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Always kidding!
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Thank you, Diouana.
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Do you mind, miss?
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I've never kissed a black woman.
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I've got a feeling she's angry.
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Their independence
has made them less natural.
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He was just joking!
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Your rice was fine! I'm proud of you!
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Make us some good coffee!
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Put that down.
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Come here!
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Public letter-writer
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Where are you going?
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To look for work.
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It all began that morning
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in Dakar.
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I went up and down the stairs
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from one floor to the next.
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It was the same all over.
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Nobody wanted a maid.
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- Think of the future!
- For me, the future is black!
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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- A man can't have opinions any more!
- That's obstruction!
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So you say!
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It's in your interest!
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- In your district...
- I'm elected by the people!
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- Not so loud!
- Why not? I say 'no'!
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Think of your family!
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He's right. You have to ease off a bit.
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Excuse me...
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I don't want any!
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He picked me up.
All he did was look at me.
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My mind was elsewhere.
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I had to have work.
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The street was empty
except for two women.
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They were lovely. I watched them go by.
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But he kept on talking.
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He told me about the square
where maids wait for work.
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When we got there, he left me.
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I promised to see him again.
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And like the other girls,
I sat on the curb to wait.
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The sun passed over us several times,
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but we all came back
every morning and evening.
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That morning,
I went to the square as usual.
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The others were there,
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and I sat down on the curb
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as I did every day,
to wait for destiny.
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She came up from behind.
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She passed us in review.
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No one could see her eyes.
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She looked us over one at a time.
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We saw she was looking for a maid.
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They rushed her.
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Each wanted to be chosen.
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The lady backed away
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from all those reaching hands.
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I was getting up
when the lady came towards me
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and asked me if I wanted a job.
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'Yes, ma'am.'
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- 'Can you care for children?'
- 'Yes, ma'am.'
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'You've worked for white folks?'
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'No, ma'am.'
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She hired me anyway. I was happy.
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I had a job!
When I went home that evening,
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I was very, very happy!
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I've got a job!
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I've got a job with white folks!
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SCHOOL
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As usual, Mother was there.
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And I told her about my job.
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Mother threw down the mask
and told me to be brave.
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Give me the mask
and I'll give you 50 francs on pay day.
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It's for me?
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Yes, ma'am.
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A present from the maid.
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Looks like the real thing!
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You were off yesterday.
This is the new nursery maid.
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Tell her the house rules.
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What she breaks, she pays for.
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- Feed her.
- Yes, ma'am.
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Be careful. Don't fall.
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These are the children.
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Sophie,
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Damien,
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and Philippe.
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Now go play outside.
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In Dakar, I didn't do the cooking
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or the laundry.
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I only cared for the children.
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I took them for walks,
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took them to school,
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and brought them home again.
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I'm not so sure!
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- In Senegal...
- With Senghor, it is.
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I'll have to think it over.
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It's a golden opportunity!
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But all those civil wars!
I'm a family man!
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From a distance,
it seems worse that it is.
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But look at the Congo!
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Senegal isn't the Congo!
And life is easy there.
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How long before I'd get back to France?
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You get leave every two years.
And there's no risk.
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Part of your salary is paid in France.
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It sounds interesting...
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- What about housing?
- Everything is taken care of.
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You'd have no worries.
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The coffee.
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- Does she speak French?
- No.
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- She understands.
- Instinctively?
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I suppose so.
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Like an animal!
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Anyway, she cooks well.
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It's time for us to go.
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- Bye.
- Goodbye.
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- Bye.
- See you soon.
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You must come to Dakar!
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Now I understand.
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The mistress wanted a housemaid.
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That's why she picked me!
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Why am I here?
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Am I a nursery maid or a housemaid?
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Diouana seems strange.
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Really?
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Look!
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She seems to be wasting away.
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Maybe it's the climate.
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What about the climate?
She's lazy, that's all.
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The children will be back soon.
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We have to think about it.
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Excuse me, I'm going to take a nap.
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Yes, you'd better.
And I won't cut short my vacation!
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I'm fed up with this life!
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All you do is drink!
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You're to stop when the kids come!
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I'm going for a walk.
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She wasn't like that in Dakar.
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Neither was he.
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When the children come,
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who'll do the cooking and washing?
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Back in Dakar they must be saying,
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'Diouana is happy in France.
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'She has a good life.'
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For me, France is the kitchen,
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the living room, the bathroom
and my bedroom.
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Where are the people
who live in this country?
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The mistress told me,
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'You'll see, Diouana,
there are lovely shops in France.'
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Is France that black hole?
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What am I here?
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The cook?
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The cleaning woman?
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The washerwoman?
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And when the kids come,
what else will I have to do?
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I'm alone.
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Did the mistress bring me here
to shut me in?
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That's why she was so nice
to me in Dakar,
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giving me her old dresses,
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her old slips,
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her old shoes.
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I spend my life
between the kitchen and my bedroom.
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Is that living in France?
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Diouana, wake up!
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Get up, lazy-bones!
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Will you get up?
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We're not in Africa!
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I didn't hire you to sleep!
The children are here!
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Diouana, come out of there!
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I know you've finished!
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Come out!
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Come out of there!
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What's going on?
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Diouana won't come out!
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I had to make coffee myself!
She's useless!
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Soon I'll be the maid here!
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- Hello, son.
- Morning, Dad.
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Get dressed.
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Perhaps a rest would do her good.
She needs one.
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- What for?
- She could visit the town.
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She doesn't know anyone here
but the grocer.
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And I'm responsible for her.
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Go play outside.
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Watch out for the window!
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Take those off!
Don't forget you're a maid!
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The kids are here. The picnic's over!
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00:37:01,834 --> 00:37:04,667
- Diouana, are you ill?
- No, ma'am.
271
00:37:05,209 --> 00:37:06,709
Then what is it?
272
00:37:07,084 --> 00:37:09,751
If you don't work, you won't eat.
273
00:37:12,167 --> 00:37:15,834
If I don't eat,
I won't take care of the children.
274
00:37:24,501 --> 00:37:26,209
News from Dakar.
275
00:37:29,042 --> 00:37:31,292
Diouana, there's a letter for you.
276
00:37:34,584 --> 00:37:36,167
It's from Dakar.
277
00:37:37,834 --> 00:37:39,542
- Shall I read it?
- Yes.
278
00:37:46,209 --> 00:37:47,876
It's from your mother.
279
00:37:48,209 --> 00:37:51,542
'My dear daughter,
this is your mother writing.
280
00:37:52,042 --> 00:37:56,292
'I've had no news since you left.
281
00:37:56,626 --> 00:38:00,626
'I got the address of your employers
through a friend.
282
00:38:00,792 --> 00:38:04,459
'My health is getting worse every day.
283
00:38:05,334 --> 00:38:07,251
'Why do you leave me penniless?
284
00:38:07,417 --> 00:38:11,126
'I've nothing to live on
while you squander your wages.
285
00:38:11,501 --> 00:38:15,126
'I know you can't write
but I'm sure your mistress will do it,
286
00:38:15,209 --> 00:38:17,501
'as she's a lady and a mother
287
00:38:18,084 --> 00:38:20,542
'and gave you
her cast-off clothes for us.
288
00:38:20,709 --> 00:38:22,751
'She'll write for you.
289
00:38:22,917 --> 00:38:25,417
'You mustn't think only of yourself.
290
00:38:26,251 --> 00:38:29,584
'You've sent nothing since you left
and yet you've got your wages.
291
00:38:29,667 --> 00:38:31,626
'What do you do with them?
292
00:38:32,126 --> 00:38:33,751
'Think of your mother
293
00:38:33,917 --> 00:38:37,876
'who has to pay even for water
and who is so poor.
294
00:38:38,167 --> 00:38:41,751
'I think of you
and pray for you and your employers.
295
00:38:43,542 --> 00:38:44,834
'Your mother.'
296
00:38:45,626 --> 00:38:47,501
Well, we're going to reply.
297
00:38:56,834 --> 00:38:58,376
I hope this will help!
298
00:39:02,834 --> 00:39:04,626
'Dear Mama,
299
00:39:05,292 --> 00:39:08,834
'I got your letter...'
300
00:39:11,334 --> 00:39:13,709
Now what do you want to say?
301
00:39:14,667 --> 00:39:16,876
Tell me what to write.
302
00:39:17,542 --> 00:39:20,459
OK, I'll go on.
Stop me if you don't agree.
303
00:39:20,959 --> 00:39:24,834
'Dear Mama, I got your letter.
304
00:39:25,417 --> 00:39:28,834
'I'm in good health and I think of you.
305
00:39:29,917 --> 00:39:33,584
'My mistress didn't have time
to write for me...'
306
00:39:34,126 --> 00:39:37,584
That's not true. And it's not my letter.
307
00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:40,501
My mother didn't write it.
308
00:39:40,667 --> 00:39:43,792
And I didn't ask him
to write a letter for me.
309
00:39:45,626 --> 00:39:47,959
And my mistress is no lady.
310
00:39:49,376 --> 00:39:51,042
It's because I can't write.
311
00:39:51,209 --> 00:39:55,334
If I could write, I'd tell all about
my mistress' 'kindness'.
312
00:39:55,626 --> 00:39:58,167
I'm a prisoner here.
313
00:40:09,167 --> 00:40:12,292
She's mad! After all, it's her mother!
314
00:40:15,626 --> 00:40:17,751
I'm their prisoner.
315
00:40:18,167 --> 00:40:20,126
I don't know anyone here.
316
00:40:20,292 --> 00:40:22,834
No one in my family is here.
317
00:40:23,542 --> 00:40:26,084
That's why I'm their slave.
318
00:40:41,626 --> 00:40:43,709
Go play with Diouana.
319
00:40:48,792 --> 00:40:50,292
Let's go.
320
00:40:57,917 --> 00:41:01,709
Diouana, we're going to play!
Papa and Mama have gone out.
321
00:41:14,209 --> 00:41:16,126
This mask is mine.
322
00:41:19,084 --> 00:41:23,042
The mistress deceived me.
Let her take care of her son.
323
00:41:23,792 --> 00:41:27,584
She won't feed me,
so she can take care of him herself.
324
00:41:30,792 --> 00:41:32,251
Can I come in?
325
00:41:33,001 --> 00:41:36,667
Diouana, when will
my brother and sister be back?
326
00:41:46,209 --> 00:41:47,792
I don't know!
327
00:41:48,126 --> 00:41:50,959
I haven't eaten, I won't work.
328
00:41:52,209 --> 00:41:54,459
I'm not my mistress' plaything.
329
00:41:55,001 --> 00:41:57,292
They're fighting again!
330
00:41:57,584 --> 00:41:59,626
That's life in France.
331
00:42:04,167 --> 00:42:06,459
Why did I want to come to France?
332
00:42:07,376 --> 00:42:08,417
INDEPENDENCE SQUARE
333
00:42:08,501 --> 00:42:11,667
The mistress had given me
a dress and a suitcase the night before.
334
00:42:11,751 --> 00:42:15,251
I went for a walk with him
through the city.
335
00:42:16,334 --> 00:42:18,542
All I could think of was the trip ahead.
336
00:42:19,792 --> 00:42:22,209
We had a photo taken.
337
00:42:23,001 --> 00:42:26,584
We quarreled because he got familiar.
338
00:42:28,042 --> 00:42:30,501
I stormed off in a huff.
339
00:42:31,792 --> 00:42:34,126
All I could think of was my trip.
340
00:42:34,209 --> 00:42:36,417
I was going to France!
341
00:43:24,334 --> 00:43:27,042
Do you think France
is prettier than this?
342
00:43:28,126 --> 00:43:30,501
How do I know? I've never been there.
343
00:43:37,251 --> 00:43:40,084
My mistress asked me to go with her.
344
00:43:41,626 --> 00:43:44,251
- What for?
- For the children.
345
00:43:51,376 --> 00:43:54,167
He's angry. He's going to say,
346
00:43:54,334 --> 00:43:56,459
'That's domestic slavery!'
347
00:43:56,876 --> 00:43:59,959
My mother has agreed, I'll go to France.
348
00:44:01,417 --> 00:44:05,167
To France! To France!
349
00:44:09,501 --> 00:44:11,709
FOR OUR DEAD
A GRATEFUL NATION
350
00:44:23,126 --> 00:44:24,709
Come down!
351
00:44:24,917 --> 00:44:26,626
It's sacrilege!
352
00:44:27,417 --> 00:44:28,501
Will you come down!
353
00:44:29,667 --> 00:44:31,292
Don't stay up there!
354
00:44:36,792 --> 00:44:38,251
You hear me?
355
00:44:42,417 --> 00:44:44,167
Run!
356
00:44:54,209 --> 00:44:55,709
Jump!
357
00:45:06,542 --> 00:45:08,667
Come on, I'll take you to France!
358
00:45:58,251 --> 00:46:00,709
- Just think!
- What about?
359
00:46:00,792 --> 00:46:03,959
I'm going to France with my mistress.
360
00:46:07,084 --> 00:46:09,917
- What will you do there?
- I'll visit the country.
361
00:46:22,209 --> 00:46:24,251
Why is he sulking?
362
00:46:26,334 --> 00:46:30,167
I'm in his room.
What more does he want?
363
00:46:37,167 --> 00:46:39,167
I've got to go to France.
364
00:46:39,251 --> 00:46:41,501
I promised my mistress.
365
00:47:42,417 --> 00:47:44,459
She didn't do the dishes.
366
00:47:58,209 --> 00:48:00,709
- Where can she be?
- How should I know?
367
00:48:04,001 --> 00:48:05,667
Sleeping again!
368
00:48:08,917 --> 00:48:10,501
On your feet!
369
00:48:28,542 --> 00:48:30,126
Where's the mask?
370
00:48:37,209 --> 00:48:38,709
Are you ill?
371
00:48:38,876 --> 00:48:39,959
No.
372
00:48:43,542 --> 00:48:45,417
Do you want your money?
373
00:48:46,917 --> 00:48:49,417
Here's 20,000 francs.
374
00:48:50,084 --> 00:48:51,126
Ten...
375
00:48:55,667 --> 00:48:56,709
And twenty.
376
00:49:01,667 --> 00:49:02,917
Mum, come look.
377
00:49:05,084 --> 00:49:06,167
What's wrong?
378
00:49:06,251 --> 00:49:09,417
I don't know. Let her be.
379
00:49:25,751 --> 00:49:27,876
Why, there's the mask!
380
00:49:33,084 --> 00:49:34,126
It's mine!
381
00:49:34,292 --> 00:49:36,417
- Let go!
- It's mine!
382
00:49:41,709 --> 00:49:43,042
Help!
383
00:49:44,959 --> 00:49:47,001
- She's out of her mind!
- What's going on?
384
00:49:47,084 --> 00:49:48,834
She took down the mask.
385
00:49:48,917 --> 00:49:51,876
But it's hers! She gave it to you!
386
00:49:52,042 --> 00:49:55,251
The ungrateful wench!
After all I've done for her!
387
00:50:05,417 --> 00:50:07,459
This mask is mine.
388
00:50:08,001 --> 00:50:10,209
I bought it for 50 francs.
389
00:50:12,501 --> 00:50:16,417
Never again will the mistress scold me.
390
00:50:17,501 --> 00:50:20,959
Never again will she say,
'Diouana, make coffee.'
391
00:50:23,167 --> 00:50:26,501
Never again, 'Diouana, make rice.'
392
00:50:28,376 --> 00:50:31,876
Never again,
'Diouana, take off your shoes.'
393
00:50:36,042 --> 00:50:39,792
Never again,
'Diouana, wash this shirt.'
394
00:50:41,876 --> 00:50:45,001
Never again, 'Diouana, you're lazy.'
395
00:50:45,959 --> 00:50:47,626
Never will I be a slave.
396
00:50:50,126 --> 00:50:52,126
I did not come here for the apron
397
00:50:52,209 --> 00:50:53,251
or the money.
398
00:50:58,459 --> 00:51:00,584
Never will she see me again.
399
00:51:02,667 --> 00:51:05,376
Never will she scold me again.
400
00:51:07,459 --> 00:51:09,251
Never again, Diouana.
401
00:51:09,751 --> 00:51:12,292
Never will I see them again.
402
00:51:51,501 --> 00:51:53,376
The mistress lied.
403
00:51:53,959 --> 00:51:55,834
She's always lied.
404
00:51:56,876 --> 00:51:58,876
She'll not lie to me again.
405
00:51:59,459 --> 00:52:01,917
Never will she lie to me again.
406
00:52:02,626 --> 00:52:05,667
She wanted to keep me here
as her slave.
407
00:52:52,584 --> 00:52:59,834
Young negress slashes throat
in employers' bathroom
408
00:53:15,667 --> 00:53:17,501
We're going back to Dakar.
409
00:53:55,251 --> 00:53:57,292
Her housecoat.
410
00:55:35,126 --> 00:55:36,167
Please.
411
00:55:41,417 --> 00:55:42,792
Follow me.
412
00:55:53,084 --> 00:55:59,626
SCHOOL
413
00:56:04,917 --> 00:56:06,667
This is Diouana's boss.
414
00:56:15,709 --> 00:56:17,084
Come with me.
415
00:56:18,001 --> 00:56:19,376
This way.
416
00:56:47,167 --> 00:56:49,626
Mother, this is Diouana's boss.
417
00:56:50,792 --> 00:56:53,084
Mister, this is Diouana's mother.
418
00:56:56,917 --> 00:56:58,251
It's for you.
419
00:56:59,334 --> 00:57:00,376
Here.
420
00:57:03,626 --> 00:57:05,792
Take it! It's for you!
421
00:57:07,917 --> 00:57:09,167
Take it!
422
00:57:11,501 --> 00:57:13,876
She doesn't want it. Keep your money.
423
00:57:14,305 --> 00:57:20,627
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