1 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,550 Grandmother said that when she died, 2 00:01:01,260 --> 00:01:03,890 her spirit would return to the volcanos, 3 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,680 and her memory would dissolve into the lake. 4 00:01:10,050 --> 00:01:12,140 I can still hear her voice... 5 00:01:14,050 --> 00:01:16,260 Our Earth is tired, 6 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,760 weary of the disorder 7 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,300 left by the wandering colonists. 8 00:01:23,930 --> 00:01:25,850 Unaware of their destination, 9 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,140 in search of their lost innocence. 10 00:01:33,220 --> 00:01:36,720 They conquered the world this way, by losing themselves. 11 00:01:39,180 --> 00:01:42,180 They went wherever they heard a child's laughter: 12 00:01:42,350 --> 00:01:44,100 the breath of peace. 13 00:01:45,010 --> 00:01:47,100 A mother's lullaby: 14 00:01:47,470 --> 00:01:49,300 the song of dignity. 15 00:01:58,470 --> 00:02:01,930 Bewildered, they came from all over. 16 00:02:03,300 --> 00:02:06,680 They came through the Land of a Thousand and One Hills, 17 00:02:06,850 --> 00:02:09,260 celebrating their ignorance. 18 00:02:10,010 --> 00:02:11,970 What arrogance! 19 00:02:24,260 --> 00:02:26,050 Can you tell me, 20 00:02:26,220 --> 00:02:30,600 did they find their lost innocence? 21 00:02:37,140 --> 00:02:38,600 Silence... 22 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,550 I hear something... 23 00:02:41,510 --> 00:02:43,350 Don't you? 24 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:50,640 Come, 25 00:02:51,010 --> 00:02:54,180 let me take you where ingenuous hearts once lived. 26 00:05:32,850 --> 00:05:34,350 Come on, girls, get up! 27 00:05:34,510 --> 00:05:36,350 I said get up! 28 00:05:37,140 --> 00:05:38,550 Wake up! 29 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:56,010 Wake up. 30 00:06:00,220 --> 00:06:01,470 Godelive. 31 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:04,550 Come on, wake up. 32 00:06:18,050 --> 00:06:22,050 Innocence 33 00:06:32,970 --> 00:06:34,550 You just let her, Modesta? 34 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,470 She's crazy, that girl. 35 00:07:23,260 --> 00:07:24,800 In the name of the Father, 36 00:07:24,970 --> 00:07:26,800 the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 37 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:29,760 Bless this meal, Lord, 38 00:07:29,930 --> 00:07:32,390 and give bread to those who have none. 39 00:07:32,550 --> 00:07:33,800 Amen. 40 00:07:33,970 --> 00:07:37,100 In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 41 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:38,800 Amen. 42 00:07:40,300 --> 00:07:41,890 You may sit. 43 00:07:48,350 --> 00:07:51,470 This afternoon will be devoted to our monthly tasks. 44 00:07:51,930 --> 00:07:55,970 Listen carefully for your group. I won't say it twice. 45 00:07:58,220 --> 00:07:59,100 Virginia. 46 00:08:01,300 --> 00:08:02,100 Goretti. 47 00:08:03,390 --> 00:08:04,100 Godelive. 48 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:05,890 Gloriosa. 49 00:08:06,970 --> 00:08:10,050 You will dust and straighten up the archives. 50 00:08:12,470 --> 00:08:13,510 Frida. 51 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,220 Veronica. 52 00:08:15,470 --> 00:08:16,850 Dorothée. 53 00:08:17,260 --> 00:08:19,640 Immaculée and Modesta. 54 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,430 You will clean the statue by the river source. 55 00:08:24,140 --> 00:08:25,390 Louise. 56 00:08:25,930 --> 00:08:26,850 Rose. 57 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,760 Odile. Jeanne. 58 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:31,890 Natasha. 59 00:08:32,050 --> 00:08:33,300 Gisčle. 60 00:08:34,890 --> 00:08:37,600 You will plant vegetables with Brother Auxille. 61 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:56,100 The Virgin that was unveiled 62 00:08:56,260 --> 00:08:58,470 resembled a Virgin from Lourdes, 63 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,300 but she was different. 64 00:09:00,470 --> 00:09:01,680 Her face was black, 65 00:09:02,470 --> 00:09:04,050 her feet were black, 66 00:09:04,220 --> 00:09:06,010 and her hands were black. 67 00:09:07,470 --> 00:09:09,220 The Virgin is happy. 68 00:09:09,890 --> 00:09:13,050 I wish I had someone to wash me every morning! 69 00:09:14,510 --> 00:09:16,970 Maybe when you're old and ugly. 70 00:09:17,510 --> 00:09:19,760 Quiet, you're here to work. 71 00:09:24,890 --> 00:09:27,100 Dorothée, what did you do? 72 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,100 She'd be prettier white. 73 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:37,430 Modesta. 74 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,800 - My God... - Give me some mud. 75 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:44,010 For once, we had an African virgin. 76 00:09:44,180 --> 00:09:46,180 Rwandan like us, besides. 77 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:56,720 Look who's coming. 78 00:09:58,350 --> 00:09:59,600 Him again? 79 00:09:59,850 --> 00:10:02,050 He's looking for a girl for sure. 80 00:10:03,140 --> 00:10:04,550 They say that he's... 81 00:10:05,260 --> 00:10:06,680 impotent. 82 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,510 Mr. Fontenaille, we weren't expecting you. 83 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:12,640 I came to pay my respects. 84 00:10:14,430 --> 00:10:18,430 Like you, I honor the mother of the Nile. 85 00:10:19,970 --> 00:10:21,640 Our statue. 86 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:55,760 Mr. Fontenaille, please do not disturb the girls while they work. 87 00:10:55,930 --> 00:10:57,800 Yes, Sister. 88 00:11:01,430 --> 00:11:02,970 Of course. 89 00:11:07,180 --> 00:11:08,510 Thank you. 90 00:11:10,140 --> 00:11:11,220 Ladies... 91 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:15,890 May the Virgin protect you. 92 00:11:41,510 --> 00:11:42,430 Hey, girls! 93 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,100 Oh, how pretty! 94 00:11:44,510 --> 00:11:46,100 Look what I found. 95 00:11:48,470 --> 00:11:49,800 Show us. 96 00:11:53,510 --> 00:11:55,140 It's Veronica! 97 00:11:55,850 --> 00:11:57,550 It's beautiful. 98 00:11:58,140 --> 00:11:58,970 No way! 99 00:11:59,140 --> 00:12:00,180 Show me. 100 00:12:10,220 --> 00:12:13,050 Godelive, isn't this the inauguration of Our Lady? 101 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:14,680 Yes. 102 00:12:14,850 --> 00:12:18,010 It's the ceremony. Too bad we weren't there. 103 00:12:18,180 --> 00:12:19,470 Hey girls, look. 104 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,010 It's us when the Queen of Belgium visited the institute. 105 00:12:26,510 --> 00:12:28,100 She's beautiful. 106 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:29,510 Yes. 107 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:31,180 She's beautiful. 108 00:12:31,350 --> 00:12:34,300 But not as beautiful as the Tutsi queen Gicanda. 109 00:12:34,930 --> 00:12:37,050 Her beauty didn't keep her in power. 110 00:12:38,050 --> 00:12:41,220 You look awestruck by the queen anyhow. 111 00:12:46,220 --> 00:12:47,180 Who's that? 112 00:12:47,350 --> 00:12:49,300 Our former leaders, I think. 113 00:12:49,970 --> 00:12:52,510 Why are their faces crossed out? 114 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:54,300 They're "on holiday." 115 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,260 Otherwise, they'd have pillaged the country. 116 00:12:57,430 --> 00:12:58,970 Even the sugar. 117 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:17,600 Gloriosa, wait. 118 00:13:20,050 --> 00:13:21,430 What do you want? 119 00:13:21,930 --> 00:13:23,640 I'm not a thief. 120 00:13:24,220 --> 00:13:27,390 The sugar... is for my little sisters. 121 00:13:27,550 --> 00:13:30,430 - There is none where I live. - It's not my problem. 122 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,720 For the next math exam... 123 00:13:33,350 --> 00:13:34,970 I can help you. 124 00:13:40,350 --> 00:13:42,050 Frida's not back? 125 00:13:42,220 --> 00:13:45,640 She's sleeping over in the guesthouse with her fiancé, 126 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,760 Jean-Baptiste Balimba, Ambassador of Zaire! 127 00:13:48,930 --> 00:13:51,430 He came from the capital to see her. 128 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,510 Again? That's the second time this month. 129 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:56,260 Yeah, I know. 130 00:13:57,430 --> 00:13:58,640 This is beautiful. 131 00:13:58,800 --> 00:13:59,850 Did you see? 132 00:14:01,140 --> 00:14:03,010 Veronica thinks she's a star! 133 00:14:03,220 --> 00:14:04,430 Hon, you're wrong. 134 00:14:05,050 --> 00:14:08,350 In this portrait, I'm not a star, I'm a goddess. 135 00:14:10,180 --> 00:14:11,510 Good Lord! 136 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:13,300 Where'd she get it? 137 00:14:13,470 --> 00:14:15,300 - What? - The portrait. 138 00:14:15,890 --> 00:14:18,760 - It was Mr. Fontenaille... - The white man? 139 00:14:18,930 --> 00:14:21,640 Yes. It's a good drawing, isn't it? 140 00:14:29,220 --> 00:14:31,050 - Natasha, no! - "My love..." 141 00:14:31,220 --> 00:14:33,800 - Don't read it! - The institute is torture, 142 00:14:33,970 --> 00:14:35,430 I'm dying without you! 143 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,890 Save me! Free me! 144 00:14:38,220 --> 00:14:40,760 Let's run away from here! 145 00:14:41,390 --> 00:14:45,720 I dream of living adventures with you, my love!" 146 00:15:35,850 --> 00:15:37,720 We'll see next year, ma'am. 147 00:15:37,970 --> 00:15:40,850 This year the institute has already reached 148 00:15:41,010 --> 00:15:43,010 it's 10% quota for Tutsis. 149 00:15:44,300 --> 00:15:46,010 Thank you, Reverend Mother. 150 00:15:46,550 --> 00:15:48,180 Thank you, Mother. 151 00:15:58,350 --> 00:15:59,720 I'm waiting. 152 00:15:59,890 --> 00:16:01,760 Virginia copied my work. 153 00:16:01,930 --> 00:16:03,430 No, it's Gloriosa... 154 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,100 I want the truth. 155 00:16:05,260 --> 00:16:06,470 Virginia is a thief. 156 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,430 She steals sugar from the refectory to sell it in her hills. 157 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:12,100 Is that true, Virginia? 158 00:16:15,180 --> 00:16:16,680 Yes, Reverend Mother. 159 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,100 I took a tiny bit of sugar, 160 00:16:20,260 --> 00:16:21,300 but not to sell. 161 00:16:21,470 --> 00:16:24,220 I will tolerate neither lies nor theft. 162 00:16:26,470 --> 00:16:29,260 When will you two stop quarreling? 163 00:16:30,510 --> 00:16:32,800 This is an institute for the elite. 164 00:16:33,220 --> 00:16:35,850 You are expected to become good citizens. 165 00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:38,350 And good Christians. 166 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:40,600 The two go together. 167 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:44,260 One more incident, and you'll both be severely punished. 168 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:47,720 The sister-in-charge will see to you. 169 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:52,890 Yes, Mother. 170 00:16:53,050 --> 00:16:54,260 You may go. 171 00:17:17,890 --> 00:17:20,220 Fontenaille Estate Coffee Plantation 172 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:34,220 The white man scares me. He's crazy. 173 00:17:34,390 --> 00:17:36,430 Don't be stupid, Modesta. Come on. 174 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:37,930 I'll wait out here. 175 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:39,390 Then don't bother. 176 00:17:58,220 --> 00:18:00,100 I want to see Mr. Fontenaille. 177 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,220 I want to see the white man who lives here. 178 00:18:09,970 --> 00:18:11,220 Follow me. 179 00:18:22,220 --> 00:18:23,550 Easy does it. 180 00:18:27,970 --> 00:18:29,220 That's good. 181 00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:34,600 Oh, what a nice surprise. 182 00:18:35,890 --> 00:18:38,390 What brings you to my humble home? 183 00:18:40,140 --> 00:18:42,720 I want a portrait like Veronica's. 184 00:18:42,890 --> 00:18:44,390 Veronica... 185 00:18:44,550 --> 00:18:46,850 - So that's her name? - Yes. 186 00:18:47,010 --> 00:18:48,220 With her long neck. 187 00:18:48,890 --> 00:18:50,050 Yes. 188 00:18:50,970 --> 00:18:52,260 Where is she from? 189 00:18:52,430 --> 00:18:53,470 I don't know. 190 00:18:56,140 --> 00:18:59,180 And her friend, with the tiny nose. 191 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,350 What's her name? 192 00:19:02,050 --> 00:19:03,390 Virginia? 193 00:19:04,220 --> 00:19:05,930 Ah, Virginia. 194 00:19:08,100 --> 00:19:09,850 You, you're different. 195 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,350 What's your name? 196 00:19:14,140 --> 00:19:15,600 Modesta. 197 00:19:18,930 --> 00:19:20,930 Who fears blood? 198 00:19:21,470 --> 00:19:23,850 Gods or men? 199 00:19:24,350 --> 00:19:26,300 Both, you might say. 200 00:19:27,930 --> 00:19:29,260 But if that's so, 201 00:19:29,430 --> 00:19:31,470 why do the gods demand it, 202 00:19:32,050 --> 00:19:33,800 and men offer it? 203 00:19:41,470 --> 00:19:44,600 Sacred Let us read from the Book of Genesis. 204 00:19:45,260 --> 00:19:47,010 "The sons of Noah 205 00:19:47,180 --> 00:19:49,180 who came out of the ark 206 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,100 were Shem, Ham, 207 00:19:52,260 --> 00:19:53,220 and Japheth. 208 00:19:53,390 --> 00:19:55,800 And from them came the people 209 00:19:55,970 --> 00:19:58,260 who were scattered over the whole earth. 210 00:19:58,430 --> 00:19:59,760 Noah, 211 00:20:00,390 --> 00:20:04,390 a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. 212 00:20:04,550 --> 00:20:07,220 When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk 213 00:20:07,390 --> 00:20:09,760 and lay uncovered inside his tent. 214 00:20:09,930 --> 00:20:12,680 Ham saw his father naked 215 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,390 and told his two brothers outside. 216 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:21,260 Shem and Japheth took a garment 217 00:20:21,470 --> 00:20:23,640 and laid it across their shoulders. 218 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,300 Then they walked in backward 219 00:20:26,890 --> 00:20:29,470 and covered their father's naked body. 220 00:20:30,430 --> 00:20:33,350 Their faces were turned the other way 221 00:20:33,510 --> 00:20:36,510 so they would not see their father naked. 222 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,720 When Noah awoke from his wine, 223 00:20:40,140 --> 00:20:42,760 he learned what his youngest son had done. 224 00:20:43,430 --> 00:20:44,680 He said: 225 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,470 'Cursed be Canaan! 226 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,640 The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.' 227 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,260 Then he said: 'Praise be to the Lord.'" 228 00:20:56,220 --> 00:20:58,100 This is the word of God. 229 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:01,350 The Lord be with you. 230 00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:05,350 May the Almighty bless you. 231 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,760 In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 232 00:21:11,140 --> 00:21:13,390 Go now, in the peace of Christ. 233 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:32,680 Modesta, 234 00:21:32,850 --> 00:21:34,800 stop daydreaming, mass is over. 235 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:37,010 Modesta! 236 00:21:44,510 --> 00:21:46,350 What's wrong with you? 237 00:21:58,140 --> 00:21:59,800 Thank heavens. 238 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:02,680 It took you long enough. 239 00:22:03,260 --> 00:22:05,550 At last, you've become a woman. 240 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,260 Come with me. 241 00:22:34,010 --> 00:22:35,350 Come in, child. 242 00:22:37,350 --> 00:22:39,930 The smell is bad, but you get used to it. 243 00:22:46,010 --> 00:22:49,510 You wash your sanitary towels here after each usage, 244 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,510 with household soap. 245 00:23:03,010 --> 00:23:04,640 I see this surprises you. 246 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,600 You will surely ask "how"? 247 00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:12,470 Gorillas and men have a common ancestor. 248 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,350 I'm speaking from a scientific viewpoint, a hypothesis. 249 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,550 The idea being that gorillas and humans 250 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,140 made up one same species. 251 00:23:30,350 --> 00:23:33,220 We're from the same family as the great apes. 252 00:23:33,390 --> 00:23:34,800 My child, 253 00:23:34,970 --> 00:23:36,800 how dare you utter such lies? 254 00:23:37,180 --> 00:23:38,760 Mr. Decker told us. 255 00:23:39,220 --> 00:23:40,600 Mr. Decker... 256 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:41,850 Yes. 257 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:46,850 Goretti thinks it's just another white man's tale. 258 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,350 Her mother said it's true, that gorillas were men before. 259 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,850 But then, they fled into the forest. 260 00:23:56,260 --> 00:23:59,050 We don't know why, but they forgot how to be men. 261 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,430 After years in the forest, 262 00:24:03,470 --> 00:24:06,050 they turned into hairy giants. 263 00:24:08,140 --> 00:24:10,470 But when they see a virgin girl, 264 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,350 they remember they used to be men. 265 00:24:13,510 --> 00:24:15,100 Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! 266 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,430 Is that the original sin you always talk about? 267 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,050 My child... 268 00:24:20,890 --> 00:24:23,220 When men became apes? 269 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,800 May Decker go to the devil. 270 00:24:58,390 --> 00:25:00,180 Have a good vacation, Goretti! 271 00:25:14,390 --> 00:25:16,390 - Hello, Modesta. - Ma'am. 272 00:25:18,100 --> 00:25:20,350 - Where's Dad? - He has lots of work. 273 00:25:20,510 --> 00:25:22,390 He was supposed to pick me up. 274 00:25:22,550 --> 00:25:24,300 You'll see him at the reception. 275 00:25:25,010 --> 00:25:27,100 - Welcome, madam. - Thank you. 276 00:25:27,260 --> 00:25:29,140 What a pleasure to see you. 277 00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:31,640 How is Mr. Minister, your husband? 278 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,100 He's well. I must say hello to Mother Superior. 279 00:25:55,890 --> 00:25:58,010 Have a nice vacation, Mrs. Minister. 280 00:25:58,180 --> 00:26:00,680 You too, Mrs. Chief-of-Staff. 281 00:26:00,850 --> 00:26:02,600 Be good, Immaculée. 282 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,260 Have a nice vacation. 283 00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:08,430 Bye, Modesta. 284 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,970 Don't forget what Sister Gertrude said. 285 00:26:14,890 --> 00:26:16,100 You hairless ape. 286 00:26:16,260 --> 00:26:18,050 You're crazy, girl. 287 00:26:20,470 --> 00:26:22,600 Have a nice vacation you two. 288 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:23,760 You too. 289 00:26:23,930 --> 00:26:25,140 Take care, Modesta. 290 00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:26,640 Thanks. 291 00:26:30,050 --> 00:26:34,180 What are you looking at? I can't be nice to your half-sisters? 292 00:26:34,430 --> 00:26:36,010 That's not it... 293 00:26:36,180 --> 00:26:38,680 I'm not like them. I'm different. 294 00:26:43,430 --> 00:26:45,220 There are the two cockroaches. 295 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,350 You sound like your father! 296 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:49,930 It's true, Mom. 297 00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:53,050 My cousins were turned away because of them. 298 00:26:53,220 --> 00:26:56,800 The two of them alone exceed the quota. Ask Modesta. 299 00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:01,510 We're sick of seeing them at the institute. 300 00:27:02,470 --> 00:27:04,470 I'm going to Fontenaille's. 301 00:27:08,350 --> 00:27:10,220 I want to thank him. 302 00:27:10,970 --> 00:27:12,430 Come with me. 303 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,930 To his place? Are you crazy? 304 00:27:15,510 --> 00:27:19,010 You know what whites do to girls they lure into their home? 305 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,510 They live out their fantasies. 306 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,800 That's why I don't want to go alone. Please, come. 307 00:27:25,350 --> 00:27:27,640 I don't want to miss my bus. 308 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,680 Pay no attention to that stuff. 309 00:28:00,850 --> 00:28:03,680 Those skins were for people I no longer see. 310 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,470 I regret having killed these animals. 311 00:28:09,970 --> 00:28:11,430 That's the way it is. 312 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,430 It's a world I don't like. 313 00:28:14,140 --> 00:28:15,300 Tell me... 314 00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:18,390 You're both Tutsi, right? 315 00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:23,260 That's what I thought. 316 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,050 I love you. 317 00:28:26,930 --> 00:28:29,350 I want you to regain your dignity. 318 00:28:31,180 --> 00:28:33,220 Let me show you something. 319 00:28:33,390 --> 00:28:37,350 You've always been considered different from the Hutus. 320 00:28:37,510 --> 00:28:41,050 You weren't negroes. In olden times, you were aristocrats. 321 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,640 You descend from a great ancient lineage. 322 00:28:46,390 --> 00:28:50,100 You come from the Empire of the Black Pharaohs. 323 00:28:51,850 --> 00:28:54,550 Your ancestors were chased away from everywhere. 324 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,140 Everywhere. 325 00:28:56,510 --> 00:28:59,140 By the Christians, by the Muslims... 326 00:28:59,930 --> 00:29:02,850 And so, they exiled themselves here. 327 00:29:03,510 --> 00:29:05,550 At the source of the Nile. 328 00:29:07,180 --> 00:29:08,640 Don't leave. 329 00:29:09,510 --> 00:29:11,600 I have things to show you. 330 00:29:12,930 --> 00:29:14,010 Please. 331 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:16,510 Come with me. 332 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,430 The temple has waited too long for its goddess. 333 00:29:20,850 --> 00:29:22,050 Come, come. 334 00:30:02,390 --> 00:30:04,970 Everything here relates the Tutsi legend. 335 00:30:07,260 --> 00:30:08,890 Your legend. 336 00:30:09,890 --> 00:30:11,470 Your history. 337 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:28,600 Today, I have one sole mission. 338 00:30:31,350 --> 00:30:32,720 Save the legend 339 00:30:32,890 --> 00:30:34,800 in order to save the Tutsis. 340 00:30:36,890 --> 00:30:38,970 I have a secret to reveal. 341 00:30:54,430 --> 00:30:56,510 The pyramid of the Black Pharaohs. 342 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,640 I built it over the tomb of Queen Nyiramavugo. 343 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,550 - A queen? - Yes. 344 00:31:01,850 --> 00:31:04,050 The great queen of ancient times. 345 00:31:06,510 --> 00:31:08,180 After months of excavation, 346 00:31:08,350 --> 00:31:10,470 I found the queen's bones. 347 00:31:10,970 --> 00:31:14,300 She was buried with pearls, pottery, and copper bracelets. 348 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,350 I'm no archaeologist, 349 00:31:16,510 --> 00:31:20,970 and I didn't want it to end up behind glass in some Western museum. 350 00:31:21,140 --> 00:31:25,300 So I filled in the hole, and built the pyramid over it. 351 00:31:25,470 --> 00:31:29,680 Queen Nyiramavugo now has a tomb worthy of a Kandake queen. 352 00:31:35,180 --> 00:31:37,050 I have found Isis, 353 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:39,010 and my Kandake, 354 00:31:39,180 --> 00:31:41,510 as beautiful as the first day. 355 00:31:43,180 --> 00:31:46,010 You are the legacy, and the legend. 356 00:31:49,010 --> 00:31:50,550 Fontenaille, 357 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,390 he's an old pagan. 358 00:31:52,550 --> 00:31:54,350 He's not dangerous. 359 00:31:54,510 --> 00:31:56,300 He sees a film in his head, 360 00:31:56,470 --> 00:31:59,600 with goddesses and black pharaohs. 361 00:32:00,430 --> 00:32:03,180 He wants us to be his actresses. 362 00:32:04,350 --> 00:32:06,050 It could be fun. 363 00:32:07,140 --> 00:32:09,640 I've always wanted to be in a film. 364 00:32:10,140 --> 00:32:12,640 Not me. I don't want to play queen. 365 00:32:13,890 --> 00:32:15,390 Don't forget, 366 00:32:15,550 --> 00:32:18,970 Tutsis have already played in bad white films. 367 00:32:19,390 --> 00:32:21,510 Or more like, in their madness. 368 00:32:22,390 --> 00:32:24,600 And it brought our misfortune. 369 00:32:37,050 --> 00:32:38,600 Wait for me! 370 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,220 Where do our tears come from? 371 00:32:54,510 --> 00:32:56,680 Why do they mist up our eyes? 372 00:32:58,550 --> 00:33:01,350 Some say they are the sap of our suffering, 373 00:33:01,970 --> 00:33:03,890 and our broken hearts. 374 00:33:06,010 --> 00:33:07,970 Others say our tears 375 00:33:09,050 --> 00:33:12,640 are the waters of innocence, 376 00:33:14,510 --> 00:33:18,430 to cleanse the Land of a Thousand and One Hills. 377 00:34:46,890 --> 00:34:49,260 Our Lady of the Nile Institute 378 00:35:36,260 --> 00:35:37,600 Girls! 379 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,720 Look what my fiancé, 380 00:35:39,930 --> 00:35:42,850 the ambassador, brought me from France. 381 00:35:43,970 --> 00:35:45,970 - From France! - What is it? 382 00:35:46,470 --> 00:35:47,640 Foie gras. 383 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,970 - What? - Foie gras. 384 00:35:50,260 --> 00:35:51,550 What's that? 385 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:53,220 You're such peasants. 386 00:35:53,390 --> 00:35:55,720 Hey, we're not peasants! 387 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,010 Switch on the light. 388 00:36:01,220 --> 00:36:02,800 What's going on? 389 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:05,720 It smells funny. 390 00:36:05,890 --> 00:36:07,600 It looks like dirt. 391 00:36:08,050 --> 00:36:09,720 What animal is it? 392 00:36:09,890 --> 00:36:12,600 - I don't know, but it's delicious. - Delicious? 393 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,890 - You want to taste? - No, thanks. 394 00:36:16,350 --> 00:36:17,930 Come on, it's from France! 395 00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:19,260 And so? 396 00:36:19,430 --> 00:36:21,050 And so, it's good! 397 00:36:23,430 --> 00:36:25,260 Come on, Immaculée. 398 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:28,260 Come on, taste. 399 00:36:28,970 --> 00:36:30,350 It's very good. 400 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,430 Okay, I'll taste. Can't be worse than caviar. 401 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,510 - Than what? - Caviar. Fish eggs. 402 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,260 I had it at the embassy. 403 00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:39,850 Fish eggs? 404 00:36:40,260 --> 00:36:43,010 You guys have to get used to this kind of food. 405 00:36:43,180 --> 00:36:44,180 What for? 406 00:36:44,350 --> 00:36:46,890 Especially you, dear Chief-of-Staff's daughter. 407 00:36:47,050 --> 00:36:48,510 At official dinners, 408 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,220 you won't be eating beans and bananas. 409 00:36:51,390 --> 00:36:52,970 You'll eat white men's food. 410 00:36:55,260 --> 00:36:56,600 Modesta! 411 00:37:02,350 --> 00:37:03,600 It's squishy. 412 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,100 It tastes like dirt. 413 00:37:10,550 --> 00:37:13,510 Because you know what dirt tastes like? 414 00:37:22,140 --> 00:37:24,600 In 16th-century France, 415 00:37:24,890 --> 00:37:28,430 the monarchy became scared when part of the nobility 416 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,180 converted to Protestantism. 417 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,680 Catherine de Medici 418 00:37:34,100 --> 00:37:36,800 encouraged the men of the Court 419 00:37:36,970 --> 00:37:39,100 to eliminate the Protestants. 420 00:37:40,390 --> 00:37:43,850 In the night of August 24th, 1572, 421 00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:48,680 Catholics massacred over 3,000 Protestants in Paris. 422 00:37:48,890 --> 00:37:50,390 Yes, Virginia? 423 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,930 Is our history as bloody as Europe's? 424 00:37:54,140 --> 00:37:56,800 And why do we only talk about Western kings, 425 00:37:56,970 --> 00:37:58,720 never Rwandan ones? 426 00:37:58,970 --> 00:38:02,180 Rwanda is a republic now, forget about kings. 427 00:38:02,720 --> 00:38:05,100 Africa is Geography. 428 00:38:05,260 --> 00:38:07,140 Europe is History. 429 00:38:07,300 --> 00:38:08,180 Why? 430 00:38:08,350 --> 00:38:11,550 Africans can neither read nor write. 431 00:38:12,510 --> 00:38:13,930 What's wrong? 432 00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:15,760 Frida! 433 00:38:15,930 --> 00:38:17,680 Step back! 434 00:38:19,260 --> 00:38:20,550 She's fainted. 435 00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:23,760 She probably drank too much in nightclubs. 436 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:28,350 She's been poisoned. There's too much jealousy here. 437 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,260 - Frida, how are you? - Better, thanks. 438 00:38:35,430 --> 00:38:37,140 - Thank God. - And you? 439 00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:39,430 - We're fine. - How was class? 440 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:41,100 You sure you're okay? 441 00:38:41,260 --> 00:38:43,550 I bet it was that foie gras. 442 00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:45,260 What do you mean? 443 00:38:46,050 --> 00:38:49,470 Mr. Decker said it comes from a big white bird. 444 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:52,180 They force it to eat until it's sick. 445 00:38:52,350 --> 00:38:56,100 You ate so much of its sickness you almost died! 446 00:38:56,890 --> 00:38:58,220 I ate some too. 447 00:38:58,390 --> 00:39:00,260 Then you're going to die too. 448 00:39:00,430 --> 00:39:03,010 No one's going to die. Not at all. 449 00:39:03,180 --> 00:39:04,760 What is it then? 450 00:39:05,180 --> 00:39:07,510 I have a big announcement to make. 451 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:09,640 Come closer. 452 00:39:11,180 --> 00:39:12,350 I'm pregnant. 453 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:14,970 - For real? - Yes. 454 00:39:15,140 --> 00:39:16,430 Really? 455 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:19,640 - What'd she say? - She's pregnant. 456 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:21,350 But they're not married. 457 00:39:22,050 --> 00:39:23,720 Girls like her don't care. 458 00:39:23,890 --> 00:39:25,550 Will she get married? 459 00:39:26,470 --> 00:39:31,220 Who knows? She's always showing off with that ambassador of hers. 460 00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:35,470 I just know it's going to be a boy. 461 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,550 A girl in our institute got pregnant 462 00:39:39,720 --> 00:39:44,760 before the Church celebrated her holy sacrament of marriage. 463 00:39:44,930 --> 00:39:46,970 We are as guilty as she. 464 00:39:47,470 --> 00:39:49,260 They're engaged, aren't they? 465 00:39:49,430 --> 00:39:51,430 It's a sin nonetheless, doctor. 466 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:56,260 We're accountable for the virginity of our girls. 467 00:39:57,470 --> 00:39:59,510 You know what to do. 468 00:40:00,010 --> 00:40:01,550 I trust you. 469 00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:03,550 Since your vacation, 470 00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:07,720 I've heard girls speaking Kinyarwanda. 471 00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:12,100 Our code of conduct forbids the use of this language 472 00:40:12,260 --> 00:40:13,720 within the institute. 473 00:40:14,850 --> 00:40:17,550 Even if you are allowed to speak it elsewhere, 474 00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:21,010 I would urge you to continue using French 475 00:40:21,180 --> 00:40:23,600 even outside of the institute. 476 00:40:23,890 --> 00:40:26,550 I remind you that the rules of good conduct 477 00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:29,930 have not changed and must be respected. 478 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:36,300 Our institute is devoted to educating the country's female elite. 479 00:40:39,220 --> 00:40:42,760 Those fortunate enough to be here must act as role models. 480 00:40:43,550 --> 00:40:47,010 You represent our institute throughout the country. 481 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,300 Consequently, you must... 482 00:40:53,140 --> 00:40:55,010 in no way tarnish 483 00:40:55,180 --> 00:40:56,300 its reputation, 484 00:40:56,470 --> 00:40:58,260 be it inside, 485 00:40:59,010 --> 00:41:00,760 or outside the institute. 486 00:41:00,930 --> 00:41:02,140 Father. 487 00:41:11,350 --> 00:41:14,510 This is what the Lord Almighty says... 488 00:41:32,390 --> 00:41:34,600 The statue's nose isn't right. 489 00:41:37,430 --> 00:41:40,050 No dummy, I mean Our Lady of the Nile. 490 00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:44,510 Don't you see? 491 00:41:45,430 --> 00:41:49,180 She's got a small, minority nose. I don't like it one bit. 492 00:42:08,550 --> 00:42:09,970 Go on, shoo! 493 00:42:11,550 --> 00:42:14,300 Father, why didn't you take her to the hospital? 494 00:42:14,470 --> 00:42:17,430 We must pray for poor Frida. 495 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:19,470 Now go back to class. 496 00:42:49,300 --> 00:42:51,800 I'm sure they lied to us. 497 00:42:52,390 --> 00:42:55,010 Frida didn't have a miscarriage. 498 00:42:55,800 --> 00:43:00,800 What killed her is that white food she loved eating so much. 499 00:43:00,970 --> 00:43:02,430 It's not fair. 500 00:43:04,010 --> 00:43:05,890 Frida didn't deserve to die. 501 00:43:06,390 --> 00:43:10,510 Nothing's fair in this world when you're a woman. 502 00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:13,470 Maybe the bird didn't kill her. 503 00:43:15,100 --> 00:43:19,220 Maybe her parents paid abarozis to poison the baby. 504 00:43:20,220 --> 00:43:21,930 Her own parents? 505 00:43:22,180 --> 00:43:23,510 Could be. 506 00:43:24,890 --> 00:43:27,640 Here, a pregnant girl can't get married. 507 00:43:29,470 --> 00:43:31,100 It's a disgrace. 508 00:43:32,050 --> 00:43:34,720 She could bring her family bad luck. 509 00:43:45,430 --> 00:43:48,850 They left her blood to rot and dry on the ground. 510 00:45:36,180 --> 00:45:40,260 Sacrilege 511 00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:05,140 Thank you. 512 00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:05,550 Come with me, my dear. It's time you learned the truth. 513 00:48:25,850 --> 00:48:28,220 Veronica, come back. 514 00:48:29,390 --> 00:48:31,050 I'm waiting for you. 515 00:49:36,140 --> 00:49:37,300 Veronica? 516 00:49:41,550 --> 00:49:42,890 Are you okay? 517 00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:48,600 Where were you? I looked everywhere. 518 00:49:49,220 --> 00:49:51,890 Goretti found you on the path to the institute. 519 00:49:54,010 --> 00:49:56,430 Veronica, what happened? 520 00:49:57,180 --> 00:49:58,970 I don't remember. 521 00:50:01,010 --> 00:50:03,550 I think... I was... 522 00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:06,930 at Fontenaille's. 523 00:50:08,300 --> 00:50:10,260 I can't remember. 524 00:50:10,510 --> 00:50:12,600 I told you not to go back there. 525 00:50:12,930 --> 00:50:14,220 I had to. 526 00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:19,300 But... 527 00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:25,890 ever since we saw the queen's tomb, 528 00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,430 she's come to me each night. 529 00:50:31,220 --> 00:50:32,470 Who? 530 00:50:33,010 --> 00:50:34,300 The queen. 531 00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:36,680 As clearly as I see you now. 532 00:50:36,850 --> 00:50:38,930 I had to tell Fontenaille. 533 00:50:39,390 --> 00:50:40,470 No. 534 00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:43,180 Get some rest. 535 00:50:44,850 --> 00:50:46,510 I'll tell the nuns you're ill. 536 00:51:13,850 --> 00:51:16,180 Do you know where Nyirimongi lives? 537 00:51:17,220 --> 00:51:18,930 - Nyirimongi, the witch? - Yes. 538 00:51:19,100 --> 00:51:21,050 - Take me to her. - No way. 539 00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:24,140 I'll give you fritters. 540 00:51:24,720 --> 00:51:26,260 - Really? - And a soda! 541 00:51:26,430 --> 00:51:28,600 - Orange soda? - And some fritters. 542 00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:30,050 Let me see. 543 00:51:31,850 --> 00:51:34,930 All right, I'll take you. 544 00:51:36,890 --> 00:51:40,300 You can have them when we get there. 545 00:51:41,720 --> 00:51:43,890 - What's your name? - Kabwa. 546 00:52:10,550 --> 00:52:11,600 Nyirimongi? 547 00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:38,970 Nyirimo... 548 00:52:46,050 --> 00:52:47,640 I came to ask for help. 549 00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:49,350 - Help? - Yes. 550 00:52:52,050 --> 00:52:55,720 The sun is shining on your face, I can see you well. 551 00:52:57,260 --> 00:52:58,930 What do you want? 552 00:52:59,300 --> 00:53:00,550 Not me. 553 00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:02,300 It's not for me. 554 00:53:02,470 --> 00:53:03,800 Then who? 555 00:53:03,970 --> 00:53:05,510 My friend Veronica. 556 00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:09,010 It all started after we visited the crazy old white man. 557 00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:14,600 He discovered the tomb of Queen Nyiramavugo on his land. 558 00:53:15,260 --> 00:53:16,890 He opened it. 559 00:53:17,890 --> 00:53:22,600 When he uncovered the queen's bones, he awoke her from death's slumber. 560 00:53:23,510 --> 00:53:27,760 Now her ghost wanders through our world. 561 00:53:28,510 --> 00:53:33,350 Her shadow must return to the land of the dead. 562 00:53:33,890 --> 00:53:39,470 If not, her ghost will continue to haunt your friend. 563 00:53:44,050 --> 00:53:46,800 The queen is in great suffering. 564 00:53:49,970 --> 00:53:53,390 She must be taken back to the land of the dead. 565 00:53:58,930 --> 00:54:01,550 If you do everything I tell you, 566 00:54:02,100 --> 00:54:05,260 your friend and the queen will be at peace once more. 567 00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:34,850 This will ward off the ghost and the white man. 568 00:54:40,010 --> 00:54:42,850 It will protect your friend from evil. 569 00:54:56,890 --> 00:54:59,220 This pot is carved from a flame tree. 570 00:54:59,390 --> 00:55:01,970 Fill it with milk from the white man's cow, 571 00:55:02,350 --> 00:55:04,180 not from any other cow. 572 00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:09,260 Do you understand? 573 00:55:11,100 --> 00:55:13,430 The person who milks the cow 574 00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:16,640 must be a strong warrior. 575 00:55:23,720 --> 00:55:25,800 Near the queen's tomb, 576 00:55:25,970 --> 00:55:29,760 you must gather leaves from the flame trees. 577 00:55:29,930 --> 00:55:31,430 Dip them into the milk. 578 00:55:31,720 --> 00:55:34,390 Then sprinkle the tree and say... 579 00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:37,350 Return without thorns, like the umurembe. 580 00:55:38,470 --> 00:55:43,010 For the remedy to work, the pot must never touch the ground. 581 00:55:46,260 --> 00:55:48,850 When the pot is empty, 582 00:55:50,050 --> 00:55:52,470 bury it among the tree's roots. 583 00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:55,800 Tell no one what you've done. 584 00:56:34,850 --> 00:56:36,350 - It's too high. - So? 585 00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:38,260 We can't get up there. 586 00:56:38,430 --> 00:56:41,550 Sure we can! I'll climb up on your shoulders. 587 00:56:41,720 --> 00:56:42,680 Lean over. 588 00:56:58,550 --> 00:57:01,680 Our Lady, you'll soon have a nice Rwandan nose. 589 00:57:03,300 --> 00:57:04,930 A majority nose. 590 00:57:07,720 --> 00:57:09,760 I'm coming down, catch me! 591 00:57:13,720 --> 00:57:15,180 Modesta! 592 00:57:21,550 --> 00:57:23,850 Unbutton me and go rinse my dress. 593 00:57:26,600 --> 00:57:27,850 Get up. 594 00:57:31,890 --> 00:57:33,850 We're going to be late. 595 00:57:35,550 --> 00:57:37,720 Sister Gertrude will punish us. 596 00:57:39,470 --> 00:57:41,430 I've got an idea. Stop. 597 00:57:42,890 --> 00:57:45,350 We'll say we got attacked by bandits. 598 00:57:45,510 --> 00:57:46,890 Tutsis. 599 00:57:48,140 --> 00:57:49,430 Get up. 600 00:57:52,970 --> 00:57:54,140 Hit me. 601 00:57:55,760 --> 00:57:58,010 We have to make it look believable. 602 00:57:58,470 --> 00:57:59,720 Hit me! 603 00:58:00,680 --> 00:58:03,300 If you want to be my friend, do as I say. 604 00:58:04,260 --> 00:58:06,180 Come on, hit me! 605 00:58:09,140 --> 00:58:12,260 You're a coward, unworthy of your Hutu blood. 606 00:58:12,430 --> 00:58:13,430 Cockroach! 607 00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:18,680 We should drain your Hutu blood. You don't deserve it, you're... 608 00:58:29,800 --> 00:58:33,510 We were praying at the statue of Our Lady of the Nile. 609 00:58:34,140 --> 00:58:35,970 Then some Inyenzis... 610 00:58:37,100 --> 00:58:40,550 at least 50 of them were hiding in the hills... 611 00:58:40,850 --> 00:58:43,430 ...attacked Modesta and me. 612 00:58:44,010 --> 00:58:45,260 Tutsis. 613 00:58:45,850 --> 00:58:48,550 They... hit us. 614 00:58:50,470 --> 00:58:52,680 They even ripped her dress... 615 00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:54,760 Come, my child. 616 00:58:55,180 --> 00:58:56,720 Modesta's dress... 617 00:58:57,100 --> 00:58:58,760 To rape her. 618 00:58:59,890 --> 00:59:03,680 I overheard them talking together. 619 00:59:04,300 --> 00:59:06,140 They plan to attack the institute. 620 00:59:07,470 --> 00:59:09,970 To rape and torture the students. 621 00:59:11,890 --> 00:59:13,430 The nuns too. 622 00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:15,720 Even the whites. 623 00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:19,050 May the Lord help us. 624 00:59:21,970 --> 00:59:23,890 I started screaming. 625 00:59:24,050 --> 00:59:27,300 They got scared and ran off like cowards. 626 00:59:28,050 --> 00:59:30,010 But before they fled, 627 00:59:31,220 --> 00:59:33,010 I recognized the voice of... 628 00:59:33,180 --> 00:59:34,220 Jean Bizimana. 629 00:59:34,600 --> 00:59:35,970 The son of Gatera. 630 00:59:36,140 --> 00:59:38,430 Come with me to the infirmary. 631 00:59:38,600 --> 00:59:41,800 The Tutsi who tends a stall at the market. 632 00:59:53,100 --> 00:59:54,680 Be strong, my child. 633 01:00:41,010 --> 01:00:42,640 - Father? - All's well. 634 01:00:42,800 --> 01:00:46,600 We're safe for now. Soldiers are guarding the institute. 635 01:00:46,850 --> 01:00:48,890 The girls may go back to bed. 636 01:01:00,550 --> 01:01:03,550 Girls, you may return to your dorms. 637 01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:11,800 Modesta, stop crying! 638 01:01:13,760 --> 01:01:16,640 We saved the institute. We're heroes! 639 01:01:30,600 --> 01:01:32,010 What's wrong with her? 640 01:01:33,050 --> 01:01:34,140 Get up. 641 01:01:35,470 --> 01:01:36,640 Come on. 642 01:01:37,930 --> 01:01:40,050 I'll help you get cleaned up. 643 01:01:43,760 --> 01:01:46,010 Don't worry, Modesta. I'm here. 644 01:01:49,300 --> 01:01:50,550 Is she okay? 645 01:02:07,850 --> 01:02:10,140 "On Sunday, May 13th... 646 01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:12,100 two glorious 647 01:02:12,260 --> 01:02:16,930 and modest heroes from Our Lady of the Nile Institute 648 01:02:17,600 --> 01:02:20,800 frightened away dangerous criminals, 649 01:02:20,970 --> 01:02:23,550 who'd come to create mayhem at the institute. 650 01:02:24,430 --> 01:02:26,640 Remember their names: 651 01:02:27,140 --> 01:02:29,430 Gloriosa and Modesta." 652 01:02:33,260 --> 01:02:36,510 Gloriosa and Modesta, please come forward. 653 01:02:42,760 --> 01:02:44,350 My dear girls, 654 01:02:44,890 --> 01:02:48,510 thanks to you, we narrowly escaped disaster. 655 01:02:49,300 --> 01:02:51,890 The institute and its students 656 01:02:52,050 --> 01:02:53,680 are greatly indebted to you. 657 01:02:55,140 --> 01:02:56,510 Gloriosa, 658 01:02:56,680 --> 01:02:58,760 you are our Joan of Arc. 659 01:03:00,430 --> 01:03:01,430 I wasn't scared. 660 01:03:01,890 --> 01:03:03,140 I just... 661 01:03:03,720 --> 01:03:06,180 Mr. Minister, go right ahead. 662 01:03:07,100 --> 01:03:08,350 Daughter. 663 01:03:08,970 --> 01:03:11,890 You were bold and courageous. 664 01:03:12,970 --> 01:03:14,510 Your bravery is lauded. 665 01:03:15,220 --> 01:03:16,800 I don't believe a word. 666 01:03:17,010 --> 01:03:18,600 Look at Modesta. 667 01:03:18,850 --> 01:03:22,600 I was only doing my duty for the republic, 668 01:03:22,760 --> 01:03:24,600 as should every Rwandan. 669 01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:27,720 She takes after her father! 670 01:03:27,930 --> 01:03:30,050 At the service of her country. 671 01:03:30,220 --> 01:03:31,470 Brothers and sisters, 672 01:03:32,260 --> 01:03:33,600 we have decided 673 01:03:33,760 --> 01:03:36,970 to step up identity checks. 674 01:03:37,220 --> 01:03:38,220 From now on, 675 01:03:38,390 --> 01:03:41,300 every rebel who is arrested 676 01:03:41,470 --> 01:03:44,180 will be thrown in prison for life. 677 01:03:44,800 --> 01:03:47,010 We're here to serve the people. 678 01:03:47,180 --> 01:03:50,180 Their security is our priority. 679 01:03:56,760 --> 01:03:59,260 - What are you making? - A dress for Dorothée. 680 01:04:00,470 --> 01:04:02,100 She doesn't need a heart! 681 01:04:07,430 --> 01:04:09,390 Those two really annoy me. 682 01:04:10,260 --> 01:04:11,220 Tonight, 683 01:04:11,390 --> 01:04:13,550 we're changing the statue's nose. 684 01:04:14,100 --> 01:04:16,510 You're already a national hero. 685 01:04:16,930 --> 01:04:18,350 You don't need this. 686 01:04:19,010 --> 01:04:22,850 It's not about me, it's my duty for the republic. 687 01:04:25,680 --> 01:04:27,430 The pilgrimage is coming up. 688 01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:29,510 This year, thanks to me 689 01:04:29,680 --> 01:04:32,680 we'll finally pray before a Rwandan statue. 690 01:04:32,850 --> 01:04:34,800 An authentic Hutu. 691 01:04:35,600 --> 01:04:37,050 I don't want to. 692 01:04:37,220 --> 01:04:40,930 Dummy, it's the only way to live down your dirty blood. 693 01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:47,850 Look. 694 01:04:49,850 --> 01:04:51,390 A real Hutu nose. 695 01:04:51,550 --> 01:04:53,600 I can't tell the difference. 696 01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:07,720 Modesta, come on. 697 01:06:01,220 --> 01:06:02,300 Come closer. 698 01:06:03,760 --> 01:06:04,930 Closer. 699 01:06:07,890 --> 01:06:09,350 Shine the light! 700 01:06:15,430 --> 01:06:16,510 Give me the nose. 701 01:06:18,470 --> 01:06:20,510 Come on. Shine the light on her face. 702 01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:21,720 Here. 703 01:07:14,300 --> 01:07:17,100 Impious hands have violated the sweet face of Mary, 704 01:07:17,350 --> 01:07:18,350 our Protector. 705 01:07:20,600 --> 01:07:23,180 To atone for this crime against God, 706 01:07:23,350 --> 01:07:25,180 we shall fast today. 707 01:07:25,680 --> 01:07:28,930 I know who broke the Virgin's face. 708 01:07:29,640 --> 01:07:32,930 The perpetrators of this crime were Inyenzis. 709 01:07:33,390 --> 01:07:37,220 My father says they follow the devil's orders. 710 01:07:37,640 --> 01:07:41,050 Like in Russia, they will burn the churches, 711 01:07:41,220 --> 01:07:42,890 kill the priests and nuns, 712 01:07:43,300 --> 01:07:45,510 and persecute good Christians. 713 01:07:46,260 --> 01:07:50,600 Thanks to the generosity of my father, the Minister, 714 01:07:50,760 --> 01:07:52,220 we will have a new statue 715 01:07:52,390 --> 01:07:54,140 of Our Lady of the Nile. 716 01:07:54,300 --> 01:07:58,010 A beautiful statue of a true Rwandan, 717 01:07:58,180 --> 01:08:00,550 with a face like the majority people. 718 01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:03,140 A statue we can finally be proud of. 719 01:08:09,760 --> 01:08:11,850 Let us sing our national anthem. 720 01:08:26,510 --> 01:08:27,680 Hello, Alice. 721 01:08:39,850 --> 01:08:40,890 You're not eating? 722 01:08:41,050 --> 01:08:42,510 - We have to wait. - Why? 723 01:08:42,680 --> 01:08:45,970 Gloriosa refuses to eat together with Tutsis. 724 01:08:56,970 --> 01:08:58,800 Go sit in her spot. 725 01:09:49,680 --> 01:09:50,930 Modesta? 726 01:09:51,430 --> 01:09:53,100 What are you doing? 727 01:09:56,390 --> 01:09:59,220 Tell me what really happened up on the hill. 728 01:10:01,390 --> 01:10:04,050 Why do you let Gloriosa boss you around? 729 01:10:04,220 --> 01:10:05,930 My father's ashamed. 730 01:10:06,350 --> 01:10:08,050 - He hides her. - Who? 731 01:10:08,220 --> 01:10:09,680 My mother. 732 01:10:10,720 --> 01:10:12,550 Hutu, Tutsi, Hutu. 733 01:10:13,140 --> 01:10:14,850 I don't understand. 734 01:10:15,300 --> 01:10:18,760 It's not true. Dad lied, my mom's not Tutsi. 735 01:10:21,140 --> 01:10:23,050 I still talk to her. 736 01:10:24,260 --> 01:10:25,800 - In secret... - Please... 737 01:10:25,970 --> 01:10:27,100 tell me. 738 01:10:27,260 --> 01:10:29,260 Not Hutu or Tutsi... 739 01:10:29,600 --> 01:10:30,800 She's just my mom. 740 01:10:31,550 --> 01:10:34,680 Tell me what happened on the hill! 741 01:10:38,930 --> 01:10:41,180 - Please. - I saw the devil. 742 01:10:45,510 --> 01:10:48,800 Reverend Mother, I'm sure Gloriosa's lying. 743 01:10:49,300 --> 01:10:52,760 There was no attack, nor any Tutsi bandits. 744 01:10:53,300 --> 01:10:55,100 Please, Reverend Mother. 745 01:10:55,510 --> 01:10:57,100 Talk to Modesta. 746 01:10:58,300 --> 01:11:00,350 She hasn't been herself ever since. 747 01:11:00,970 --> 01:11:02,850 She's hiding something. 748 01:11:05,970 --> 01:11:07,720 Be patient, Virginia. 749 01:11:12,010 --> 01:11:13,720 You're a talented girl. 750 01:11:14,550 --> 01:11:15,890 Intelligent. 751 01:11:17,760 --> 01:11:19,010 Stay out of this. 752 01:11:19,180 --> 01:11:21,180 - But... - That's enough! 753 01:11:32,180 --> 01:11:35,010 In a few weeks, you'll have your diploma. 754 01:11:37,220 --> 01:11:38,850 Don't ruin your life. 755 01:11:43,140 --> 01:11:44,470 Hurry up! 756 01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:47,140 Come on, let's go. 757 01:11:56,930 --> 01:11:58,180 Where do we put it? 758 01:12:00,220 --> 01:12:01,510 Go away. 759 01:12:18,800 --> 01:12:22,220 Four, five, six, seven... 760 01:12:22,390 --> 01:12:23,300 Change! 761 01:12:23,470 --> 01:12:24,970 One, two! 762 01:12:25,140 --> 01:12:26,350 Higher! 763 01:12:28,850 --> 01:12:30,970 This is Gloriosa speaking! 764 01:12:31,140 --> 01:12:34,260 In the name of the Militant Rwandan Youth 765 01:12:34,430 --> 01:12:38,050 and as president of the Enthronement Committee 766 01:12:38,220 --> 01:12:40,510 for the new Lady of the Nile, 767 01:12:40,680 --> 01:12:42,220 I hereby address you. 768 01:12:42,390 --> 01:12:45,970 With the backing of various authorities, 769 01:12:46,140 --> 01:12:48,470 the government and the Party, 770 01:12:49,390 --> 01:12:52,850 the enthronement of the new and authentic Our Lady of the Nile 771 01:12:53,010 --> 01:12:55,510 will be the opportunity for a rally 772 01:12:55,680 --> 01:12:58,470 of the Militant Rwandan Youth elite. 773 01:12:58,890 --> 01:13:03,050 One dozen of Rwanda's finest young men 774 01:13:03,220 --> 01:13:05,300 will come to our institute. 775 01:13:05,680 --> 01:13:09,390 The ceremony will be both religious and patriotic. 776 01:13:09,550 --> 01:13:12,930 The Rwandan Youth will pledge before Our Lady of the Nile 777 01:13:13,100 --> 01:13:15,760 to remember their slavery under oppressors 778 01:13:15,930 --> 01:13:18,430 which lasted so many years. 779 01:13:18,850 --> 01:13:21,850 The Militant Youth will continue revolutionary acts 780 01:13:22,010 --> 01:13:23,050 in order to fight 781 01:13:23,220 --> 01:13:25,010 against external enemies. 782 01:13:25,640 --> 01:13:30,680 Nevertheless, may we always remember that our greatest enemy 783 01:13:30,850 --> 01:13:32,140 comes from inside! 784 01:13:46,050 --> 01:13:47,260 Father. 785 01:13:47,640 --> 01:13:49,640 I trust you know what you're doing. 786 01:13:50,180 --> 01:13:53,010 But remember, we run an institute for girls. 787 01:13:53,430 --> 01:13:54,550 Girls alone. 788 01:13:55,720 --> 01:13:57,550 To bring young men here... 789 01:13:57,720 --> 01:14:00,470 The committee has thought it through. 790 01:14:01,390 --> 01:14:04,510 They will obviously be housed outside the institute. 791 01:14:05,300 --> 01:14:07,220 after the ceremony. 792 01:14:09,300 --> 01:14:12,890 This rally affects classes and upcoming exams. 793 01:14:13,220 --> 01:14:14,680 Is it really wise? 794 01:14:14,850 --> 01:14:17,180 Reverend Mother, as you know 795 01:14:17,350 --> 01:14:19,890 Rwanda is now an independent country. 796 01:14:21,180 --> 01:14:22,390 Of course. 797 01:14:23,300 --> 01:14:24,720 Independent. 798 01:14:26,430 --> 01:14:28,260 You're right, Father! 799 01:14:31,260 --> 01:14:32,890 She's not well at all. 800 01:14:33,680 --> 01:14:37,300 Modesta is ashamed to share our blood and be half-Tutsi. 801 01:14:37,470 --> 01:14:38,640 No. 802 01:14:39,100 --> 01:14:40,600 She's afraid. 803 01:14:41,140 --> 01:14:43,970 Stop worrying about her and think about us. 804 01:14:44,140 --> 01:14:46,800 We won't be spared, Virginia. We have to leave. 805 01:14:47,220 --> 01:14:50,470 I won't run away. I want my diploma. 806 01:14:51,010 --> 01:14:53,010 Forget your wretched diploma. 807 01:14:53,180 --> 01:14:55,600 We're on our own. No one will help us. 808 01:14:55,760 --> 01:14:58,470 Not the nuns, or the Reverend Mother, 809 01:14:58,640 --> 01:15:01,890 or even the white teachers. No one wants to get involved. 810 01:15:02,050 --> 01:15:03,350 Quiet! 811 01:15:05,470 --> 01:15:08,260 If we don't go, we'll be the first killed. 812 01:15:12,720 --> 01:15:14,510 I plan to hide at Fontenaille's. 813 01:15:15,550 --> 01:15:16,430 Are you nuts? 814 01:15:16,600 --> 01:15:17,720 Quiet! 815 01:15:18,890 --> 01:15:21,890 Why not? He's good to me. 816 01:15:22,050 --> 01:15:24,640 He promised to take me to Europe. 817 01:15:28,470 --> 01:15:30,390 Please, come with me. 818 01:15:30,550 --> 01:15:32,430 We'll be safe there. 819 01:15:32,600 --> 01:15:35,720 I'm not hiding at that white man's place. 820 01:15:38,930 --> 01:15:43,850 Sacrifice 821 01:16:23,930 --> 01:16:25,850 Don't let them get away! 822 01:16:26,050 --> 01:16:27,890 Quick, catch them! 823 01:16:45,800 --> 01:16:47,220 Open the door! 824 01:16:47,850 --> 01:16:49,100 Open up, please! 825 01:17:10,010 --> 01:17:11,260 Immaculée! 826 01:17:12,760 --> 01:17:13,600 What? 827 01:17:13,930 --> 01:17:17,550 Gloriosa's looking for you. She knows you spoke to Modesta. 828 01:17:19,760 --> 01:17:21,220 Hide under here. 829 01:17:22,010 --> 01:17:23,430 Under the sheets. 830 01:17:24,970 --> 01:17:26,800 Please! Trust me. 831 01:18:02,300 --> 01:18:03,470 Found you, cockroach! 832 01:18:04,550 --> 01:18:05,470 What do you want? 833 01:18:07,640 --> 01:18:09,550 Take your clothes off. Quick! 834 01:18:12,260 --> 01:18:12,970 Do it! 835 01:20:13,930 --> 01:20:14,970 You can't stay! 836 01:20:15,140 --> 01:20:16,970 I'll come get you at the witch's. 837 01:20:17,140 --> 01:20:19,800 Don't worry, I'll tell your mom. 838 01:20:24,850 --> 01:20:26,390 Go on. Go! 839 01:20:46,550 --> 01:20:49,680 I knew you'd be back. I'll show you where to hide. 840 01:20:54,890 --> 01:20:57,220 The heavy rains fall and pass, 841 01:20:57,390 --> 01:20:59,600 making way for the dusty season. 842 01:21:00,930 --> 01:21:02,890 The rain whispered to me 843 01:21:03,220 --> 01:21:05,760 that the season of men has changed in Rwanda, 844 01:21:06,640 --> 01:21:08,970 but that we must remain on our guard. 845 01:21:09,720 --> 01:21:12,430 Those who trust quiet times 846 01:21:13,260 --> 01:21:15,680 shall be struck by lightning and perish. 847 01:21:38,680 --> 01:21:43,800 Apply this each morning and evening, 848 01:21:44,850 --> 01:21:47,350 when the sun goes down. 849 01:23:34,220 --> 01:23:35,430 The gods 850 01:23:36,260 --> 01:23:39,220 invaded the Land of a Thousand and One Hills 851 01:23:40,260 --> 01:23:42,050 and wreaked havoc. 852 01:23:43,300 --> 01:23:47,220 They cleaved apart the valleys, 853 01:23:48,470 --> 01:23:50,930 and wrenched the waters from the earth, 854 01:23:51,390 --> 01:23:53,470 day from night, 855 01:23:53,760 --> 01:23:55,800 souls from bodies, 856 01:23:56,260 --> 01:23:58,470 dignity from wealth, 857 01:24:00,890 --> 01:24:03,140 and hope from misery. 858 01:24:04,640 --> 01:24:06,760 Then they departed, 859 01:24:08,390 --> 01:24:11,100 leaving the colonists' militants 860 01:24:11,260 --> 01:24:14,470 to continue their quest. 861 01:24:53,640 --> 01:24:55,430 There was a coup d'État. 862 01:24:55,890 --> 01:24:57,890 The army took power 863 01:24:58,100 --> 01:25:01,050 and the former president is under house arrest. 864 01:25:01,220 --> 01:25:03,890 But who can say it's really all over? 865 01:25:04,430 --> 01:25:05,640 I'm scared. 866 01:25:06,010 --> 01:25:07,390 I'm scared too. 867 01:25:07,850 --> 01:25:09,930 It was sheer horror at the institute. 868 01:25:10,100 --> 01:25:12,600 When the militants heard about the coup, 869 01:25:12,760 --> 01:25:14,510 they ran off. 870 01:25:15,300 --> 01:25:17,640 Everyone turned against Gloriosa. 871 01:25:18,010 --> 01:25:19,760 Goretti forced her to leave. 872 01:25:21,470 --> 01:25:22,890 What about Veronica? 873 01:25:40,180 --> 01:25:42,180 I don't know how to thank you. 874 01:25:42,350 --> 01:25:43,800 You don't have to. 875 01:25:44,430 --> 01:25:46,430 What will you do now? 876 01:25:46,800 --> 01:25:50,720 I'm done with men, I plan to go live with the gorillas. 877 01:25:50,890 --> 01:25:52,220 Gorillas? 878 01:25:52,390 --> 01:25:53,970 Really? 879 01:25:54,430 --> 01:25:55,430 Yes. 880 01:25:56,140 --> 01:25:58,050 Now I finally understand 881 01:25:58,430 --> 01:26:00,140 why my grandpa used to say 882 01:26:00,300 --> 01:26:03,930 that gorillas are a lot smarter 883 01:26:04,600 --> 01:26:06,100 than men. 884 01:26:08,350 --> 01:26:11,640 He told me that when they saw 885 01:26:12,050 --> 01:26:15,050 that their fellow monkeys had become men, 886 01:26:15,550 --> 01:26:18,050 and spent their time killing each other, 887 01:26:18,970 --> 01:26:20,600 the gorillas refused 888 01:26:21,510 --> 01:26:23,350 to become men. 889 01:26:23,970 --> 01:26:25,140 And you? 890 01:26:25,300 --> 01:26:26,640 What will you do? 891 01:26:26,800 --> 01:26:29,600 I'm going back home to my family, 892 01:26:29,970 --> 01:26:32,430 then we'll leave the country. 893 01:26:32,850 --> 01:26:34,510 We'll go to Burundi, 894 01:26:34,800 --> 01:26:36,390 or Uganda, 895 01:26:37,010 --> 01:26:38,680 or Zaire. 896 01:26:39,470 --> 01:26:42,930 Wherever we can cross the border. 897 01:26:43,430 --> 01:26:45,970 Rwanda has become the land of blood. 898 01:26:47,390 --> 01:26:51,430 In catechism, they told us that God roams the world by day, 899 01:26:51,640 --> 01:26:53,970 but each night, He returns home to Rwanda. 900 01:26:54,140 --> 01:26:57,220 Now I think that while God was traveling, 901 01:26:57,850 --> 01:26:59,850 Horror took His place. 902 01:27:00,430 --> 01:27:05,220 And when He returned, it slammed the door in His face. 903 01:27:10,470 --> 01:27:12,720 But I'll come back home.