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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:55,543 --> 00:00:59,334 I was small-small when misi Rachael asked me for job. 2 00:01:00,959 --> 00:01:02,959 Juice for Spanish buck. 3 00:01:05,043 --> 00:01:08,043 I make lots of juice because buck is thirsty. 4 00:01:18,209 --> 00:01:19,876 But there is no buck. 5 00:01:23,084 --> 00:01:26,084 Only masra overseer with gunpowder... 6 00:01:31,001 --> 00:01:34,001 and Dikzak who always nibbled at the sugar. 7 00:01:36,543 --> 00:01:38,168 No buck. 8 00:01:38,293 --> 00:01:39,626 No. 9 00:01:39,834 --> 00:01:41,709 Only the sound of a buck. 10 00:01:42,876 --> 00:01:45,543 A buck being slaughtered. 11 00:01:51,834 --> 00:01:53,126 Thank you, misi. 12 00:01:54,793 --> 00:01:56,959 Say: "Thank you, misi." 13 00:01:58,084 --> 00:02:00,293 Thank you, misi. 14 00:02:01,459 --> 00:02:05,043 THE PRICE OF SUGAR 15 00:02:10,918 --> 00:02:13,793 My story begins on the plantation. 16 00:02:14,876 --> 00:02:16,751 It's called Berseba. 17 00:02:19,168 --> 00:02:21,459 It's a sugar plantation. 18 00:02:34,459 --> 00:02:39,293 Sugar is delicious. But also difficult. Sugar is tough-tough. 19 00:02:57,001 --> 00:02:59,543 My mother was a field slave. 20 00:03:02,668 --> 00:03:05,001 My story begins with my mother. 21 00:03:06,501 --> 00:03:09,126 She is 14 when my story begins. 22 00:03:11,626 --> 00:03:13,626 Her name is Kwasiba. 23 00:03:16,918 --> 00:03:18,459 Very good. 24 00:03:20,043 --> 00:03:21,668 See? He's listening. 25 00:03:22,543 --> 00:03:24,959 Rein in tight and he listens. 26 00:03:25,543 --> 00:03:27,209 Sit up straight. 27 00:03:57,334 --> 00:03:58,668 Get off the horse. 28 00:03:59,251 --> 00:04:01,668 You're big enough to try it too. 29 00:04:05,501 --> 00:04:06,834 Come on. 30 00:04:07,001 --> 00:04:08,709 You want to learn, eh? 31 00:04:08,834 --> 00:04:11,168 It doesn't hurt. She's sweet. 32 00:04:14,043 --> 00:04:17,459 We haven't finished yet. Go back inside. 33 00:04:20,668 --> 00:04:22,084 Go inside. 34 00:04:33,084 --> 00:04:36,084 I don't know which became my father. 35 00:04:36,418 --> 00:04:38,543 But he was white. 36 00:04:45,584 --> 00:04:47,751 That I became is important. 37 00:04:47,876 --> 00:04:51,959 And I became half black blood and half white blood. 38 00:04:53,376 --> 00:04:55,793 Daughter of Kwasiba. 39 00:04:56,834 --> 00:04:57,959 Kwasiba. 40 00:04:58,459 --> 00:04:59,834 Kwasiba. 41 00:05:00,626 --> 00:05:01,876 Where is Kwasiba? 42 00:05:03,543 --> 00:05:04,834 You have no ears? 43 00:05:04,959 --> 00:05:06,584 Sari needs suckling. 44 00:05:07,126 --> 00:05:10,168 Always stay close by, you hear? - Yes, misi. 45 00:05:10,251 --> 00:05:12,751 Otherwise you get Spanish buck. 46 00:05:13,001 --> 00:05:15,709 I don't want her to cry, ever. 47 00:05:19,084 --> 00:05:21,543 I thought about it, Kwasiba. 48 00:05:21,793 --> 00:05:24,084 I'll call your baby Mini-Mini. 49 00:05:24,418 --> 00:05:26,209 You hear me, Kwasiba? 50 00:05:27,168 --> 00:05:28,501 Yes, misi. 51 00:05:28,918 --> 00:05:30,209 Mini-Mini. 52 00:05:30,334 --> 00:05:32,793 I became Mini-Mini. 53 00:05:33,084 --> 00:05:37,626 Half-sister or half-niece of misi Sarith. 54 00:05:38,043 --> 00:05:40,418 She came at the same time as me. 55 00:05:42,834 --> 00:05:45,751 When I was six, my father died. 56 00:05:45,959 --> 00:05:48,834 But I don't know if he was my father. 57 00:05:49,501 --> 00:05:52,751 Within three days, my other father died. 58 00:05:52,876 --> 00:05:56,918 I don't know if he was my father either. 59 00:06:08,293 --> 00:06:13,709 With no husband or father, misi Rachael and misi Sarith moved... 60 00:06:13,793 --> 00:06:17,793 with all us house slaves to a new sugar plantation. 61 00:06:20,168 --> 00:06:24,834 Masra Levi Fernandez lived there with his daughter misi Elza... 62 00:06:24,959 --> 00:06:27,668 without wife, without mother. 63 00:06:28,084 --> 00:06:31,293 That's how we all became a new family. 64 00:06:36,626 --> 00:06:39,584 Misi Sarith and misi Elsa became sisters. 65 00:06:39,751 --> 00:06:42,959 And I became the personal slave of misi Sarith. 66 00:06:45,626 --> 00:06:49,793 Misi Sarith who was to be the prettiest misi in Suriname. 67 00:06:52,168 --> 00:06:53,709 My misi Sarith. 68 00:06:58,251 --> 00:07:00,334 Misi Sarith, wake up. 69 00:07:01,293 --> 00:07:04,668 Today's a lovely day. My misi can dance. 70 00:07:04,793 --> 00:07:06,001 Don't shout! 71 00:07:07,668 --> 00:07:09,418 I didn't sleep a wink. 72 00:07:09,626 --> 00:07:13,626 You dreamt about Nathan? - I listened to you snoring, Elza 73 00:07:13,751 --> 00:07:16,793 Shall I tickle you awake? - No. 74 00:07:24,751 --> 00:07:26,376 Misi Elza. 75 00:07:27,293 --> 00:07:29,543 Be careful with your blouse. 76 00:07:29,668 --> 00:07:33,543 And that one big masra was there too. - Masra Governor? 77 00:07:33,668 --> 00:07:37,501 And as Amimba came in, the governor dropped his pants. 78 00:07:37,626 --> 00:07:39,334 Wait, there's more... 79 00:07:39,834 --> 00:07:44,251 Amimba said: "The higher the hat, the smaller the pipi." 80 00:07:50,668 --> 00:07:52,293 I'll dry you off. 81 00:07:54,668 --> 00:07:56,209 Am I beautiful? 82 00:07:57,959 --> 00:08:01,168 Misi is gorgeous. Absolutely. 83 00:08:04,418 --> 00:08:06,209 Isn't this lovely? 84 00:08:06,751 --> 00:08:08,501 No. I want my pink dress. 85 00:08:11,001 --> 00:08:13,876 The pink one hasn't been washed, misi. 86 00:08:16,918 --> 00:08:19,876 I thought you wanted the yellow one today. 87 00:08:20,418 --> 00:08:22,334 You didn't? - And now what? 88 00:08:23,418 --> 00:08:27,793 I have to be most beautiful today. You don't want me beautiful? 89 00:08:27,918 --> 00:08:29,668 Are you so dumb? 90 00:08:31,126 --> 00:08:32,918 I'm really sorry, misi. 91 00:08:33,084 --> 00:08:36,001 I'll wash misi's prettiest dress now. 92 00:08:39,209 --> 00:08:44,334 My wife is at the club with some ladies. You'll meet her this evening. 93 00:08:44,543 --> 00:08:46,834 Zeeland pedigree, I always say. 94 00:08:49,793 --> 00:08:56,209 Don't get led astray by Paramaribo. It doesn't represent the wealth of the colony. 95 00:08:56,543 --> 00:09:01,501 The money gets spent here but it has to be earned on the plantations. 96 00:09:01,626 --> 00:09:03,668 And the yield is dropping. 97 00:09:03,793 --> 00:09:06,834 Coffee and sugar prices keep dropping. 98 00:09:07,459 --> 00:09:11,418 A couple more years and I'll be happy to rest on my laurels. 99 00:09:27,126 --> 00:09:30,584 And? What do you think, Mr Le Chasseur? 100 00:09:30,668 --> 00:09:33,709 Lovely. But just call me Rutger. 101 00:09:34,209 --> 00:09:35,418 Rutger. 102 00:09:37,584 --> 00:09:40,084 How much do I have to give him? 103 00:09:40,251 --> 00:09:41,668 What? - Tip. 104 00:09:42,209 --> 00:09:43,834 Don't be silly. 105 00:09:43,959 --> 00:09:45,959 "How much to tip him?" 106 00:09:46,209 --> 00:09:47,626 He's yours. 107 00:09:48,459 --> 00:09:50,584 Be my guest. He's all yours. 108 00:09:50,709 --> 00:09:54,459 Alex has been a fixture at the Loan Bank all his life. 109 00:09:54,626 --> 00:09:56,543 "How much to tip him?" 110 00:09:57,959 --> 00:10:00,043 It isn't Holland here. 111 00:10:05,501 --> 00:10:07,209 No, masra. 112 00:10:07,751 --> 00:10:10,168 I should take off your shoes. 113 00:10:14,459 --> 00:10:15,918 Shoes... 114 00:10:21,334 --> 00:10:23,543 But these are my good shoes. 115 00:10:28,293 --> 00:10:29,876 I have other ones... 116 00:10:37,543 --> 00:10:41,959 I'm not sure if we have the same size, but you can have these. 117 00:10:42,084 --> 00:10:44,251 No, no, masra. 118 00:10:47,959 --> 00:10:50,209 You don't understand, do you? 119 00:10:51,334 --> 00:10:53,668 Slaves don't wear shoes. 120 00:11:16,251 --> 00:11:18,001 O, Maisa... 121 00:11:18,126 --> 00:11:22,584 How could I be so stupid? - Listen, I'll help you. 122 00:11:22,709 --> 00:11:26,668 What's the difference between the two dresses. Sarith? 123 00:11:26,959 --> 00:11:28,084 Really. 124 00:11:28,876 --> 00:11:32,751 They're both beautiful. - That says more about you. 125 00:11:33,209 --> 00:11:35,084 No. More about you. 126 00:11:35,376 --> 00:11:37,918 You could look beautiful in a sack. 127 00:11:38,043 --> 00:11:41,834 Shall I wear that to the party? You have a sack for me? 128 00:11:42,876 --> 00:11:48,001 Grandma isn't interested in our clothes. - I'm not dressing up for her. 129 00:11:53,126 --> 00:11:54,418 For Nathan? 130 00:11:58,293 --> 00:12:03,543 How many good marriage partners do you know? Handsome and rich? Well? 131 00:12:03,709 --> 00:12:07,959 We live in a jungle. I don't want to be an old spinster... 132 00:12:08,126 --> 00:12:09,959 or to marry a fool! 133 00:12:11,543 --> 00:12:13,626 Why are you laughing, dear? 134 00:12:14,959 --> 00:12:17,084 Why -are -you -laughing? 135 00:12:19,959 --> 00:12:22,126 Moliere, nice. 136 00:12:31,543 --> 00:12:33,293 Lovely to see you again. 137 00:12:34,876 --> 00:12:36,501 Please, Rachael. 138 00:12:36,626 --> 00:12:39,918 We aren't in the jungle. Cover your slave. 139 00:12:44,126 --> 00:12:45,751 Are the others here yet? 140 00:12:46,293 --> 00:12:48,668 No, not everyone. 141 00:12:50,001 --> 00:12:51,376 Rachael. 142 00:12:57,043 --> 00:13:00,543 I'm not going to the synagogue. I look terrible. 143 00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:06,959 Is there any more beautiful spot? 144 00:13:08,626 --> 00:13:11,876 The frozen canals of Holland in the winter? 145 00:13:12,293 --> 00:13:13,626 I don't know them. 146 00:13:15,418 --> 00:13:19,334 I understand I can welcome you to my plantation soon... 147 00:13:19,918 --> 00:13:21,501 for an inspection? 148 00:13:23,418 --> 00:13:27,626 I am Julius Robles Medina. - I'm Rutger le Chasseur. 149 00:13:28,334 --> 00:13:31,043 I think Mr Van Omhoog mentioned you... 150 00:13:31,459 --> 00:13:33,876 Little Paradise? - Yes, that's it. 151 00:13:36,959 --> 00:13:38,501 Or it was. 152 00:13:42,793 --> 00:13:44,418 Are you married? 153 00:13:45,584 --> 00:13:46,876 No. 154 00:13:47,334 --> 00:13:52,043 Then I should introduce you to Mrs Fernandez' granddaughter. 155 00:13:53,209 --> 00:13:56,293 Your age. Intelligent... 156 00:13:56,793 --> 00:13:58,501 and a pearl... 157 00:13:59,209 --> 00:14:01,668 so incredibly beautiful. 158 00:14:37,084 --> 00:14:38,918 That girl... 159 00:14:39,584 --> 00:14:41,418 Eh, "misi". 160 00:14:43,168 --> 00:14:44,959 Misi who? 161 00:14:45,501 --> 00:14:48,084 Misi Elza. - Elza. 162 00:14:49,209 --> 00:14:50,834 Fernandez? 163 00:14:52,251 --> 00:14:54,459 "Umagranpikin." - What? 164 00:14:55,168 --> 00:14:57,084 Granddaughter in Dutch... 165 00:14:59,584 --> 00:15:02,293 "Umagranpikin." - You speak Dutch? 166 00:15:02,668 --> 00:15:04,376 You speak Dutch! 167 00:15:04,959 --> 00:15:07,459 Only -if -necessary. 168 00:15:12,626 --> 00:15:15,376 Is that the girl they're talking about? 169 00:15:22,001 --> 00:15:25,543 Shouldn't you go to the synagogue, Miss... 170 00:15:25,709 --> 00:15:27,626 Fernandez... 171 00:15:27,876 --> 00:15:29,584 Elza Fernandez. 172 00:15:29,709 --> 00:15:34,418 No. My father is Jewish, but not my mother. She's Lutheran. 173 00:15:35,751 --> 00:15:38,001 That means I'm not a Jewess. 174 00:15:39,334 --> 00:15:40,376 Nor are you? 175 00:15:41,293 --> 00:15:44,543 You're quite right, I'm not a Jewess. 176 00:15:56,626 --> 00:15:58,293 Mini-Mini, is it you? 177 00:15:58,418 --> 00:16:01,209 You have grown. - Hendrik. Put me down. 178 00:16:01,334 --> 00:16:04,168 Put me down. - Careful, or you'll fall. 179 00:16:04,543 --> 00:16:07,084 I'm ironing misi's dress. Let me. 180 00:16:07,209 --> 00:16:09,168 How you have grown. 181 00:16:10,168 --> 00:16:14,334 Don't call me Hendrik anymore. Now my name is Caesar. 182 00:16:14,501 --> 00:16:16,668 Masra Omhoog bought me. 183 00:16:16,834 --> 00:16:18,751 Maisa, How are you doing? 184 00:16:20,584 --> 00:16:22,168 May I ask you... 185 00:16:22,668 --> 00:16:26,334 why did they ever think of calling you Caesar? 186 00:16:26,626 --> 00:16:28,001 Don't laugh at me. 187 00:16:28,126 --> 00:16:31,709 Caesar was a great general, one of the best... 188 00:16:31,834 --> 00:16:34,418 Water. - Did you burn your hand? 189 00:16:35,251 --> 00:16:38,793 Put your hand in the water. -It's okay. 190 00:16:38,918 --> 00:16:41,001 Mini... the dress... 191 00:16:41,126 --> 00:16:43,668 Oh my god, no! 192 00:17:03,459 --> 00:17:05,626 No. - Yes? 193 00:17:05,793 --> 00:17:07,584 Just in time, I see? - No! 194 00:17:07,709 --> 00:17:11,293 Mini-mini. I'm not dressed. - That suits me. 195 00:17:11,418 --> 00:17:13,668 I'll only look at your eyes. 196 00:17:14,918 --> 00:17:17,043 Look. Fresh from the Old World. 197 00:17:17,168 --> 00:17:19,626 No. Come back when I'm decent. 198 00:17:19,751 --> 00:17:22,084 Decent? Even more decent? 199 00:17:23,501 --> 00:17:25,168 Should I open it? 200 00:17:26,709 --> 00:17:27,834 Or together? 201 00:17:38,168 --> 00:17:40,293 The latest fashion from Paris. 202 00:17:40,418 --> 00:17:43,293 And yes: there are wedding dresses. 203 00:17:49,876 --> 00:17:52,418 Does that mean your parents...? - Yes. 204 00:17:52,543 --> 00:17:57,793 You don't think I could marry that infant Leah Nassy? She's just 15. 205 00:17:58,293 --> 00:18:00,168 Look how very elegant. 206 00:18:00,293 --> 00:18:04,168 If she was the last woman in Suriname... then maybe. 207 00:18:06,376 --> 00:18:11,584 Look. You're beautiful. I love you and I'll marry you and no one else. 208 00:18:16,209 --> 00:18:18,459 I just have to play it right. 209 00:18:19,084 --> 00:18:23,709 I don't want to hurt my family so you have to live in a hut later. 210 00:18:23,918 --> 00:18:26,626 I want this for the betrothal. 211 00:18:26,793 --> 00:18:28,543 The only thing is... 212 00:18:30,626 --> 00:18:35,376 Fine. I'm working on getting a diplomatic post in Europe... 213 00:18:36,334 --> 00:18:37,376 Italy... 214 00:18:39,959 --> 00:18:41,043 So... 215 00:18:42,418 --> 00:18:47,459 after our wedding we may have to move to Rome. 216 00:18:50,209 --> 00:18:51,293 No. 217 00:18:51,876 --> 00:18:54,209 Yes. - What? 218 00:18:55,168 --> 00:18:57,168 No. - Yes. 219 00:19:00,584 --> 00:19:01,626 Sarith... 220 00:19:05,501 --> 00:19:08,043 something terrible happened... 221 00:19:08,584 --> 00:19:10,001 Mini-mini? 222 00:19:11,834 --> 00:19:16,209 Sorry, misi. I destroyed your beautiful dress. Burnt it. 223 00:19:17,668 --> 00:19:18,834 Look. 224 00:19:21,001 --> 00:19:23,168 What is there to laugh about? 225 00:19:23,293 --> 00:19:25,001 Why should you cry? 226 00:19:25,209 --> 00:19:29,543 It's my most beautiful dress! - We'll buy a new one in Rome... 227 00:19:32,543 --> 00:19:35,501 Or in Florence... - Or in Florence. 228 00:19:36,418 --> 00:19:38,418 Milan? - Yes? 229 00:19:41,043 --> 00:19:43,126 The Fernandez sisters. 230 00:19:43,876 --> 00:19:47,626 I haven't seen you for such a long time. 231 00:19:50,376 --> 00:19:52,668 Oh sorry, mother is calling us. 232 00:20:01,918 --> 00:20:05,168 With Nathan just now I had a very good idea. 233 00:20:06,043 --> 00:20:08,959 What if you and I married on the same day? 234 00:20:09,126 --> 00:20:14,793 We'd give the very biggest wedding reception ever seen in Suriname? 235 00:20:15,126 --> 00:20:17,209 Yes -and who would I marry? 236 00:20:18,918 --> 00:20:21,876 The boy you've been talking to all clay. 237 00:20:22,001 --> 00:20:24,834 Kiss him, Elza. Then he can't back out. 238 00:20:24,959 --> 00:20:27,959 Why do I have to marry? - Elza. 239 00:20:28,251 --> 00:20:29,876 We're 18, right? 240 00:20:30,043 --> 00:20:32,334 You don't want to be a spinster? 241 00:20:32,751 --> 00:20:36,209 I promised to introduce you to Miss Fernandez. 242 00:20:36,293 --> 00:20:39,084 I've been talking to her all afternoon. 243 00:20:39,209 --> 00:20:42,376 No, that's Miss Elza, her stepsister. 244 00:20:42,501 --> 00:20:45,209 No, I wanted to introduce you to... 245 00:20:45,584 --> 00:20:52,876 Miss Sarith, may I introduce you to the new assistant in Van Omhoog's office? 246 00:20:52,959 --> 00:20:55,459 Rutger Chasseur. - Le Chasseur. 247 00:20:55,584 --> 00:20:57,834 I'm sorry. Rutger le Chasseur. 248 00:20:58,918 --> 00:21:00,418 Pleased to meet you. 249 00:21:01,376 --> 00:21:02,876 Lovely party- 250 00:21:04,001 --> 00:21:06,043 I'm Sarith Fernandez. 251 00:21:06,168 --> 00:21:09,876 Not long ago Mr Le Chasseur was freezing in Holland. 252 00:21:10,001 --> 00:21:13,709 Yes, snow. There was lots of snow. 253 00:21:16,334 --> 00:21:19,043 What a lovely dress. - You think so? 254 00:21:19,334 --> 00:21:22,251 I expect to cross the ocean in a few months. 255 00:21:22,376 --> 00:21:25,751 Maybe for good. - Miss Sarith, you're leaving us? 256 00:21:25,876 --> 00:21:28,376 For a man? - You're going to Holland? 257 00:21:28,501 --> 00:21:33,084 Across the ocean isn't just Holland. If you will excuse me. 258 00:21:36,543 --> 00:21:39,084 Well? Did I say too much? 259 00:21:39,501 --> 00:21:42,793 The contra dance is about to start. Do come. 260 00:22:09,584 --> 00:22:11,709 Why are you watching this? 261 00:22:13,501 --> 00:22:16,501 Come. I have something to show you. 262 00:22:21,293 --> 00:22:22,959 I made this for you. 263 00:22:23,501 --> 00:22:25,918 You made it? May I look? - You may. 264 00:22:31,834 --> 00:22:34,043 D'you like it? -It's lovely. 265 00:22:35,251 --> 00:22:39,293 You see this chair? I made one just like it for the governor. 266 00:22:39,418 --> 00:22:42,543 My masra sells them and gives me money. - Much? 267 00:22:43,334 --> 00:22:45,459 Well, he saves it for me. 268 00:22:45,584 --> 00:22:48,501 The governor's big ass is on my chair. 269 00:22:49,876 --> 00:22:51,334 And what's this? 270 00:22:51,459 --> 00:22:56,834 Look, it's a watch. Then you can look to see when we meet each other. 271 00:22:58,001 --> 00:23:00,876 I know you have lots of other girls. 272 00:23:01,001 --> 00:23:03,834 That's what you think? - Am I lying? 273 00:23:03,959 --> 00:23:06,709 Listen... - Watch out, you'll fall. 274 00:23:07,584 --> 00:23:11,293 If I work five more years I'll have enough money. 275 00:23:12,376 --> 00:23:14,334 Then I won't be a slave. 276 00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:18,626 You know what I'll do? I'll make beautiful chairs... 277 00:23:18,751 --> 00:23:23,668 and all bakras will buy them. And you know what I'll do with the money? 278 00:23:24,501 --> 00:23:26,043 I'll come back... 279 00:23:26,959 --> 00:23:30,001 and I'll buy my beautiful girl's freedom. 280 00:23:30,501 --> 00:23:32,626 You know who? 281 00:23:32,959 --> 00:23:35,043 Who? - You. 282 00:23:36,543 --> 00:23:37,876 I love you. 283 00:24:14,543 --> 00:24:17,793 Look, masra! Misi's dress has arrived. 284 00:24:20,001 --> 00:24:22,668 Put it on the table by the musicians. 285 00:24:22,793 --> 00:24:24,584 Are the pancakes ready? 286 00:24:24,709 --> 00:24:25,876 Patience. 287 00:24:26,001 --> 00:24:29,751 Come on, Maisa. And don't forget to squeeze oranges. 288 00:24:35,334 --> 00:24:38,043 Oh, my god... 289 00:24:38,626 --> 00:24:40,293 Lovely, really. 290 00:24:41,584 --> 00:24:43,084 MY jewels. 291 00:24:46,209 --> 00:24:48,751 When you see them, all cheer. 292 00:24:48,876 --> 00:24:49,876 Music. 293 00:25:13,376 --> 00:25:15,084 Kiss! 294 00:25:21,543 --> 00:25:26,251 But when I live in Paramaribo, will you come and stay very often? 295 00:25:26,376 --> 00:25:28,584 Of course, more than you'd like. 296 00:25:32,293 --> 00:25:34,293 Do you like him? - Yes. 297 00:25:34,834 --> 00:25:37,084 Yes, he is the best one for you. 298 00:25:38,084 --> 00:25:41,959 But if you go to Europe, to Italy, then what? 299 00:25:44,918 --> 00:25:48,418 Then you demand that Rutger comes to Italy as well. 300 00:25:48,543 --> 00:25:51,543 In a row boat if he can't afford the voyage. 301 00:25:57,793 --> 00:26:00,418 You'll be really happy. Really. 302 00:26:01,709 --> 00:26:03,126 I think so too. 303 00:26:06,334 --> 00:26:09,376 You're mixing things up, Rutger. 304 00:26:09,543 --> 00:26:15,251 The Bible states clearly that God cursed Cham and his line and enslaved them. 305 00:26:15,418 --> 00:26:19,793 A slave can understand Dutch. That is... 306 00:26:21,001 --> 00:26:22,668 enough. - Yes. 307 00:26:22,793 --> 00:26:25,501 Hear but not speak. - There you are. 308 00:26:31,459 --> 00:26:34,376 May I have your attention? Just briefly. 309 00:26:34,543 --> 00:26:39,001 We have drunk a toast to the beautiful bridal couple... 310 00:26:39,126 --> 00:26:41,876 Elza and Rutger many times. 311 00:26:42,001 --> 00:26:44,668 But we can add another one. 312 00:26:44,793 --> 00:26:49,626 Because I see many empty glasses and many full carafes. 313 00:26:52,834 --> 00:26:57,626 Elza and Rutger, because a good example should be followed... 314 00:26:58,168 --> 00:27:03,459 I want to raise my glass to the next young couple getting married. 315 00:27:04,084 --> 00:27:07,959 We have fixed a date and on 12 March... 316 00:27:08,084 --> 00:27:10,918 my dear daughter Leah... 317 00:27:11,126 --> 00:27:15,001 will merry Nathan Diego Pos... 318 00:27:17,043 --> 00:27:18,418 Marie? 319 00:27:20,001 --> 00:27:21,876 Marry. - Aha: get wed! 320 00:27:27,001 --> 00:27:30,543 So, to Nathan and Leah... 321 00:27:30,959 --> 00:27:33,668 and of course Rutger and Elza. 322 00:27:34,376 --> 00:27:35,376 Cheers. 323 00:27:40,918 --> 00:27:44,501 My father is in debt. He might lose the plantation. 324 00:27:44,626 --> 00:27:50,334 I'm the first of three. Leah is an only child and her father has the biggest plantation. 325 00:27:50,459 --> 00:27:52,209 So it's only the money. 326 00:27:53,959 --> 00:27:56,751 I love you. Really. 327 00:27:56,876 --> 00:28:00,876 But I want to be an honest man and an honourable man. 328 00:28:01,001 --> 00:28:04,043 If you are an honourable man, what am I? 329 00:28:05,251 --> 00:28:08,168 You are... my most beautiful memory. 330 00:28:08,668 --> 00:28:10,418 You are my... 331 00:28:11,626 --> 00:28:17,084 My proof that heavenly love exists. And always shall. 332 00:28:17,709 --> 00:28:22,959 So my heavenly love is honourless, and your hellish treason is honourable? 333 00:28:23,084 --> 00:28:26,793 You know you can't always marry the one you love. 334 00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:34,126 There are other ways out. 335 00:28:34,918 --> 00:28:37,001 More delicate. - Sure. 336 00:28:37,459 --> 00:28:40,376 What we have is so precious. 337 00:28:41,626 --> 00:28:43,376 What if I'm pregnant? 338 00:28:45,209 --> 00:28:49,793 I have to tell everyone what's going on. Who the father is. 339 00:28:51,418 --> 00:28:53,918 Who else knows you're pregnant? 340 00:28:55,168 --> 00:28:58,459 Who else knows... - Don't touch me, you coward. 341 00:28:58,584 --> 00:29:02,709 Is this what you feel for me? I can't tell anyone about us? 342 00:29:02,834 --> 00:29:06,459 They'd think bad things about you. - Oh. About me? 343 00:29:06,626 --> 00:29:08,626 Not about you, about me. 344 00:29:10,543 --> 00:29:14,793 You can do anything and I can't? But I'm not your slave. 345 00:29:14,959 --> 00:29:16,501 I'd deny everything. 346 00:29:16,626 --> 00:29:22,084 I know you bedded that captain last year... - That bastard abused me. 347 00:29:22,251 --> 00:29:24,376 Your name is doing the rounds. 348 00:29:25,959 --> 00:29:28,209 Your name is doing the rounds. 349 00:29:33,459 --> 00:29:39,751 You're the only man for me. Please. You're the only one for me, the only one. 350 00:29:46,334 --> 00:29:48,751 Let's start scattering coins. 351 00:30:21,626 --> 00:30:23,709 What's the matter, misi? 352 00:30:36,959 --> 00:30:40,168 Everyone's getting married... 353 00:30:43,501 --> 00:30:46,334 and I'm being left all alone. 354 00:31:22,709 --> 00:31:23,959 Misi. 355 00:31:34,001 --> 00:31:39,793 Why doesn't she go and stay with Elza? Paramaribo has parties and young people. 356 00:31:39,918 --> 00:31:43,793 To sit sadly with the couple and see how happy they are? 357 00:31:43,918 --> 00:31:48,501 There are no suitable candidates hanging on banana trees. 358 00:31:49,918 --> 00:31:52,459 You don't need to tell me that. 359 00:31:53,418 --> 00:31:56,709 And no, she's not looking for a banana. 360 00:31:57,001 --> 00:32:00,959 She can have any man she wants. - Yes, except... 361 00:32:01,084 --> 00:32:03,376 Do shut up, you. 362 00:32:05,376 --> 00:32:07,876 Are you talking Sranang to me? 363 00:32:07,959 --> 00:32:10,209 Are you talking Sranang to me? 364 00:32:16,959 --> 00:32:20,168 How long are we going, misi? - A long time. 365 00:32:20,418 --> 00:32:23,959 To stay with misi Elza? - Why are you so happy? 366 00:32:24,084 --> 00:32:27,293 I'm happy for you, misi. - Are you in love? 367 00:32:29,084 --> 00:32:30,251 What? 368 00:32:30,376 --> 00:32:31,709 Who with? 369 00:32:32,293 --> 00:32:35,709 Is it masra Rutger's slave? What's his name? Alex? 370 00:32:35,834 --> 00:32:37,709 No misi, not him. 371 00:32:38,251 --> 00:32:41,418 As long as you know I always come first. 372 00:32:42,251 --> 00:32:44,459 I didn't hear you? - Yes, misi. 373 00:32:49,376 --> 00:32:50,709 Where is my bag? 374 00:32:55,334 --> 00:32:56,376 Sit down. 375 00:33:00,209 --> 00:33:03,251 This is the best scent in the world. 376 00:33:04,126 --> 00:33:05,584 Sniff. 377 00:33:07,001 --> 00:33:10,001 OK, so... If you go to him... 378 00:33:10,126 --> 00:33:13,501 Put a little bit on your wrist. Not too much. 379 00:33:13,626 --> 00:33:14,626 Dab it. 380 00:33:15,876 --> 00:33:19,126 And a little bit in your neck. 381 00:33:19,459 --> 00:33:23,001 And it drips down to your cleavage. 382 00:33:27,418 --> 00:33:29,168 You can keep the bottle. 383 00:33:30,584 --> 00:33:31,834 Thank you, misi. 384 00:33:32,251 --> 00:33:34,001 Paramaribo! 385 00:33:52,418 --> 00:33:54,459 Mini-mini, come on. 386 00:33:54,918 --> 00:33:56,584 Come and sit here. 387 00:34:08,709 --> 00:34:11,001 Look where's I'm sitting! 388 00:34:12,793 --> 00:34:14,001 Sarith! 389 00:34:16,668 --> 00:34:18,834 Oh Sarith, I missed you so. 390 00:34:19,001 --> 00:34:20,334 Me too. 391 00:34:20,459 --> 00:34:24,126 The plantation is so boring. Nothing happens. 392 00:34:24,251 --> 00:34:27,459 You can stay as long as you like. I'm so happy. 393 00:34:27,584 --> 00:34:30,376 Where's your husband? - Having a siesta. 394 00:34:30,501 --> 00:34:35,668 Van Omhoog asked if he'll take over his place in the Civil Court. Great news. 395 00:34:36,834 --> 00:34:39,043 Having a siesta when I arrive? 396 00:34:39,168 --> 00:34:41,459 Wake up! Fire! Fire! 397 00:34:43,251 --> 00:34:44,751 Wake up! 398 00:34:45,918 --> 00:34:51,126 Elza. Where's the fire? - Hi. Your sister-in-law came to stay. 399 00:34:51,251 --> 00:34:53,293 No fire? - No. 400 00:34:54,001 --> 00:34:56,793 What are you doing here? - Nice shirt. 401 00:34:57,084 --> 00:34:58,293 Where is my room? 402 00:34:58,418 --> 00:35:01,209 But you punish a child who's naughty? 403 00:35:01,334 --> 00:35:05,418 Slaves aren't children? - They are if they break the rules. 404 00:35:05,793 --> 00:35:08,126 But who makes the rules? - We do. 405 00:35:08,251 --> 00:35:10,876 But why should we? - We're the boss. 406 00:35:11,001 --> 00:35:14,418 Yes, but what gives us that right? Tighter, Alex. 407 00:35:14,543 --> 00:35:18,126 It's not a right, it's a duty. A solemn duty. 408 00:35:20,793 --> 00:35:22,918 That's enough Alex. 409 00:35:52,126 --> 00:35:54,334 Go and get masra Rutger for me. 410 00:35:57,043 --> 00:35:58,084 Yes, misi. 411 00:36:03,543 --> 00:36:05,293 Hey, there you are. 412 00:36:06,209 --> 00:36:07,459 Anything wrong? 413 00:36:07,959 --> 00:36:11,668 Have a look. I think there's a splinter in my foot. 414 00:36:13,959 --> 00:36:16,501 If I press here, it hurts. 415 00:36:24,501 --> 00:36:26,709 Yes. I won't be a moment. 416 00:37:07,459 --> 00:37:11,668 Maybe by daylight tomorrow. Elza is much better at it. 417 00:37:14,043 --> 00:37:15,334 Sleep tight. 418 00:37:19,334 --> 00:37:21,001 Blow out the candle. 419 00:37:36,959 --> 00:37:39,876 Hendrik. What fashion style is this? 420 00:37:44,584 --> 00:37:46,293 What's up with him? 421 00:37:48,168 --> 00:37:49,543 His masra... 422 00:37:51,834 --> 00:37:54,168 Masra Omhoog has sold him. 423 00:38:00,751 --> 00:38:02,668 Who to? - To the government. 424 00:38:03,126 --> 00:38:06,959 They're forming a black army to fight the maroons. 425 00:38:07,084 --> 00:38:09,084 The Black Hunter Corps... 426 00:38:09,418 --> 00:38:13,501 White officers and black soldiers going after Boni. 427 00:38:13,668 --> 00:38:17,459 We have to find and fight maroons. - You get weapons. 428 00:38:27,584 --> 00:38:31,709 Surely Masra Omhoog can't sell you. - The price was right. 429 00:38:31,834 --> 00:38:34,543 We don't all have a misi like yours. 430 00:38:38,251 --> 00:38:42,084 But when you come back, you'll be a free man, won't you? 431 00:38:42,418 --> 00:38:44,126 When I come back... 432 00:38:44,251 --> 00:38:47,751 if I ever come back. - Of course you will. 433 00:38:48,751 --> 00:38:50,584 You're strong, Hendrik. 434 00:38:51,293 --> 00:38:55,168 Anything's better than looting, plundering maroons. 435 00:38:55,293 --> 00:38:59,668 They only attack plantations that treat their slaves badly. 436 00:38:59,918 --> 00:39:03,376 They're the only ones attacked. - That's not true. 437 00:39:03,501 --> 00:39:06,376 Oh no? Who do you listen to? Your masra? 438 00:39:06,876 --> 00:39:08,709 Who do you listen to? 439 00:39:13,959 --> 00:39:15,793 When will I see you again? 440 00:39:21,876 --> 00:39:23,543 You stink of your misi. 441 00:39:31,334 --> 00:39:33,543 Hendrik! When? 442 00:39:41,751 --> 00:39:47,168 In a blink Hendrik, who was called Caesar, disappeared from my life. 443 00:39:52,168 --> 00:39:56,209 Caesar who wanted to be a carpenter and free negro. 444 00:40:00,376 --> 00:40:02,751 Come on, men. Keep going. 445 00:40:06,543 --> 00:40:09,293 Caesar who was going to buy my freedom. 446 00:40:09,418 --> 00:40:14,334 We'd live in a house in Paramaribo and have many-many of children. 447 00:40:20,793 --> 00:40:24,543 Caesar who turned up in my dreams every day... 448 00:40:24,668 --> 00:40:28,918 and who said every day in my dreams we'd soon meet again. 449 00:40:29,126 --> 00:40:33,376 It's not too deep. It's okay. - Come on, men! Follow me. 450 00:40:42,293 --> 00:40:47,168 Caesar who didn't want to be a soldier and didn't like the jungle. 451 00:40:49,043 --> 00:40:50,959 Keep your gunpowder dry! 452 00:41:12,709 --> 00:41:14,001 Come on, men! 453 00:41:35,043 --> 00:41:37,668 That Caesar disappeared. 454 00:41:40,793 --> 00:41:44,626 Far away into the jungle that Caesar didn't like. 455 00:41:48,209 --> 00:41:53,959 Caesar the carpenter who could turn wood into anything found new friends. 456 00:42:13,001 --> 00:42:14,876 Drop the guns. 457 00:42:15,043 --> 00:42:18,709 Tell the governor we'll never give up. 458 00:42:18,959 --> 00:42:20,876 Don't make us shoot you. 459 00:42:23,418 --> 00:42:25,668 Withdraw. - And leave your guns. 460 00:42:26,209 --> 00:42:28,126 Withdraw! 461 00:42:35,626 --> 00:42:37,043 Get out of here. 462 00:42:46,918 --> 00:42:48,751 We really fooled them. 463 00:42:50,709 --> 00:42:53,001 Running from wooden rifles. 464 00:42:55,126 --> 00:42:58,459 Throw them in the fire. We have real ones now. 465 00:43:04,293 --> 00:43:07,459 Caesar, you're a real carpenter. 466 00:43:08,959 --> 00:43:11,209 My turn. Okay. 467 00:43:12,043 --> 00:43:14,459 Don't touch that, that is hot. 468 00:43:14,584 --> 00:43:16,501 One hand. Don't blow. Suck. 469 00:43:16,626 --> 00:43:19,126 You blew. - At first, but not... 470 00:43:20,418 --> 00:43:22,126 To start it. 471 00:43:25,168 --> 00:43:27,959 But most important in that field was... 472 00:43:28,084 --> 00:43:30,376 Charles de Montesquieu 473 00:43:31,043 --> 00:43:33,709 Rutger... I'm going to sleep. 474 00:43:34,668 --> 00:43:36,418 Fine. Sleep tight. 475 00:43:36,501 --> 00:43:42,043 I have to work and tell Sarith about French ideas on justice and retribution. 476 00:43:43,293 --> 00:43:44,501 Sleep tight. 477 00:43:45,584 --> 00:43:47,751 Sleep tight. - Sleep tight. 478 00:43:49,293 --> 00:43:51,459 Where is it? 479 00:43:56,709 --> 00:43:58,876 Should I fetch masra for you? 480 00:43:59,251 --> 00:44:01,334 No. No, Maisa. 481 00:44:02,334 --> 00:44:04,418 It's alright. 482 00:44:13,501 --> 00:44:16,793 You have any food for a poor hobo? 483 00:44:16,918 --> 00:44:20,418 Misi Elza, look who's here. 484 00:44:26,084 --> 00:44:27,334 Papa. 485 00:44:34,751 --> 00:44:37,876 Ashana was no fun... - Maisa, Papa is here. 486 00:44:38,001 --> 00:44:41,959 She kept complaining that all her children were gone. 487 00:44:42,376 --> 00:44:44,751 She missed you so much. 488 00:44:44,876 --> 00:44:46,793 How are you? - Fine. 489 00:44:46,918 --> 00:44:48,918 Where is Sarith? - Asleep. 490 00:44:49,043 --> 00:44:52,876 You'd think she'd want to be out and about in the bustle. 491 00:44:53,043 --> 00:44:56,126 Wake her up, Mini-mini. My responsibility. 492 00:44:56,626 --> 00:44:58,001 Quick, fetch her. 493 00:45:00,001 --> 00:45:02,668 I have something special for her... 494 00:45:02,793 --> 00:45:04,418 Someone special... 495 00:45:05,376 --> 00:45:10,376 He's seen the world. Africa, North America, China. Can you imagine? 496 00:45:10,709 --> 00:45:14,709 He's planning to stay at Jews' Savannah and teach... 497 00:45:14,834 --> 00:45:20,293 while doing scientific research then back into the world. Fascinating. 498 00:45:20,418 --> 00:45:21,751 What research? 499 00:45:21,876 --> 00:45:25,501 He's a botanist and geologist. Studied at Oxford. 500 00:45:25,793 --> 00:45:28,793 And he paints and draws too. Phenomenal. 501 00:45:29,251 --> 00:45:32,043 He sounds like a fascinating man. 502 00:45:32,168 --> 00:45:35,209 He pays for the expeditions himself. 503 00:45:35,334 --> 00:45:36,959 Just imagine. 504 00:45:37,751 --> 00:45:39,334 Abraham Cohen. 505 00:46:05,584 --> 00:46:06,709 Sarith. 506 00:47:03,334 --> 00:47:05,793 That's right, isn't it Rebecca? 507 00:47:08,918 --> 00:47:10,418 My riding jacket. 508 00:47:10,543 --> 00:47:11,709 Yes, misi. 509 00:47:11,959 --> 00:47:13,418 And my perfume. 510 00:49:13,834 --> 00:49:17,126 Why are you here? - The plantation drives me mad. 511 00:49:17,251 --> 00:49:20,918 And if you didn't know, Rebecca is leaving to marry. 512 00:49:22,543 --> 00:49:24,168 What a nerve... 513 00:49:25,084 --> 00:49:28,918 Can you imagine their animated conversations at table? 514 00:49:29,043 --> 00:49:33,251 They'll be really happy: her, the professor and his Chinese. 515 00:49:33,376 --> 00:49:34,834 Hello Rutger. 516 00:49:35,084 --> 00:49:38,584 Hi Sarith. - Do you mind if I stay longer this time? 517 00:49:38,709 --> 00:49:41,584 Of course. That's nice, isn't it Elza? 518 00:49:43,334 --> 00:49:44,834 Mini-mini. 519 00:50:05,751 --> 00:50:07,209 Mini-mini? 520 00:50:42,668 --> 00:50:46,668 A white man is allowed to have a black mistress, right? 521 00:50:46,918 --> 00:50:49,876 Maybe he fancies a white one some time? 522 00:50:52,168 --> 00:50:54,126 You smart-ass. 523 00:50:55,793 --> 00:50:59,668 Have they slept together? - Mind your own business. 524 00:51:00,168 --> 00:51:04,168 My misi is so unhappy. - My misi can't help that. 525 00:51:04,334 --> 00:51:08,501 His masra should make your misi happy. - They're sisters. 526 00:51:08,584 --> 00:51:11,793 Stop it, Maisa. They're not real sisters. 527 00:51:12,168 --> 00:51:16,293 Your misi is so mean. She acts as if she's married to him! 528 00:51:16,418 --> 00:51:20,334 You should look at your own misi. This is not our fault. 529 00:51:20,459 --> 00:51:25,418 If our misis quarrel, we'll never see each other again. 530 00:51:27,959 --> 00:51:30,043 Then leave my misi alone. 531 00:51:30,459 --> 00:51:32,668 Or you'll have me to deal with. 532 00:51:35,918 --> 00:51:38,376 No one can touch your misi. 533 00:51:38,709 --> 00:51:42,876 But it's your misi who keeps touching my masra Rutger. 534 00:51:43,418 --> 00:51:45,293 You're crazy, boy. 535 00:51:47,918 --> 00:51:49,501 Mini-mini. 536 00:51:51,293 --> 00:51:53,001 Misi Elza is pregnant. 537 00:51:54,459 --> 00:51:58,293 I haven't washed her towels in two months. 538 00:52:03,209 --> 00:52:05,293 Cheers, sweetheart. 539 00:52:10,459 --> 00:52:12,043 Can I have some? 540 00:52:23,584 --> 00:52:27,751 Let's see who drinks quickest. 1, 2... 541 00:52:27,876 --> 00:52:29,751 No, come here. - What? 542 00:52:32,001 --> 00:52:33,959 You can toast like this. 543 00:52:34,084 --> 00:52:37,084 You call scattering coins humiliating? 544 00:52:42,168 --> 00:52:44,584 Elza... - Leave her be. 545 00:52:53,126 --> 00:52:55,126 What's wrong, misi Elza? 546 00:52:55,793 --> 00:52:57,126 What's wrong? 547 00:53:07,501 --> 00:53:09,043 We have to be strong. 548 00:53:09,959 --> 00:53:11,209 What do you mean? 549 00:53:11,334 --> 00:53:13,293 Everyone makes mistakes. 550 00:53:14,751 --> 00:53:17,459 And not everyone is strong enough... 551 00:53:17,793 --> 00:53:19,251 to face the facts... 552 00:53:19,918 --> 00:53:21,876 or to change their mind. 553 00:53:23,418 --> 00:53:24,959 You really love me? 554 00:53:26,668 --> 00:53:28,376 How could you ask that? 555 00:53:38,209 --> 00:53:40,084 I don't want to hurt Elza. 556 00:53:40,959 --> 00:53:42,501 And me? 557 00:53:45,918 --> 00:53:49,084 Elza can't give you anything I can't... 558 00:53:51,668 --> 00:53:53,168 better... 559 00:53:56,043 --> 00:53:57,251 and more often. 560 00:53:58,834 --> 00:54:01,209 Elza is your sister. - No... 561 00:54:01,876 --> 00:54:03,959 We don't share a drop of blood. 562 00:54:05,834 --> 00:54:08,251 She's really a total stranger. 563 00:54:10,626 --> 00:54:13,751 I remember how you gazed at me that first time. 564 00:54:14,959 --> 00:54:16,001 You wanted me. 565 00:54:17,126 --> 00:54:19,001 Not Elza. 566 00:54:21,209 --> 00:54:24,501 You... want... me. 567 00:54:37,043 --> 00:54:40,209 Don't dare walk away. - Please step aside. 568 00:54:40,334 --> 00:54:43,376 First say what you really feel for me. - Get out. 569 00:54:43,501 --> 00:54:46,501 Out of my house. I never want to see you again. 570 00:54:46,626 --> 00:54:51,959 Keep your hands off my husband. - Your husband? You think he still is? 571 00:54:52,084 --> 00:54:55,001 Don't touch me. Don't touch... 572 00:54:55,959 --> 00:54:58,334 I said: don't touch me. 573 00:54:58,793 --> 00:55:01,376 Let go. - Behave yourself. Behave. 574 00:55:01,876 --> 00:55:06,459 Now leave my house. Mini-mini, pack your misi's things and go. 575 00:55:08,709 --> 00:55:09,709 Are you okay? 576 00:55:28,334 --> 00:55:33,584 All through the rainy season, misi said less than a slave with no tongue. 577 00:55:45,501 --> 00:55:48,501 I can't give my misi what she needs. 578 00:55:50,251 --> 00:55:55,376 Because my misi certainly won't find what she needs on the plantation. 579 00:56:02,834 --> 00:56:04,418 There's no man here. 580 00:56:05,876 --> 00:56:07,668 There is no love here. 581 00:56:11,209 --> 00:56:13,376 There's just me here. 582 00:56:15,084 --> 00:56:17,501 Me, who wants my misi to laugh. 583 00:56:20,376 --> 00:56:24,959 Because when she laughs, she has the most-most beautiful laugh. 584 00:56:29,793 --> 00:56:32,709 Ashana! Your misi has a son. 585 00:56:33,084 --> 00:56:34,959 She has a son. 586 00:56:36,959 --> 00:56:38,543 You're a grandma. 587 00:56:39,793 --> 00:56:43,126 Tell everyone: two days off from work. 588 00:56:43,334 --> 00:56:44,709 Misi Sarith. 589 00:56:46,251 --> 00:56:48,834 Misi Elza has a baby boy. 590 00:56:53,751 --> 00:56:56,334 Ashana's herbs work wonders. 591 00:56:56,584 --> 00:56:59,834 Take some and you can come with us tomorrow. 592 00:57:02,001 --> 00:57:04,084 No really. You can go. 593 00:57:05,334 --> 00:57:07,209 I can manage here. 594 00:57:07,334 --> 00:57:09,459 Your child is ill. We'll stay. 595 00:57:09,584 --> 00:57:12,126 No, go and look at that baby. 596 00:57:14,459 --> 00:57:17,834 Very well. We'll leave Ashana and Mini-mini... 597 00:57:17,959 --> 00:57:19,793 to look after you, okay? 598 00:57:20,084 --> 00:57:24,334 Have a little patience. Next time you'll come with us. 599 00:57:26,334 --> 00:57:28,501 Now we'll leave you in peace. 600 00:57:29,334 --> 00:57:30,626 Come on. 601 00:57:31,918 --> 00:57:33,418 Sleep tight. 602 00:58:09,334 --> 00:58:10,876 Mini-mini? 603 01:00:10,084 --> 01:00:11,709 Go and wash yourself. 604 01:00:34,709 --> 01:00:36,334 Good morning, misi. 605 01:00:36,793 --> 01:00:39,334 Ashana, what are you doing? 606 01:00:39,834 --> 01:00:41,834 Why haven't I had any food? 607 01:00:43,043 --> 01:00:46,418 Shall I make you some pancakes? - Ashana! 608 01:00:49,376 --> 01:00:53,293 Put that vase back, Ashana, those flowers are fine. 609 01:00:56,418 --> 01:01:00,751 Why haven't I had any food, Ashana? - Misi, I'll make pancakes. 610 01:01:00,876 --> 01:01:02,251 Look at me. 611 01:01:02,584 --> 01:01:05,918 Masras sleep with their female slaves, right? 612 01:01:06,418 --> 01:01:08,293 Yes, misi. 613 01:01:09,334 --> 01:01:10,959 Sometimes or often? 614 01:01:11,918 --> 01:01:13,293 Well? 615 01:01:14,209 --> 01:01:16,459 Often. Yes, misi. 616 01:01:18,001 --> 01:01:20,626 Do you spit on the ground then too? 617 01:01:21,001 --> 01:01:25,084 Misi Sarith, I'll do your hair... - Shut up, I'm speaking. 618 01:01:28,168 --> 01:01:30,793 What did you say? What did you say? 619 01:01:31,168 --> 01:01:33,876 You filthy nigger. 620 01:01:37,584 --> 01:01:39,876 The pig says... 621 01:01:40,001 --> 01:01:43,251 "What is yours, stays yours." 622 01:01:43,959 --> 01:01:46,626 And I'm not a filthy nigger. 623 01:01:47,209 --> 01:01:50,501 My name is Ashana. 624 01:01:57,209 --> 01:02:00,918 Ashana, Ashana is the name... 625 01:02:01,626 --> 01:02:03,959 that I can write at last. 626 01:02:21,418 --> 01:02:24,459 Please misi. She's an old woman. - Whip her. 627 01:02:25,876 --> 01:02:27,751 Please, misi. - Whip her! 628 01:02:45,543 --> 01:02:47,126 Ashana... 629 01:02:47,334 --> 01:02:49,084 mother of Maisa... 630 01:02:49,584 --> 01:02:55,584 mother of Suku and Afi who died of fever and are lying in the forest... 631 01:02:56,584 --> 01:02:58,501 Misi, isn't that enough? 632 01:03:06,543 --> 01:03:12,293 Ashana, mother of Lodewijk who is cutting sugar in the fields... 633 01:03:15,168 --> 01:03:18,043 Ashana, grandmother of Kwalu. 634 01:03:18,501 --> 01:03:20,793 who died as a little boy... 635 01:03:20,876 --> 01:03:25,543 and is not lying in the forest, but flowing in the river... 636 01:03:26,709 --> 01:03:31,043 because he had to get a hat that blew off misi Rachael's head... 637 01:03:33,668 --> 01:03:36,918 and never came back to the surface. 638 01:03:37,834 --> 01:03:39,251 Ashana. 639 01:03:40,376 --> 01:03:42,876 I've learned to write her name. 640 01:03:52,543 --> 01:03:57,876 And one clay I shall write the names of all the slaves. 641 01:04:02,043 --> 01:04:06,918 One day I'll write what the price of sugar was. 642 01:04:10,459 --> 01:04:13,251 Overseer! Come quick. Come quick. 643 01:04:14,293 --> 01:04:15,334 Masra... 644 01:04:15,709 --> 01:04:17,459 Stop the mill. 645 01:04:25,376 --> 01:04:30,001 One day I'll write who paid the price of sugar. 646 01:04:43,834 --> 01:04:46,626 What have you done, in the name of God? 647 01:04:46,751 --> 01:04:49,834 Who gives you the right to with my slave... 648 01:04:50,043 --> 01:04:53,668 Who cared for Elza like her own child, my... 649 01:04:53,876 --> 01:04:56,251 Levi. Let go of the child. 650 01:04:56,376 --> 01:04:58,293 You aren't even my father. 651 01:04:58,418 --> 01:05:01,001 She has the right to punish a slave. 652 01:05:01,126 --> 01:05:04,251 The filthy nigger thought she'd insult me. 653 01:05:04,709 --> 01:05:07,793 I demand respect, even if she is your slave. 654 01:05:09,459 --> 01:05:13,126 I'll make sure you get a home in Paramaribo. 655 01:05:13,751 --> 01:05:16,418 I never want you at this table again. 656 01:05:16,543 --> 01:05:20,168 My daughter is not going to live alone in Paramaribo. 657 01:05:20,293 --> 01:05:22,501 She isn't a black mistress. 658 01:05:22,918 --> 01:05:25,334 She is less than a black mistress. 659 01:05:26,918 --> 01:05:31,501 Mini-mini, pack my clothes. I'm leaving now. I can go anywhere. 660 01:05:31,626 --> 01:05:35,459 I can get any man I want. Any man. 661 01:05:35,876 --> 01:05:38,084 Come on, darling. 662 01:05:46,251 --> 01:05:52,668 Since the unfortunate death of your wife, production has declined dramatically. Alex. 663 01:05:54,751 --> 01:05:58,626 The figures are awful, Mr Robles, you're bankrupt. 664 01:05:59,251 --> 01:06:02,709 If the bank gives you a loan... 665 01:06:02,834 --> 01:06:04,084 A last loan. 666 01:06:05,251 --> 01:06:08,334 Very well, very well. 667 01:06:08,543 --> 01:06:11,543 Who did you have in mind... as overseer? 668 01:06:12,334 --> 01:06:14,251 You're looking at him. 669 01:06:16,168 --> 01:06:18,668 But you're retiring, I understood. 670 01:06:18,918 --> 01:06:21,209 Alex will be your new overseer. 671 01:06:22,168 --> 01:06:23,209 Sit down. 672 01:06:36,418 --> 01:06:37,459 A negro? 673 01:06:37,584 --> 01:06:41,293 It wasn't my idea. It was Rutger's idea. 674 01:06:41,543 --> 01:06:45,501 I thought it was ridiculous, but he convinced me. 675 01:06:46,459 --> 01:06:51,209 Don't ask me how, but Alex learnt to calculate. 676 01:06:51,709 --> 01:06:53,334 He can even read. 677 01:06:54,459 --> 01:06:58,501 He has the brains of a white man... 678 01:06:59,668 --> 01:07:01,959 in the body of a negro. Right? 679 01:07:03,543 --> 01:07:04,959 Look at it that way. 680 01:07:05,084 --> 01:07:06,376 Right, yes. 681 01:07:07,626 --> 01:07:10,418 You'll pay Alex off in 5 years. 682 01:07:10,543 --> 01:07:14,459 Once he's a free negro, he'll get a normal salary. 683 01:07:14,959 --> 01:07:17,918 Those are the conditions. Read them. 684 01:07:18,501 --> 01:07:21,709 And this... Alex? 685 01:07:24,084 --> 01:07:29,501 You suggest I come again to sort out... - Yes, certainly, goodbye. 686 01:07:31,834 --> 01:07:34,168 Miss Sarith, what a surprise. 687 01:07:35,043 --> 01:07:38,126 Mr Robles, how nice to see you. 688 01:07:38,584 --> 01:07:41,293 I have something to celebrate. I think. 689 01:07:41,418 --> 01:07:43,834 May I invite you for a drink? 690 01:07:43,959 --> 01:07:46,459 No, thank you. Some other time. 691 01:07:46,584 --> 01:07:47,834 Some other time. 692 01:07:49,251 --> 01:07:50,293 Goodbye. 693 01:07:55,959 --> 01:07:57,459 Why are you here? 694 01:07:57,584 --> 01:08:00,584 They say his wallet is as big as his nose. 695 01:08:00,709 --> 01:08:02,584 I asked what you wanted. 696 01:08:02,751 --> 01:08:04,459 Can we talk somewhere? 697 01:08:07,168 --> 01:08:08,709 In my office. 698 01:08:13,918 --> 01:08:15,751 You two stay here. 699 01:08:17,209 --> 01:08:22,543 If you're here for financial matters, then... - Are the rumours I hear true? 700 01:08:24,543 --> 01:08:26,418 Are you going to Holland? 701 01:08:29,876 --> 01:08:32,876 I'm going to Amsterdam for a year. 702 01:08:33,584 --> 01:08:35,459 This is your last chance. 703 01:08:35,668 --> 01:08:39,543 And then to Berlin to negotiate with the WIC... 704 01:08:49,418 --> 01:08:51,209 Elza can survive. 705 01:08:51,584 --> 01:08:54,918 There are enough boring rich men here. Wake up. 706 01:08:57,376 --> 01:08:59,709 I'm staying with the Ledesmas. 707 01:09:00,834 --> 01:09:06,251 I'm ready for Europe, Holland or wherever the wind takes us. 708 01:09:23,418 --> 01:09:29,084 But the wind to take misi Sarith away from Suriname, it never came. 709 01:09:34,168 --> 01:09:39,001 And misi Elza and masra Rutger left. Not for a year. But for always. 710 01:09:40,918 --> 01:09:43,793 I heard they went to Rome... 711 01:09:44,376 --> 01:09:46,793 and that it snowed in Amsterdam. 712 01:09:48,834 --> 01:09:53,834 I don't know what snow is. But they say it makes you happy. 713 01:09:58,543 --> 01:10:01,584 I wish it would snow here. 714 01:10:01,834 --> 01:10:07,793 That all of the snow in the world would fall on my head here in Paramaribo. 715 01:10:39,084 --> 01:10:40,584 Oh, I'm sorry. 716 01:10:41,084 --> 01:10:43,001 Mr Robles. - Miss Sarith. 717 01:10:43,126 --> 01:10:44,918 Oh God, what have I done? 718 01:10:45,043 --> 01:10:47,918 What have you done? What have I done. 719 01:10:48,043 --> 01:10:50,501 How very clumsy of me. 720 01:10:52,168 --> 01:10:54,543 I don't want to upset you. 721 01:11:01,543 --> 01:11:05,126 Miss Sarith, it's not out of my way at all. 722 01:11:05,668 --> 01:11:07,626 You're a real gentleman. 723 01:11:08,876 --> 01:11:12,751 You made this a very special evening. - So did you. 724 01:11:15,084 --> 01:11:18,126 I'd love to see Little Paradise. 725 01:11:18,459 --> 01:11:22,501 You're always welcome to come and stay. I have a guest room. 726 01:11:22,793 --> 01:11:24,126 Yes... 727 01:11:24,626 --> 01:11:26,793 Yes, that's possible. - Yes? 728 01:11:28,001 --> 01:11:30,709 Well, tell me when it's convenient. 729 01:11:33,043 --> 01:11:35,584 Why stay if we could get married? 730 01:11:43,834 --> 01:11:46,918 The lady has taste and intelligence. 731 01:11:47,084 --> 01:11:51,209 This is my most beautiful jewel. - Mini-mini, tie it for me. 732 01:11:51,293 --> 01:11:56,876 It's beautiful, but this is also excellent quality... 733 01:11:57,001 --> 01:12:00,043 and slightly less conspicuous. 734 01:12:00,501 --> 01:12:04,626 I can recommend that. Not for a wedding, but for a funeral. 735 01:12:08,376 --> 01:12:09,959 You like it? 736 01:12:33,959 --> 01:12:35,459 Lovely, isn't it? 737 01:12:35,793 --> 01:12:38,584 Cut from the very best wood. 738 01:12:43,168 --> 01:12:46,293 The cabinet is new too. For your dresses. 739 01:12:49,834 --> 01:12:52,418 You can go now, Mini-Mini. - No. 740 01:12:52,876 --> 01:12:56,043 Mimi has to take down my hair. - I can do that. 741 01:12:56,876 --> 01:13:00,001 You can go, Mini-mini. We want to be alone. 742 01:13:25,709 --> 01:13:27,418 Ach Julius, already... 743 01:13:31,334 --> 01:13:32,459 Never mind. 744 01:13:33,209 --> 01:13:35,918 Let's go to sleep. We're both tired... 745 01:13:47,751 --> 01:13:50,501 Masra Julius stopped drinking... 746 01:13:50,626 --> 01:13:54,293 and did everything all to make misi Sarith happy. 747 01:13:57,626 --> 01:13:59,001 Awa... 748 01:14:00,584 --> 01:14:03,626 Can you clean this? Brush off the leaves. 749 01:14:07,793 --> 01:14:10,793 But Little Paradise hardly saw misi Sarith. 750 01:14:10,918 --> 01:14:12,376 Why so much hurry? 751 01:14:17,751 --> 01:14:21,043 We can go next month together? - We can. 752 01:14:21,209 --> 01:14:24,793 Misi Sarith often went to stay in Paramaribo... 753 01:14:24,918 --> 01:14:29,876 to find fabric for new curtains, that became new dresses. 754 01:14:31,668 --> 01:14:37,126 And masra Julius worked hard-hard and always said "yes" to misi Sarith. 755 01:14:38,709 --> 01:14:43,709 Masra Julius wanted to turn Little Paradise into Grand Paradise. 756 01:15:12,918 --> 01:15:14,334 Welcome. 757 01:15:16,084 --> 01:15:19,543 If your mother or sister came, you could stay here. 758 01:15:19,668 --> 01:15:23,084 In this mess? You want to shame me before my family? 759 01:15:23,334 --> 01:15:28,543 I can't do everything. Anyway the living room, veranda, your bedroom... 760 01:15:28,668 --> 01:15:30,418 these are surely... 761 01:15:31,334 --> 01:15:36,626 The curtains. You were going to... - Now it's my fault this place is a pigsty? 762 01:15:38,209 --> 01:15:41,126 If I'd known this beforehand... 763 01:15:43,501 --> 01:15:44,459 Thank you. 764 01:15:46,376 --> 01:15:51,126 I realise you have to adjust. - I need a pied-a-terre in Paramaribo. 765 01:15:51,251 --> 01:15:53,709 All normal planters have one. 766 01:15:53,834 --> 01:15:56,001 We have to be frugal, don't we? 767 01:15:56,084 --> 01:16:01,043 Just listen to that Alex. Soon the slaves will be better off than me. 768 01:16:01,209 --> 01:16:04,126 That's unreasonable. - Unreasonable? 769 01:16:04,251 --> 01:16:10,376 You should think before marrying a young woman. You had your life. I want one too. 770 01:16:10,501 --> 01:16:13,876 Calm down, dear. You've only been back a few days. 771 01:16:14,001 --> 01:16:18,626 I understand someone going crazy here. I can. 772 01:16:18,751 --> 01:16:22,959 Don't say it... - I understand why your wife killed herself. 773 01:16:37,418 --> 01:16:39,043 When do you want to go? 774 01:17:23,959 --> 01:17:28,209 Everything okay? Should I worry? -It'll be all right, masra. 775 01:17:28,584 --> 01:17:29,626 Quickly... 776 01:17:59,376 --> 01:18:03,834 Can't we call him William, Arthur or something else modern? 777 01:18:03,959 --> 01:18:07,793 But Jethro is a name from the Torah. It means grand. 778 01:18:09,418 --> 01:18:11,918 That's what our love brought. 779 01:18:13,584 --> 01:18:18,043 Something grand I never dared hope would happen. 780 01:18:20,084 --> 01:18:21,418 A son. 781 01:18:23,834 --> 01:18:25,293 Mama! 782 01:18:31,834 --> 01:18:33,376 Beautiful. 783 01:18:34,376 --> 01:18:36,126 Go show it to your daddy. 784 01:18:36,918 --> 01:18:38,543 What is it, boy? 785 01:18:41,501 --> 01:18:43,334 That's really lovely. 786 01:18:45,001 --> 01:18:46,626 I don't have a plate. 787 01:18:46,834 --> 01:18:48,709 Yes, misi. Jethro. 788 01:18:48,834 --> 01:18:51,376 You want to come and fry pancakes? 789 01:19:04,043 --> 01:19:07,084 Alex... From the Loan Bank. 790 01:19:07,501 --> 01:19:09,084 Masra Rutger. 791 01:19:21,751 --> 01:19:23,168 You're free. 792 01:19:24,043 --> 01:19:25,709 Congratulations. 793 01:19:56,209 --> 01:19:59,293 It's too dangerous for you and Jethro here. 794 01:19:59,418 --> 01:20:04,293 Alex is here. And the army is two hours away. The maroons aren't crazy. 795 01:20:04,834 --> 01:20:08,668 What's the matter with you then? - Women's things. 796 01:20:08,918 --> 01:20:11,543 Please... I'll be myself in a week. 797 01:20:12,251 --> 01:20:16,251 You have business in Paramaribo. That's more important. 798 01:20:23,959 --> 01:20:25,501 Get well soon. 799 01:20:31,418 --> 01:20:33,751 Anything I can do for you, misi? 800 01:21:32,709 --> 01:21:34,168 At last. 801 01:21:34,584 --> 01:21:35,834 Come here. 802 01:22:17,959 --> 01:22:19,668 We came to free you! 803 01:22:21,084 --> 01:22:22,501 We came to free you! 804 01:22:23,543 --> 01:22:26,001 Keep calm. - Don't resist. 805 01:22:26,418 --> 01:22:27,834 We won't hurt you. 806 01:22:28,501 --> 01:22:30,793 Sit down, all of you. 807 01:22:31,001 --> 01:22:34,251 Where are the whites? Where are the white men? 808 01:22:47,709 --> 01:22:49,543 Help! Maroons! 809 01:23:00,001 --> 01:23:01,084 Come on. 810 01:23:02,334 --> 01:23:04,584 Take the spade. - No forest for me. 811 01:23:04,709 --> 01:23:06,001 Go on inside. 812 01:23:06,959 --> 01:23:07,959 Hide, hurry. 813 01:23:08,293 --> 01:23:09,834 Come on now. 814 01:23:09,959 --> 01:23:11,668 Go on, inside! 815 01:23:14,418 --> 01:23:17,168 What are you doing? Stop them! 816 01:23:18,751 --> 01:23:20,376 Come on, get them. 817 01:23:45,959 --> 01:23:48,418 What are you doing here, Hendrik? 818 01:23:51,376 --> 01:23:53,168 This is not your house. 819 01:23:56,709 --> 01:23:57,793 Hendrik. 820 01:23:58,626 --> 01:24:00,168 Go away. 821 01:24:05,251 --> 01:24:07,126 Get out of here, Hendrik! 822 01:24:08,126 --> 01:24:10,084 Get out of here, Hendrik! 823 01:24:37,084 --> 01:24:38,918 There's a white man! 824 01:24:39,501 --> 01:24:40,543 Maroons. 825 01:24:45,543 --> 01:24:47,043 Quick. - Go, go. 826 01:24:47,168 --> 01:24:48,793 Misi, hide. - Come! 827 01:24:48,918 --> 01:24:51,543 Come on, misi. - Come and hide. 828 01:24:53,334 --> 01:24:54,876 In the closet. 829 01:24:55,584 --> 01:24:56,626 Go on. 830 01:25:09,168 --> 01:25:10,709 Inside. 831 01:25:16,834 --> 01:25:19,793 Where are the whites? - They're not here. 832 01:25:19,918 --> 01:25:25,209 They left by boat for Paramaribo. I'm here alone. Don't kill me. Spare me. 833 01:25:25,626 --> 01:25:28,918 Look yourself. The boat has gone. They left. 834 01:25:29,876 --> 01:25:33,084 But I know where the drink is. I can show you. 835 01:25:33,168 --> 01:25:35,959 Bring the food and drink here. 836 01:25:38,084 --> 01:25:40,543 No, go. Come down with me. 837 01:25:40,834 --> 01:25:43,709 Stop griping, woman. Hurry. 838 01:26:00,668 --> 01:26:01,793 Caesar... 839 01:26:01,918 --> 01:26:05,876 That white misi? - The oldies say she went to Paramaribo. 840 01:26:06,543 --> 01:26:08,043 But I'm not so sure. 841 01:26:08,501 --> 01:26:11,626 That one futuboi didn't see her on the boat. 842 01:26:11,751 --> 01:26:13,709 Look in the slave quarters. 843 01:26:13,918 --> 01:26:16,376 Go and look in the slave quarters. 844 01:26:16,668 --> 01:26:20,793 I want to whip her to death. - Yes, let's whip her. 845 01:26:21,084 --> 01:26:24,626 Whip her to death, like she did grandma Ashana. 846 01:26:41,501 --> 01:26:42,543 Darling. 847 01:26:43,001 --> 01:26:46,376 Darling, come here. I'm talking to you. 848 01:26:47,793 --> 01:26:49,918 Come here to me. 849 01:26:51,001 --> 01:26:54,168 Have you been broken open? Gimme a kiss. 850 01:26:56,209 --> 01:26:57,668 What are you up to? 851 01:26:58,001 --> 01:27:01,126 What were you planning to do? Don't touch me. 852 01:27:01,251 --> 01:27:02,793 Leave her alone. 853 01:27:03,459 --> 01:27:06,251 Who do you think you are? Filthy devil. 854 01:27:07,126 --> 01:27:11,751 Learning white man's bad manners'? You're a beast just like them? 855 01:27:11,918 --> 01:27:16,084 You talk too much. Give me the girl. What are you going to do? 856 01:27:16,543 --> 01:27:20,001 If you want to break a woman open, break me open. 857 01:27:22,501 --> 01:27:24,376 No, don't touch me. 858 01:27:26,418 --> 01:27:27,876 Leave me alone. 859 01:27:28,084 --> 01:27:30,876 Take me. - What are you doing? Here. 860 01:27:31,834 --> 01:27:33,918 You can massage my back. 861 01:27:37,626 --> 01:27:39,501 Go away, woman. 862 01:27:40,751 --> 01:27:43,418 Hey, don't behave like a pig. 863 01:28:00,834 --> 01:28:03,334 Wake up. Hurry. 864 01:28:08,293 --> 01:28:10,376 Take what you want. 865 01:28:17,168 --> 01:28:18,751 Are you coming too? 866 01:28:37,293 --> 01:28:39,709 Grandma, grandma. 867 01:28:44,751 --> 01:28:46,959 Grandma. Come with me. Go on. 868 01:28:48,001 --> 01:28:51,834 We're going to burn the house down. Come down with me. 869 01:28:51,959 --> 01:28:53,293 No... 870 01:28:55,043 --> 01:28:57,001 No. Don't set fire to it. 871 01:28:57,126 --> 01:28:59,751 Look what you're doing. No, no fire. 872 01:29:02,584 --> 01:29:05,043 No, don't set fire to it. 873 01:29:05,293 --> 01:29:06,834 Grandma, get out now. 874 01:29:07,459 --> 01:29:09,251 You have to get out. 875 01:29:09,376 --> 01:29:11,709 Don't do it. Don't. 876 01:29:25,668 --> 01:29:28,501 Don't wear that. - What are you doing? 877 01:29:28,584 --> 01:29:31,209 You can't wear white men's things. 878 01:29:45,293 --> 01:29:48,459 Stop. Where did that child come from? 879 01:29:48,751 --> 01:29:52,876 I had to take care of the boy. - Who else is back there? 880 01:29:55,918 --> 01:29:57,084 Mini-mini... 881 01:29:57,543 --> 01:29:59,584 Where were you? - I didn't know... 882 01:29:59,751 --> 01:30:01,751 Come with me. - No, let go. 883 01:30:01,876 --> 01:30:05,459 Come, or you'll burn. It's burning. Are you crazy? 884 01:30:05,584 --> 01:30:08,334 I won't. - I'll free you. You're free. 885 01:30:08,459 --> 01:30:10,751 I don't want you. I want Hendrik. 886 01:30:11,043 --> 01:30:13,709 But that man is long gone. 887 01:30:15,376 --> 01:30:18,293 Soldiers. Soldiers. 888 01:30:45,501 --> 01:30:49,126 Go inside. Sarith. Jethro. 889 01:30:52,918 --> 01:30:54,043 Where is mama? 890 01:30:54,251 --> 01:30:56,293 Where is Sarith? Upstairs? 891 01:30:56,418 --> 01:30:58,334 Outside, outside. 892 01:31:00,418 --> 01:31:03,043 Water, blankets. Put out the fire. 893 01:31:23,584 --> 01:31:25,459 How long was this going on? 894 01:31:29,334 --> 01:31:30,459 How long? 895 01:31:34,543 --> 01:31:36,293 Does masra want a drink? 896 01:31:38,709 --> 01:31:40,793 As long as Jethro? 897 01:31:43,168 --> 01:31:44,959 As long as Jethro? 898 01:31:50,043 --> 01:31:52,626 Don't get mad at misi Sarith. 899 01:31:53,293 --> 01:31:56,459 She made mistakes, but she's still young. 900 01:31:56,626 --> 01:31:59,918 Did the maroons leave any drink? I need some. 901 01:32:08,501 --> 01:32:10,418 No wine, no cognac? 902 01:32:10,543 --> 01:32:14,876 They took it all, masra. Shall I make you some sugar water? 903 01:32:34,209 --> 01:32:36,418 Can someone be honest with me? 904 01:32:38,918 --> 01:32:40,293 Your misi... 905 01:32:40,918 --> 01:32:43,626 Did she have many lovers? 906 01:32:47,543 --> 01:32:49,543 How many men were there... 907 01:32:50,126 --> 01:32:52,001 since we married? 908 01:32:57,209 --> 01:33:00,334 How many? - Masra, may I not answer? 909 01:33:01,876 --> 01:33:06,834 It's good to be honest but sometimes it's better to stay silent. 910 01:33:07,126 --> 01:33:09,209 Why do you defend your misi? 911 01:33:15,668 --> 01:33:16,709 Why? 912 01:33:23,043 --> 01:33:25,584 However many mistakes she makes? 913 01:33:26,584 --> 01:33:27,918 Why? 914 01:33:30,959 --> 01:33:32,126 It's how it is. 915 01:33:33,209 --> 01:33:36,543 My misi is all there is. There's nothing else. 916 01:33:38,793 --> 01:33:43,376 But you know the difference between good and evil, don't you? 917 01:33:43,543 --> 01:33:47,709 Misi Sarith isn't bad or wrong. Misi Sarith... is unhappy. 918 01:33:49,626 --> 01:33:51,876 I don't want her to be unhappy. 919 01:33:52,043 --> 01:33:57,001 I want her laughing and cheerful. You know how beautiful she is then. 920 01:34:05,709 --> 01:34:08,001 You're too good for your misi. 921 01:34:25,376 --> 01:34:29,543 I think it's best if you go to Paramaribo right away. 922 01:34:34,834 --> 01:34:36,126 It's not you. 923 01:34:39,251 --> 01:34:42,959 I hope you're sensible enough not to disgrace my name. 924 01:34:50,376 --> 01:34:54,626 Tell Mini-mini to pack my things. - Mini-mini is staying. 925 01:34:54,751 --> 01:34:56,626 I'll call another slave. 926 01:34:59,918 --> 01:35:04,751 Mini-mini has to look after Jethro. - That's why she's staying. 927 01:35:46,001 --> 01:35:50,084 I'd never been without my misi for more than one day. 928 01:35:51,376 --> 01:35:55,043 I did not know how misi felt or what she wanted to eat. 929 01:35:57,084 --> 01:36:00,501 Misi Sarith slowly faded from my thoughts. 930 01:36:27,626 --> 01:36:30,626 You want that? Shall I do it? 931 01:36:32,168 --> 01:36:34,959 Shall we ask Mini-mini to eat with us? 932 01:36:36,084 --> 01:36:38,084 Shall we ask? - Yes. 933 01:36:39,751 --> 01:36:41,126 Mini-mini... 934 01:36:41,459 --> 01:36:44,459 Yes, masra. - Would you lay another place? 935 01:37:41,334 --> 01:37:43,459 Mini-mini, come here. 936 01:37:46,168 --> 01:37:48,251 There's just a few mistakes. 937 01:37:51,876 --> 01:37:55,418 Look. The "t" has to be the other way round. 938 01:37:57,626 --> 01:37:59,668 You see? Now you. 939 01:38:11,209 --> 01:38:13,334 Like that? 940 01:38:19,043 --> 01:38:20,084 Mini-mini... 941 01:38:26,668 --> 01:38:28,126 may I kiss you? 942 01:38:34,543 --> 01:38:37,459 If you don't want, I won't do anything. 943 01:38:37,668 --> 01:38:41,001 I want you to stay the mother of my son... 944 01:38:41,918 --> 01:38:45,209 who is not my son and you're not the mother... 945 01:38:46,918 --> 01:38:48,668 but he's still our child. 946 01:38:52,709 --> 01:38:54,251 But masra... 947 01:38:55,293 --> 01:38:56,834 It's not good... 948 01:38:56,959 --> 01:39:00,584 I don't know what to do any more than you. Really. 949 01:40:30,668 --> 01:40:31,709 Hello, misi. 950 01:40:32,334 --> 01:40:34,459 Is misi eating too? 951 01:40:35,001 --> 01:40:37,334 I'll lay a place for you. 952 01:40:53,751 --> 01:40:55,043 Hello, misi. 953 01:40:56,334 --> 01:40:58,084 Say hello to your mama. 954 01:40:58,876 --> 01:41:02,251 Jethro, go and wash your hands and face first. 955 01:41:04,709 --> 01:41:06,126 You stay here. 956 01:41:19,334 --> 01:41:22,501 Why are you here? Why didn't you inform us? 957 01:41:22,668 --> 01:41:26,918 I'm coming to live here again. We're married, remember? 958 01:41:31,959 --> 01:41:34,001 Why is she wearing a blouse? 959 01:41:36,709 --> 01:41:38,709 Mini-mini look at me. 960 01:41:41,001 --> 01:41:43,918 Look me in the eye and dare to lie to me. 961 01:41:44,001 --> 01:41:47,668 Why are you wearing my blouse? - Leave her out of this. 962 01:41:48,626 --> 01:41:52,251 This doesn't involve her, but you. And maybe me. 963 01:41:52,334 --> 01:41:55,459 Leave her out of it. What do you want to know? 964 01:41:56,459 --> 01:42:00,251 If you think you can take that slave as your mistress... 965 01:42:00,376 --> 01:42:04,459 and humiliate me in front of everyone, you're wrong. 966 01:42:04,959 --> 01:42:07,418 Mini-mini is not my mistress. 967 01:42:07,543 --> 01:42:09,668 Mini-mini is my love. 968 01:42:17,459 --> 01:42:20,168 As if you know anything about love. 969 01:42:23,834 --> 01:42:26,626 As if you know anything about... 970 01:42:27,043 --> 01:42:31,001 desire, yearning, pain... 971 01:42:31,126 --> 01:42:36,334 humiliation, self-hatred. You're so boring. 972 01:42:42,501 --> 01:42:44,126 What do you want to do? 973 01:42:46,418 --> 01:42:49,334 Put me in the slave quarters? 974 01:42:50,584 --> 01:42:54,751 Let me sleep by the door on a mat? 975 01:42:55,126 --> 01:43:00,751 Then I come into the bedroom to wipe your sperm off her face? 976 01:43:03,543 --> 01:43:05,001 What do you want? 977 01:43:05,293 --> 01:43:08,543 We going to Paramaribo as soon as possible. 978 01:43:08,959 --> 01:43:11,501 We'll have our marriage annulled. 979 01:43:12,168 --> 01:43:15,126 Our marriage that you never respected. 980 01:43:17,293 --> 01:43:23,293 I'll bear the financial consequences and hope you find a new love soon... 981 01:43:23,959 --> 01:43:25,918 and that you'll be happy. 982 01:43:30,834 --> 01:43:31,959 And Jethro? 983 01:43:34,043 --> 01:43:36,459 You never cared about that boy. 984 01:43:38,043 --> 01:43:39,584 You want my house... 985 01:43:40,501 --> 01:43:44,251 my honour, my child? To take it all? - No. 986 01:43:45,834 --> 01:43:47,876 I give you back your life. 987 01:43:49,126 --> 01:43:51,001 The life you seem to want. 988 01:43:51,959 --> 01:43:53,084 Freedom. 989 01:43:56,376 --> 01:43:59,084 Don't think you're rid of me easily. 990 01:44:01,543 --> 01:44:03,168 Jethro is my child. 991 01:44:03,418 --> 01:44:05,751 Mine and... -and mine. 992 01:44:06,626 --> 01:44:09,293 Check the birth certificate. 993 01:44:10,501 --> 01:44:12,751 Is that how you want to play it? 994 01:44:13,043 --> 01:44:16,293 This is the way. Respecting the law... 995 01:44:16,418 --> 01:44:19,459 and for contract. And respecting you. 996 01:44:20,626 --> 01:44:25,959 Believe me when I wish you the best. I hope you find someone to be happy with. 997 01:44:26,959 --> 01:44:28,876 As happy as you are now? 998 01:44:31,418 --> 01:44:33,043 Just as happy as me. 999 01:44:34,501 --> 01:44:35,959 With my slave. 1000 01:44:39,168 --> 01:44:40,584 With Mini-mini. 1001 01:44:56,876 --> 01:44:58,251 And you? 1002 01:45:02,418 --> 01:45:03,959 Are you happy too? 1003 01:45:08,751 --> 01:45:09,959 Yes, misi... 1004 01:45:14,626 --> 01:45:16,293 I can't hear you. 1005 01:45:34,168 --> 01:45:35,376 What did you say? 1006 01:45:37,668 --> 01:45:38,876 Yes. 1007 01:45:40,168 --> 01:45:42,501 I -am -happy... 1008 01:45:43,751 --> 01:45:45,251 with Julius. 1009 01:46:37,168 --> 01:46:40,459 All good things come from France. 1010 01:46:41,084 --> 01:46:44,459 Excuse me for leaving your wonderful company. 1011 01:46:45,043 --> 01:46:48,293 We have old Dutch stewed pears for dessert! 1012 01:46:48,501 --> 01:46:52,293 I have a headache. Nothing serious. I'll lie down. 1013 01:46:54,043 --> 01:46:55,918 That's a great pity. 1014 01:46:57,501 --> 01:46:59,543 But you're staying, right? 1015 01:47:00,084 --> 01:47:02,709 I'll do anything for stewed pears. 1016 01:47:43,793 --> 01:47:45,668 Mr Van Beunekom? 1017 01:49:39,126 --> 01:49:40,543 Where is Mini-mini? 1018 01:49:41,543 --> 01:49:42,459 No idea. 1019 01:49:48,084 --> 01:49:49,751 What? 1020 01:49:50,376 --> 01:49:51,459 Where is she? 1021 01:49:52,334 --> 01:49:53,543 How should I know? 1022 01:49:58,751 --> 01:50:00,459 She's my slave. 1023 01:50:01,334 --> 01:50:03,626 I can do with her as I please. 1024 01:50:04,959 --> 01:50:08,251 If you touched her... - I sold her. 1025 01:50:10,584 --> 01:50:11,584 Who to? 1026 01:50:12,626 --> 01:50:15,209 Who to? - Let go of me. 1027 01:50:17,001 --> 01:50:20,043 To a trader. No idea of his name. 1028 01:50:21,834 --> 01:50:25,668 Don't you have any illusions. She's been sold on! 1029 01:50:30,709 --> 01:50:33,584 Masra van Beunekom took her with him. 1030 01:50:41,334 --> 01:50:45,251 Is Van Beunekom here? - Auction's closed. Open on Friday. 1031 01:50:45,376 --> 01:50:47,543 Is Van Beunekom inside? 1032 01:51:03,418 --> 01:51:07,543 These are freshwater neg roes. They arrived yesterday. 1033 01:51:07,834 --> 01:51:10,251 I doubt she's here. 1034 01:51:10,418 --> 01:51:13,251 What's the name? - I'll pay you. How much? 1035 01:51:13,709 --> 01:51:15,043 Say what you want. 1036 01:51:16,043 --> 01:51:19,834 You or one of your men picked her up from the Ledesmas. 1037 01:51:20,501 --> 01:51:22,668 Tell me where she is, please! 1038 01:51:22,793 --> 01:51:26,543 What do you think? We're a respectable trading house. 1039 01:51:26,668 --> 01:51:32,126 Don't try and bribe me. - You misunderstand. I want her back. 1040 01:51:32,251 --> 01:51:34,668 I have money. - Calm down. 1041 01:51:35,584 --> 01:51:37,251 Just act normally. 1042 01:51:37,918 --> 01:51:39,834 I didn't tell you. 1043 01:51:41,043 --> 01:51:42,459 Money. 1044 01:51:44,959 --> 01:51:48,501 Try the Smuggler's Field. But hurry. 1045 01:51:48,626 --> 01:51:50,876 I think they're sailing today. 1046 01:51:51,918 --> 01:51:54,168 Make sure you have enough money. 1047 01:51:54,376 --> 01:51:57,543 She's worth 500. You're paying for two. 1048 01:51:58,126 --> 01:51:59,168 How come? 1049 01:52:00,376 --> 01:52:01,626 She's pregnant. 1050 01:52:41,751 --> 01:52:43,293 Can I have a word? 1051 01:52:45,793 --> 01:52:50,584 If you take what's yours, I'll take mine. - Let go of me. Let go of me. 1052 01:52:52,668 --> 01:52:55,001 What are you doing? Let go. 1053 01:53:34,001 --> 01:53:37,334 Come on, get out. 1054 01:53:41,626 --> 01:53:43,709 Hey, you look nice. 1055 01:53:45,334 --> 01:53:47,459 Come. Come on. 1056 01:53:49,001 --> 01:53:52,418 One after the other, in line. 1057 01:53:58,293 --> 01:54:00,376 Stop here. 1058 01:54:00,834 --> 01:54:02,251 Mouth open. 1059 01:54:02,543 --> 01:54:04,209 Open your mouth. 1060 01:54:07,043 --> 01:54:08,543 And what have we here? 1061 01:54:08,709 --> 01:54:11,084 Come here, then. 1062 01:54:11,959 --> 01:54:15,834 That's one nice blouse. Nothing for a slave to wear. 1063 01:54:16,293 --> 01:54:18,293 Take it off. 1064 01:54:49,959 --> 01:54:51,418 What do you want? 1065 01:54:51,501 --> 01:54:52,918 Who are you? 1066 01:54:57,709 --> 01:54:59,876 That slave... she's me. 1067 01:55:02,876 --> 01:55:05,043 I have no time. We're leaving. 1068 01:55:08,251 --> 01:55:10,168 Wait, wait. Let go of him. 1069 01:55:17,793 --> 01:55:21,293 That's enough for a slave. You want to insult me? 1070 01:55:24,459 --> 01:55:25,793 What's that? 1071 01:55:26,668 --> 01:55:27,876 Give me. 1072 01:55:58,334 --> 01:55:59,876 Here are my rings. 1073 01:56:03,043 --> 01:56:04,334 Here you are. 1074 01:56:19,584 --> 01:56:21,001 Here you are. 1075 01:56:32,584 --> 01:56:35,334 People like you are a pestilence. 1076 01:56:36,126 --> 01:56:41,376 You don't realise the significance of superiority in God's creation? 1077 01:56:44,251 --> 01:56:45,251 Let her go. 1078 01:57:44,043 --> 01:57:46,459 My name is Mini-mini... 1079 01:57:50,043 --> 01:57:52,251 daughter of Kwasiba... 1080 01:57:52,376 --> 01:57:54,793 granddaughter of Kwemba. 1081 01:57:57,209 --> 01:58:02,626 I'm the mother of Jethro who isn't my blood but is my child. 1082 01:58:04,751 --> 01:58:08,209 I'm the mother of Nina who is my blood. 1083 01:58:08,459 --> 01:58:10,626 She's mine and Julius'. 1084 01:58:24,084 --> 01:58:27,084 And another child is growing in me. 1085 01:58:33,918 --> 01:58:39,293 I live with my children's father at Brickmakers Creek in Paramaribo. 1086 01:58:39,418 --> 01:58:42,709 Their family name is Robles Medina. 1087 01:58:50,043 --> 01:58:51,918 I'm a free coloured. 1088 01:58:53,251 --> 01:58:55,459 I am Mini-mini. 1089 01:59:29,418 --> 01:59:31,668 I came at once. How is he? 1090 01:59:37,793 --> 01:59:39,959 You want to be alone with him? 1091 01:59:44,626 --> 01:59:46,251 Julius, Sarith is here. 1092 02:00:15,751 --> 02:00:17,501 He'll be all right. 1093 02:00:17,668 --> 02:00:19,168 He's a strong boy. 1094 02:00:35,459 --> 02:00:38,168 He couldn't have had a better mother. 1095 02:00:43,751 --> 02:00:46,626 I couldn't have had a better friend. 1096 02:00:52,459 --> 02:00:53,834 I'm sorry. 1097 02:01:03,918 --> 02:01:05,418 Please... 1098 02:01:06,584 --> 02:01:08,126 can you forgive me? 1099 02:01:11,834 --> 02:01:15,834 I can't forgive you. You will have to do that yourself. 79675

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