1 00:01:00,125 --> 00:01:04,875 The day of the beautiful death has finally arrived 2 00:01:06,166 --> 00:01:10,791 Let's go back to the source 3 00:01:12,041 --> 00:01:16,541 Let's return to the raging sea 4 00:01:47,125 --> 00:01:48,416 My love, 5 00:01:51,125 --> 00:01:52,541 I beg you, 6 00:01:55,625 --> 00:01:56,916 don't forget me. 7 00:02:05,208 --> 00:02:07,333 Watch over our daughter, 8 00:02:10,625 --> 00:02:11,958 promise it! 9 00:02:19,083 --> 00:02:21,083 Remember, Massamba, 10 00:02:23,375 --> 00:02:25,125 of your power as a witch doctor. 11 00:02:30,416 --> 00:02:32,250 Through your ancestral prayers, 12 00:02:34,625 --> 00:02:36,500 you will save yours. 13 00:04:30,125 --> 00:04:31,208 Stop! 14 00:05:15,375 --> 00:05:16,333 Come on. 15 00:05:21,500 --> 00:05:22,583 Cicero... 16 00:05:35,583 --> 00:05:37,583 The most cowardly of fetishists... 17 00:05:39,250 --> 00:05:41,375 You abandoned us, huh? 18 00:05:44,208 --> 00:05:45,750 We should cut your throat. 19 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:48,083 Dog of the white people! 20 00:05:53,583 --> 00:05:54,750 It's good. 21 00:06:14,083 --> 00:06:15,500 What do you have? 22 00:06:17,250 --> 00:06:19,291 Ruba gave me direction. 23 00:06:19,750 --> 00:06:23,583 A track goes to the southwest. 24 00:06:24,125 --> 00:06:27,500 She joins Fi-boumi-diam-yi-dogue. 25 00:06:27,875 --> 00:06:28,916 We can escape. 26 00:06:29,083 --> 00:06:31,458 Fi-boumi-diam-yi-dogue does not exist. 27 00:06:33,041 --> 00:06:34,208 Do you hear me? 28 00:06:35,958 --> 00:06:39,083 Everyone who goes there dies. 29 00:07:04,541 --> 00:07:05,625 Let's start again. 30 00:08:41,833 --> 00:08:43,458 On the third leak, 31 00:08:44,791 --> 00:08:46,333 it will be death. 32 00:09:26,625 --> 00:09:27,541 Mati! 33 00:09:33,416 --> 00:09:34,916 Calm down, I'm here. 34 00:09:39,541 --> 00:09:40,750 Listen to me. 35 00:09:42,541 --> 00:09:43,791 Stay with me. 36 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,541 Don't worry, I'm going to chase him away. 37 00:10:41,958 --> 00:10:43,833 It'll be OK. 38 00:11:02,583 --> 00:11:03,833 What do you want? 39 00:11:05,958 --> 00:11:07,583 Spirit, I see you. 40 00:11:08,958 --> 00:11:10,416 Leave my hut! 41 00:11:12,708 --> 00:11:15,166 What do you see, father? 42 00:11:15,333 --> 00:11:16,583 Mame Ngessou. 43 00:11:17,500 --> 00:11:19,791 Has she left? 44 00:11:21,958 --> 00:11:23,541 This is no coincidence! 45 00:11:23,708 --> 00:11:25,625 She took on the appearance of your mother. 46 00:11:27,875 --> 00:11:31,458 Father, she can help us. 47 00:11:32,833 --> 00:11:34,000 Let her in. 48 00:11:35,083 --> 00:11:38,208 You have the Power, everyone will follow you. 49 00:11:38,375 --> 00:11:43,041 We will kill our masters... We will kill them all. 50 00:11:44,083 --> 00:11:46,125 - Father... - Shut up. 51 00:11:52,125 --> 00:11:53,458 Stop, Colette! 52 00:12:00,125 --> 00:12:02,416 My name is Mati, not Colette. 53 00:12:05,541 --> 00:12:07,041 Your name is Colette. 54 00:12:08,666 --> 00:12:10,333 You learn their language, 55 00:12:11,083 --> 00:12:13,416 and you will be a seamstress, far from here. 56 00:12:13,583 --> 00:12:16,375 You will neither be whipped nor raped. 57 00:12:18,125 --> 00:12:19,666 And one day, 58 00:12:20,875 --> 00:12:22,708 you will be freed. 59 00:12:40,333 --> 00:12:41,583 Trust me. 60 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,041 Father ? 61 00:19:33,375 --> 00:19:34,333 Mati! 62 00:20:11,875 --> 00:20:12,958 Where is my daughter? 63 00:20:13,375 --> 00:20:15,583 Back off immediately! 64 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:18,625 Colette left that way. 65 00:23:03,458 --> 00:23:04,916 Tell us where she went! 66 00:23:05,583 --> 00:23:06,583 Speak ! 67 00:24:11,291 --> 00:24:12,541 Do you know 68 00:24:13,666 --> 00:24:14,833 who am I? 69 00:25:47,041 --> 00:25:48,750 Fi-boumi-diam-yi-dogue! 70 00:25:55,208 --> 00:25:56,791 Fi-boumi-diam-yi-dogue? 71 00:28:07,708 --> 00:28:08,458 Ruba! 72 00:28:09,041 --> 00:28:10,458 I beg you, help me. 73 00:30:43,458 --> 00:30:46,250 Ruba, I will never forget what you did. 74 00:31:33,791 --> 00:31:35,083 My love, 75 00:31:36,375 --> 00:31:37,916 listen to my voice, 76 00:31:38,958 --> 00:31:40,791 I see our daughter. 77 00:33:11,458 --> 00:33:13,125 Walk towards her, 78 00:33:15,833 --> 00:33:17,625 never stop, Massamba. 79 00:33:21,958 --> 00:33:25,208 The sun will guide you. 80 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,375 My love, 81 00:38:15,875 --> 00:38:17,708 do you feel me against you? 82 00:38:23,208 --> 00:38:24,791 Let me in. 83 00:38:29,375 --> 00:38:32,791 You must renew the pact 84 00:38:33,541 --> 00:38:35,166 of your ancestors. 85 00:38:36,125 --> 00:38:37,208 Follow me. 86 00:41:06,166 --> 00:41:06,833 Run! 87 00:57:16,666 --> 00:57:18,041 My love, 88 00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:28,041 restore the blood pact. 89 00:57:32,458 --> 00:57:33,625 Close your eyes, 90 00:57:36,166 --> 00:57:37,791 listen to my voice, 91 00:57:39,958 --> 00:57:42,208 and I will take you to the sea. 92 01:00:24,166 --> 01:00:26,041 I'm looking for my daughter. 93 01:02:19,583 --> 01:02:21,583 There is no salvation in Madagascar. 94 01:02:22,291 --> 01:02:24,125 Your shipwreck 95 01:02:25,583 --> 01:02:26,875 is a sign. 96 01:02:29,041 --> 01:02:30,666 I'm going to look 97 01:02:32,125 --> 01:02:34,125 Fi-boumi-diam-yi-dogue with you. 98 01:02:39,125 --> 01:02:40,291 Let's go. 99 01:02:41,333 --> 01:02:42,833 Quick, they're looking for us. 100 01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:23,250 Come on, quickly. 101 01:05:31,291 --> 01:05:32,750 I don't want to run away anymore. 102 01:05:34,083 --> 01:05:37,041 What do you want to do? 103 01:05:43,333 --> 01:05:45,125 You were right, my daughter. 104 01:05:51,333 --> 01:05:53,416 I have to renew the pact. 105 01:06:20,625 --> 01:06:21,791 Mame Ngessou, 106 01:06:23,125 --> 01:06:25,625 in the dark I read your name, 107 01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:28,333 of your law I gird my forehead. 108 01:06:29,541 --> 01:06:32,083 I denied the dignity of my ancestors, 109 01:06:32,791 --> 01:06:34,500 I accepted the iron of the Whites. 110 01:06:36,666 --> 01:06:38,583 Shame on me! 111 01:06:43,625 --> 01:06:44,875 Mame Ngessou. 112 01:06:49,958 --> 01:06:53,750 I sacrifice my blood to renew the pact. 113 01:07:02,750 --> 01:07:04,125 Make me strong. 114 01:07:04,458 --> 01:07:05,750 Help me 115 01:07:05,916 --> 01:07:07,666 to fight the whites. 116 01:07:07,916 --> 01:07:09,833 I call for bravery of our lineage. 117 01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:13,541 Your courage, my courage, our courage, 118 01:07:13,708 --> 01:07:15,500 I hold them in my hands. 119 01:07:27,958 --> 01:07:29,500 Enter, Mame Ngessou. 120 01:07:52,458 --> 01:07:53,875 My love, 121 01:07:56,375 --> 01:07:58,375 now, we are now one. 122 01:12:10,458 --> 01:12:12,125 Cursed sugar! 123 01:12:13,666 --> 01:12:17,166 Linked by blood, we will take back this island. 124 01:12:17,333 --> 01:12:18,875 Please, 125 01:12:19,250 --> 01:12:22,000 stay alive, Massamba. 126 01:12:33,125 --> 01:12:34,791 We must continue. 127 01:12:50,791 --> 01:12:51,875 Courage. 128 01:13:10,500 --> 01:13:11,708 Courage. 129 01:14:06,541 --> 01:14:08,333 Help! 130 01:14:56,958 --> 01:15:00,250 We are looking for Fi-boumi-diam-yi-dogue. 131 01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:05,250 Who is it ? 132 01:15:05,416 --> 01:15:06,708 My father. 133 01:15:07,750 --> 01:15:09,166 Where are you from ? 134 01:15:09,416 --> 01:15:10,916 From the Larcenet plantation. 135 01:20:42,916 --> 01:20:44,541 Be welcomed in Ngor, 136 01:20:46,041 --> 01:20:48,000 Fi-boumi-diam-yi-dogue. 137 01:20:48,666 --> 01:20:52,166 Upon entering here, you are saved with your father. 138 01:21:06,458 --> 01:21:08,916 Here there are many Wolofs like you, 139 01:21:10,708 --> 01:21:12,041 but also of the Bambaras, 140 01:21:12,625 --> 01:21:13,875 Mandingos, 141 01:21:14,625 --> 01:21:15,541 of the Fulani, 142 01:21:16,208 --> 01:21:17,500 Malagasy people, 143 01:21:18,125 --> 01:21:19,166 Dogons, 144 01:21:20,291 --> 01:21:21,416 Bantus, 145 01:21:22,333 --> 01:21:23,500 Yorubas... 146 01:21:23,958 --> 01:21:27,958 We worship the same goddess, 147 01:21:28,250 --> 01:21:32,083 who dies and is reborn in the sea. 148 01:21:37,166 --> 01:21:39,416 You, the Wolofs, call her Mame Ngessou. 149 01:21:43,833 --> 01:21:45,958 But we, we call her Mami Wata. 150 01:22:01,416 --> 01:22:05,083 Your daughter has been initiated. 151 01:22:05,458 --> 01:22:08,166 The youngest among us were born here, 152 01:22:08,333 --> 01:22:10,375 on this island. 153 01:22:11,583 --> 01:22:14,500 They don't know anything about our past. 154 01:22:14,958 --> 01:22:17,208 So here, everyone tells their story. 155 01:22:19,041 --> 01:22:20,125 Your turn. 156 01:22:27,291 --> 01:22:29,541 My name is Massamba Fall, 157 01:22:36,625 --> 01:22:39,125 husband of Ngone Ndiaye, father of Mati. 158 01:22:40,750 --> 01:22:42,708 I was born in the kingdom of Cajor, 159 01:22:46,250 --> 01:22:48,583 between the north and Saloum. 160 01:22:50,416 --> 01:22:52,291 I am descended from a family 161 01:22:52,708 --> 01:22:53,875 fetishists. 162 01:23:03,541 --> 01:23:04,791 My wife 163 01:23:09,958 --> 01:23:13,333 was killed in the white boat, 164 01:23:18,083 --> 01:23:21,625 because she did not want to be a slave. 165 01:23:24,500 --> 01:23:26,041 A true warrior! 166 01:23:28,000 --> 01:23:29,375 A real tieddo! 167 01:23:32,083 --> 01:23:33,333 By her breast, 168 01:23:35,458 --> 01:23:38,125 she passed on her courage to my daughter, 169 01:23:38,833 --> 01:23:39,791 Mati. 170 01:23:48,791 --> 01:23:51,750 And you, the brave one, do you have something to tell us? 171 01:23:51,916 --> 01:23:53,583 I am Mati Fall, 172 01:23:54,916 --> 01:23:57,958 daughter of Massamba and Ngone Ndiaye. 173 01:24:01,125 --> 01:24:04,375 I remember from a story from my mother. 174 01:24:05,833 --> 01:24:07,833 She really liked telling it to me. 175 01:24:09,500 --> 01:24:10,708 A day, 176 01:24:12,625 --> 01:24:13,916 a bird 177 01:24:14,625 --> 01:24:19,166 has arisen in front of the stronghold of my ancestors. 178 01:24:20,833 --> 01:24:22,500 His name was Ramatou. 179 01:24:25,958 --> 01:24:27,958 The bird wanted to be captured. 180 01:24:29,708 --> 01:24:33,208 My ancestors attached him a talisman on his paw. 181 01:24:38,000 --> 01:24:41,958 The bird flew away, the men of our clan followed him on horseback. 182 01:24:43,500 --> 01:24:46,583 Followed by women and children. 183 01:24:48,333 --> 01:24:52,416 At each place where the bird has landed, our ancestors founded a village. 184 01:24:52,750 --> 01:24:56,791 This is how Mboul, Ngigis, Dimatil... 185 01:24:57,750 --> 01:24:59,166 were founded. 186 01:25:04,541 --> 01:25:08,166 My mother really loved this story. 187 01:25:12,333 --> 01:25:13,666 My mother! 188 01:25:17,291 --> 01:25:19,291 Last time that she told me, 189 01:25:19,875 --> 01:25:22,708 she was dying in the boat. 190 01:25:27,458 --> 01:25:29,083 But she smiled at me. 191 01:25:33,250 --> 01:25:37,083 She found the strength to smile at me. 192 01:25:46,166 --> 01:25:47,750 This strength 193 01:25:49,041 --> 01:25:50,791 is mine today. 194 01:25:54,125 --> 01:25:57,875 And I know the bird will come back, 195 01:25:59,208 --> 01:26:01,541 that we will found other villages, 196 01:26:02,916 --> 01:26:04,416 other kingdoms, 197 01:26:05,625 --> 01:26:07,625 facing the sea. 198 01:27:37,583 --> 01:27:41,291 Let's go back to the source 199 01:27:42,375 --> 01:27:46,500 Let's return to the raging sea 200 01:29:40,458 --> 01:29:41,875 Neither chains 201 01:29:44,833 --> 01:29:46,541 nor masters.