All language subtitles for The Philanthropist s01e08 Haiti.eng

Welcome to the Maidstone-Rist
Foundation dinner.

- Which way are the d'oeuvres?
- I'm sorry, sir. There are none.

And, bingo! I win 10,000 dollars
at the craps table.

Yes, and remember,
I'm only eleven years old.

Now, that kind of thing can have a lasting impression
on a puberting boy, believe me.

I still don't understand how were you allowed
to play Craps as an eleven-year-old.

Oh, yeah, Bill. I always felt that my father
was slightly more intimate

with princess Grace of Monaco than
he should have been, believe me.

So, what's this Foundation dinner about?

- Haiti. You ever been, Bill?
- Um, no.

Don't think you'd like it.
Much longest lines I've ever seen.

And they're sure as hell ain't for
the new "Harry Potter" movie either.

No, they're for food.

And not a seven course tasting menu
at La Bernadine.

What they're waiting for is much simpler.

Specifically, rice.

In the poorest district of the poorest city
of the poorest country in the Western hemisphere,

there lives an eleven year old girl
by the name of Clelia.

Now, Clelia has to stand in line for two or three hours
every afternoon for just a small portion of rice

It's not as if she could say, you know,
"the hell with this, I'm gonna go home" because

without that quarter of rice,
she'll go home to a beating.

Clelia is a slave.

Now, I-- I'm not talking about it
a slave for odd or...

slave of love or fashion.
No, I-- I'm talking slave.

You know, as in "she works for her owners".

She cooks, she cleans, she washes, she runs the errands
and she stands in that bloody line for the rice.

There are estimated to be, in Haiti,
over 300,000 of these children.

Mainly girls all over the island and
they are owned by strangers.

And they are known as "restavics".

I'm sorry.

Clelia was having as good a day as Clelia
does until I came along.

I have done some lousy things in my time,

but I have never ever done anything as awful
as what I did to that little girl that day.

So, what the hell happened to her?

Oh, she went home with no food,
for her or her owners.

They were not best pleased.

Luckily, I never forget a face.

:: The Philantropist - Season 1 ::
:: Episode 8 "Haiti" ::

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Nurture versus nature.

Do we become the adults that
we are by accident or by design?

Morris, come on, you're a shrink.
What do you think?

I'd say, office hours are over.

But some studies report
that our personalities

Are set in the first 12 months of life.

Right, so that we spend
the next 40 to 50 years

trying to unlearn the things
that we were taught up

- to the age of one, right?
- Yeah.

Do you know where Philip was born?

- No.
- Haiti.

- Really?
- Yeah, I left when I was six.

- So, do you get back much?
- Not so much that I'd like to, but last week

me, Olivia and Teddy went because the shortage
went from critical to catastrophe.

Shortage? Sorry, I missed the first part.

- Shortage of what?
- Rice. There was no rice.

Most of Haiti's rice is imported.

Last month, shipments from a key supplier
just stopped.

- Who were the suppliers?
- That would be the United States government.

Uh, specifically a division called "Amery".
They sell products, like rice,

to third-world countries for reduced rates.

And when the rice shipment stopped,
food prices nearly tripled.

Families been starting a riot all over the island.

A tanker containing 30,000 tons of rice
is on its way to your harbor.

Enough to feed the people of Haiti for a month.

Meanwhile, our company will act as mediator
between your government

- And Amery so that you may settle your differences.
- Yeah.

Mr. Maidstone, as Minister of Finance and
on behalf of all the citizens of Haiti, thank you.

- I think I speak for all of us when I say, we appreciate--
- We appreciate your interest in Haiti

and your desire to help but, with all due respect,
Haiti can solve its own problems.

Our country was self-sufficient in the past,
and we'll be again one day.

We're trying to offer a real solution.

30 years ago, Haiti produced enough rice
to feed its people.

Then the U.S. intervene,
forcing us to lower our tariffs,

demolishing our rice production.

Now, Haiti endures hunger riots while
the U.S. enjoys a multi-billion dollar business,

exporting rice to us.

- My people--
- Your people?

Jean, Jean. If you would just listen.

- This a very generous offer.
- Hey, you know what, why don't you go outside and

explain to that hungry mob how you sat here
after a fat steak lunch

and reject it enough, so that might help
them feed their kids.

This meeting is at an end.

Jean.

Jean.

Hell of a good senator.
He'd go right under your skin, didn't he?

He-- You'd think he'd be a lot nicer
to his younger brother.

- Wait. Brother?
- The senator's your brother.

Hey, you are gonna be so happy
that I'm around, but this...

right here, right now.
Do you know what I am?

- Annoying?
- No, I'm the non-brother, the non-inlaw.

I get to be the reasonable one. Ha!

The reasonable one! I loved it!

And because of my dispassionate perspective
I was finally able to imploy

well, my most favourite gun, lethal weapon:

Rocker's indulgence.

Rocker's indulgence is a way
to loosen things up a little.

Get people to shake off the tension,
the flexing, the posturing, and

get so fabulously drunk that they would forget
that they were enemies

and they'd start making ridiculous promises
to each other.

Some members of the government are concerned
that the mediation Maidstone-Rist will

- control the import of rice.
- No, no, no.

I mean, Minister Ducat, you would have control.

It's-it's your country, your people, you know.

- Okay, let me, um, top that up for you.
- Mr. Rist,

it is essential that imports are controlled
by local businesses.

Absolutely.

Here's to swimming with pole-legged women.

If I may be excused just a little bit.

I've known you and Philip for how long?
And I never heard he was from Haiti.

How did he end up in America?

My father had died.

My mother couldn't afford
to take both of us, so...

for whatever reason she chose me,
Jean stayed back in Haiti with family.

Meanwhile, my mother
married Samuel Maidstone.

We finally had enough money
to immigrate Jean,

but by then he was a grown man.
He was living on his own, even moved on.

I'm sorry about yesterday.

I lost my temper.

- But?
- But Haiti's starving.

- Doesn't make you angry?
- I live with the hunger every day.

Getting angry doesn't feed people.

Okay, so what will, Jean? Tell me.

- We'll do it together.
- And you're scheduled to leave when?

What does that have to do with anything?

Do you remember
when we were young,

and mamam would have each of us
tell her a bedtime story?

I told myself lots of stories, 'bout waiting
for you and mamam to return.

Jean, you can't keep blaming me for that.
I was six years old.

I didn't know.

But you're gonna let your anger at me
keep a tanker full of rice

- From landing in Port-au-Prince.
- No, no, no.

Do not distort Haiti's quest to become
self-aligning with what's between us.

It's time for we Haitians to take our country back.

To restore our national pride I self worked.

- Stop treating us as if we were babies in a crater. Philip.
- Jean.

Your intentions are good.
Your actions disastruos.

You are an American.

Hey, grandpa. Plant one on the rocks,
thank you.

- Hey.
- I'm Martine.

- Teddy.
- I know.

- You work for the government, Martine?
- No.

- What do you do?
- Whatever I want.

- It's a cool job.
- Depends.

- On?
- What I want at the moment.

- And what is it, you want at the moment?
- Go back to my room.

This was weird.

It was scary, it was confusing, and...

it was kind of a turn-on.

- I need money.
- Oh, that's good, because I've got lots.

Get me what I want, you live.
Don't, I kill you.

I will kill us both.

The concept of family
as we think of it

is a pretty modern one.

Even amongst the wealthy,

Playtime for children,
for example,

was pretty much unheard of

well, up until the late 1800s.

Enough with the history, now, Teddy.

What did the girl with the gun want?

In the words of Jack Benny,
my money or my life.

Are there even any bullets in that gun?

Do you want to find out?

If this is an elaborate intervention

into my slight sex addiction,

then I just want you to know
the lesson has been learned.

Why do you only have $40 in here?

No, there's a 100 Euro note

kicking around in there somewhere.

I need $12,500 U.S.

How fast can you get
that much money?

- 12,500, huh?
- That's what I need.

Not 12,000. Not 13,000.

- Not 10 million--
- How fast?

Okay, I've got service here.

Look, you could have just
asked me for the money

instead of pulling the gun.

I've been fostering
quite the reputation

for philanthropy, you know.

No, you wouldn't want to help me.

Get me the money now.

Okay. We've got reception here.

Speakerphone.

It's the boss.

He's not on the boat? Where is he?

Teddy. Where the hell are you?

A friend of mine needs $12,500.

- Okay, when?
- Immediately.

Give it to Dax.

I'll tell him where to make the drop.

- Are you sure you don't want--
- Just do it now, AJ.

I'm not just a pretty wallet, you know?

Tell me why you need $12,500.

And then tell me how else
I can be of service.

Keep walking.

Yes, ma'am.

While I was trying to connect

with the stranger that is my brother,

Teddy had disappeared.

I didn't think much of that,

because Teddy's always disappearing.

and I was still obsessed with
settling my differences with Jean.

My brother's got that quiet,
righteous,

angry jackass thing down pat.

- He's been through a lot.
- In America, I am a mogul.

I am a feared and respected man.

Here in Haiti, to him,
I'm still that lost,

Six-year-old terrified boy

desperate for my big brother's approval.

You don't need your brother's approval.

You need to feed your people.

Okay, I see you now.

Just keep coming down that incline.

And on my mark,

way to drop it out the window.

Three...

Two...one.

Now.

Okay, take that left.

Keep driving. Don't look back.

And that is an order,
not a request.

Okay, let's go.

Okay. you have the money now,

So I hope this can be the beginning

of a new era of trust between us.

You know, in my somewhat limited
experience of these things,

a person commits an extreme act

for one of two reasons--

They're either a raving lunatic

Or they are trying to help
someone they love.

Now, you don't strike me as a lunatic.

So who are you trying to help?

- My boy.
- Your boy?

My little boy. He was sold.

And I need this money
to buy back my son.

Stop, stop--sold. What do you--what--

He was sold? Sold to who?

He was sold by his father.

Sold by his father.

What can you say when you
hear something like that?

If there are words,
don't know them.

So why did the husband
sell their son?

All in good time, Morris.

Dinner is served.

Thank you all for coming

to the Maidstone-Rist
Foundation dinner tonight.

Let's dig in.

All right, as you can see,
this isn't our standard fare,

but, um, well, here's the deal.

Tonight we will be eating what
2/3 of the Haitian population

Have for dinner every night,
and that is four ounces of rice.

Bon appetit, everyone.

Not exactly a subtle point.

Step off Park Avenue, Morris

It's not exactly a subtle world.

So tell us, Teddy.

This woman, this, um...

- Martine?
- Martine.

Why did she allow her husband
to sell her child?

Last year, I joined a protest group.

A peaceful demonstration
turned into a riot.

I was arrested.

There was no evidence against me,

but I had no money, no lawyer.

I was sentenced to a year in jail,

and my name was added to a blacklist
of political terrorists.

That's why I had to leave
Charlie with my husband.

That's him.

- What's his name?
- Lucques.

How long has he been doing drugs for?

Few years. He always liked to party.

Then he love it. Then he need it.

Soon he was selling to buy,
buying to sell.

Have you ever lived with an addict?

I'm pretty sure
I live with one every day.

Lucques owe money,
drug debts, thousands.

He got a good price for our son Charlie.

So what's that money for?

$2,500 for the family that bought him.

Ten for Lucques.

You--you mean--

He knows I'll do anything to get Charlie back.

Money is all Lucques cares about.

He tells me, go get money.

Do whatever it takes.

You have something men want,
so use it to go get money.

Bring it here, then I tell
who has our boy.

Let's go make a deal.

$10,000!

U.S.! Oh-oh!

- Where is he?
- I mean, 10,000, that gets me even,

but if I'd known $10,000
was going to be this fast,

then maybe 20,000?

- Where is our son?
- Why not a 100,000?

Why not 500,000, huh?
Why not?

- You--
- Don't you do that!

Don't you ever do that!

- You wanted 10,000.
- Uh-huh.

I got it.

Now tell me where...
where Charlie is.

Whoa, whoa!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

All right, now let's just
all just take a deep breath.

Huh?

You're going to pull a gun on me?

Come on, man, you know her.

You were married to her,
for god's sake.

She is an ex-wife.

She will shoot you and die satisfied.

Why don't you just
tell her where the kid is

Before you're too dead to spend what you got.

Huh? Huh?

We finally got to the district of Delmas

and to the house where the family lived

that had bought Martine's little boy.

I had called Dax for backup.

But when we arrived there at dawn,

The house was completely empty.

- Anything?
- No.

What?

I gave Charlie this.

Hey, hey...

Hey, no, no, no,
that's good.

This is good.

This means that he was here,
you know?

He was here, and look,
I just found this letter,

And the, uh, and the Mecours,

The family that Lucques
said was here--

It's just dated just last week, right?

- Okay.
- So all we gotta do

Is find out where they moved to.

It's probably right around here somewhere.

I'll go search.

You stay put
just in case they come back.

We'll find him.

Okay, let's go.

Okay...um...

Let's just split up a block and
see if we can find someone

who can give us Mecours' new address.

- Okay.
- Wanna start over there?

Get Philip to ask his brother
to call the chief of police.

I want those people found today.

Hold on, I just gotta... find a...
pen that works.

Okay, go.

- M-e-c-o-u-r.
- M-e-c-o-u-r.

- Want me to repeat it?
- No. Yeah. I got it.

Okay.

I appreciate this favor.

Finding a family, hardly a favor.

So what do you want in return?

I demand nothing in return.

You're a politician. You will.

Ha ha. No, no.

Unlike Alain Ducat, I do as my conscience decides.

He owes his loyalties to the import business.

He is an impediment to Haiti's future.

Well, look, I don't want to be an impediment.

I want to be part of the solution.

But I can't do that if you keep
holding me at arm's length.

I keep looking at these kids, Jean,
and all I can see is us.

I want the same thing
you want.

I want Haiti to be able
to feed its people.

So I'm gonna use my capital,
my influence,

and my friends to help,
whether you want me to or not.

I see. Quite impressive.

What kind of cookies is he selling?

Oh. Dirt mixed with salt and oil.

Really?

When's the next senate meeting?

Tomorrow.

Add Maidstone-Rist to the agenda.
I have an idea.

Hey, um... do you speak English?

- What's your name?
- Clelia.

Clelia, look, I'm looking for this little boy.

I think he worked
for a family just over here.

You-- what do you want?

Uh, I'm looking for this little boy, sir.

I think he lived with a family
just over there.

We do not want strangers here.

What do you want?

I'm looking for a little boy that--

They are gone.

Okay, do you know where?

Go. Clelia...

You can go now.

Thank you for meeting me,
Mr. Maidstone.

I know you are busy.

But I felt a need to reach out

after yesterday's unsuccessful meeting.

Yeah, well, we're not finished yet.

We're going back to the senate
again tomorrow.

Excellent.

Did Jean come to his senses
about the shipment?

There's another plan in the works.

I'll explain the details in the next session.

Very well. Philip, the reason I asked
to meet with you--

It's very difficult to discuss,
but it's about your brother.

Huh. About Jean?

Frankly, no one in the senate
trusts him.

I don't know if you can be of any help,

But the man is on a path to ruin.

His decisions don't appear to be
in the best interests of Haiti.

And his loyalties are questioned
in every office throughout the senate.

Mr. Ducat, all the things you're saying
about my brother may be true.

But in my experience, the man who
accuses someone of a crime

Is oftentimes more guilty.

Mr. Maidstone, why do you think

I came to you with this information?

I came to you in-- Give me one second.

Teddy, I called you three times.

Are you still hanging out
with that girl Martine Joix?

I will be in about three seconds.

Why?

I had my brother check into
that list you gave AJ.

Your girl Martine was serving
a one-year prison sentence.

Yeah, I know.

Oh, you know?
Of course you know.

Well, did you know that she jumped the fence

A month before
her term was over?

Actually, that I didn't know.

You're rolling with an escaped convict,
Teddy. Be careful.

Did you hear what I said, Teddy?

She's an escaped convict. be careful.

Yeah, it's good advice, Phil.

- It's just a tad too late.
- Teddy?

I gotta go.

Tell me, any of you ever shot someone?

Have you ever been shot at?

- Only metaphorically.
- Oh.

I don't know if I believe
in karma or not, you know.

Lately, a lot of people have been
pointing guns at me.

I can tell you, I don't like it that much.

- $500,000.
- Lucques.

You get the cash,
we go away.

- $500,000?
- This is not negotiable!

- Piss off! I am not an ATM.
- No.

You are Teddy Rist, the famous billionaire.
Here to help the poor.

I am poor! You help me!

Or should I kill her?

- No, no, no, no, no.
- I don't care.

Maybe I'll just make her face good and ugly.

No, no, no.
All right, all right.

All right, I'm--

I'll get you the money,
but she has to come with me.

No. You go get the money,
and she will stay here.

No, no, no, that's not acceptable.

- Okay.
- No, no, no.

I will get you the but--

Okay, we all go together,
all right?

Okey-doke. Guys. Get up.

You go ahead.

I'm sorry.

Just stay close to me.
Do exactly as I say.

Run.

Maidstone-Rist wants to invest in Haiti.

We will provide private subsidies
for your farmers.

You wish to invest in rice production in Haiti?

- Yes.
- And what are the terms of this investment?

A 50/50 partnership. Maidstone-Rist
provides the capital.

You provide the workforce.

Why do you wish to push Haiti
back into the past? You are a capitalist.

You should appreciate the fact that
we cannot compete in the market.

It is imperative that we develop
other industries.

No, Minister Ducat, your farmers can compete.

They just need a leg up.

As you know, the U.S. government
subsidizes its farmers

so that they can sell their wares for less.

Your farmers
need the same subsidies.

The Artibonite Valley is just as fertile
as America's great plains.

As an outsider, it is difficult for you
to understand the reality of the situation.

The reality of the situation is children
are eating dirt to stay alive.

Citizens of Haiti understand that import/export

is the future of this country.

We need to feed ourselves.

What will we export if
we do not grow anything,

T-shirts and women's underwear?

So this is your doing, Beauvais.

Well, I can assure you,

this subsidy scheme will never
pass the legislature.

Never. Never!

Dax, we're going to a place called, uh...

- Is that Gonaives?
- It's about an hour away.

Up the coast, right?

Good, that'll give us
plenty of time to talk

about the best way
to bust you out of prison.

The blacklist follow me
everywhere I go.

I told you you wouldn't want to know.

You wouldn't help if you did.

Clearly you think I'm a lot
less discerning than I am.

We finally found the house
where the family

who bought Charlie
had moved to.

He's so-- my little boy.

He won't understand.

He won't understand
why I left him alone.

He will hate me.

Hey, Martine, Martine, look at me.

Anything anyone could ever want

is standing right there
right now waiting for you.

Go to him. You go to your boy.

Oh, Charlie.

Ducat has called in all of his political favors.

I cannot secure enough votes
to pass your subsidy program.

Okay. This is what we do.

The tanker with the rice
has landed in the harbor.

So take the food.
Let your constituents know

about our plan to boost rice production.

Get the public on your side.

The country sees you, Jean Beauvais,
feeding those in need,

The senate can't deny press like that.

Then we can start a partnership.

No, madame. Madame, hey.

Madame, no, no. I've got
a business proposition--

Who the hell are you?

She's the kid's mother.

It's a difficult sit--

- Just take it easy.
- Teddy, we got trouble.

Teddy.

Martine, Martine, Martine.

Okay, okay, okay.

Where is Martine Joix?

Are you Martine Joix?

- Take them away.
- Yes.

Shut up!

You are under arrest
for political crimes.

Okay, okay, okay.

I'm coming back for him.

I'm coming back for him, mam.

Once again, no good deed
goes unpunished.

The police used me to track down Martine.

And, as you know, I do not like being used.

Despite my best efforts,
Martine was re-arrested.

Martine went back to jail.

I have hired a battalion of lawyers,

but like everything else here,

the justice system moves glacially.

You know, reuniting Martine and Charlie

could take months or maybe
even years at this rate

unless by some bizarre miracle
we should happen to know

someone high up in the government.

- My brother.
- Right.

Look, Phil, I know how hard it is
for you asking Jean for a favor,

But do it for me.

No, in fact, don't. Don't do it for me.

Do it for Charlie.

It's fine. I'll ask Jean to help Charlie.

There's a "but" in there.
What is that "but"?

Do you have any idea
what happened last night

while you were rescuing that little boy?

Things just got much worse.

The Maidstone-Rist tanker was attacked.

The entire shipment of rice was destroyed.

Sounds like the Boston Tea Party.

Do you know who organized it?

Ducat?

No, not Ducat.

Well, then who?

You remember that Albert Camus
quote you were obsessed with?

"The rebel will never find peace.

He knows what is good."

"But despite himself, does evil,", yeah.

What, you think you know
who the rebel is?

Yep, my brother.

People deserve a full investigation.

Whoever did this should be found
and criminally prosecuted.

Well, I'm sure there will be an inquiry.

But it is not in my best interest as a senator

to speculate who is responsible.

You're an elected official.

You're supposed to be a leader.

You're still working for your own goals.

You lose sight of what's
best for people.

I do not need a lecture
on my mandate, little brother.

Haiti must become truly independent.

There are times when certain
unpleasant things must happen

In order to advance
national security and interest.

If a shipment of rice must be destroyed

For Haiti to feed itself, then so be it.

Jean, before I left for America with mom,
I idolized you.

And then from afar, I still admired you

Because after all
you'd been through,

You pulled yourself together.

You rose through government.

You were strong, self-sufficient.

And I worked my ass off
to be just like you.

But now I can see it.
Your strength is just ego.

And your self-sufficiency
is just another form of greed.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Then I am fortunate your opinion of me
does not matter.

You know, regardless of all that,

I'm willing to be that you're not quite as cruel
as you pretend to be.

What will you bet?

You know, there's a little boy and a little girl
over in the city

Being, both of them,
denied a childhood

And having to grow up
way too fast.

That sound familiar to you?

Why don't you help us give them something
that you never had?

- What?
- Just their innocence, for heaven's sake.

Technically, slavery is illegal in Haiti.

So Jean was able to argue in court

that Clelia's owners had abused her.

From that day forward, she began
a new chapter in her life.

Philip's brother was also able to argue in court
for the release of Charlie's mother, Martine.

I know it's only two children out of 300,000,

but at least we made a start.

At Maidstone-Rist, we deal in resources,

but our most precious, our most
sacred resource is our children.

And now not--

Not every child
gets the chance to grow up.

So those of us who do,
we have an obligation

To prepare the world
for the next generation,

Not just in Haiti, not just in America,
but all over the world.

What we are asking of you this evening is...

Where do we start?

Now look, you, you're smart.

You are rich. You are powerful.

My god, you're lucky.
We're lucky.

So now what can we do, huh?

Does anybody have any ideas?

Anybody?

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