All language subtitles for Seasons of a Life - a film by Shemu Joyah

Yummy!

Moi!

Come, breakfast is ready!

Hurry up!

Thank you.

Sorry. I'm so excited!

The big boss says that we are just
alone.

You get that? Me alone.

He says this is my first case.

And you think it's wise? Tell you what,
it's the wisest decision the big boss

has done in his entire legal career.

But don't tell him I said so.

I won't.

Now, I need a thorough briefing.

For starters, how did you find yourself
working for these people?

An interesting story.

It was about 10 years ago.

The Kalilas were having problems having
a child.

What is it there?

Trouble at the office?

No.

What is it then?

I'm not pregnant.

It was just a problem with my cycle. The
test proved negative.

It's okay. It's not okay, damn it.

Why is everyone saying that it's okay
when it's not okay?

I'm not a child.

I'm 27 years old.

But what can we do?

Surely, worrying over it or getting
angry won't help, will it?

I'm sorry.

It's fine.

I understand.

I want a child.

Why should this happen to me?

I want a child. Why?

Why?

So, how is she?

She's slowly breaking down, and I don't
know what to do about it.

It's a psychological thing, Connor.

She feels incomplete without a child,
and she's to blame.

Yeah, she's to blame, actually.

The fertility expert you referred to,
she has a problem with ovulation.

Is the fertility expert a man or a
woman?

What does it matter?

If she's a woman, she blamed your wife.

So that you should fall for her. Come
on, Khalid. She's a professional.

So I say she.

I've been thinking about something for a
while.

I don't know whether you like the idea.

What's that?

Have you ever thought of adopting a
child?

I've never thought of that.

What time is it?

It's midnight.

And we are going to celebrate.

Celebrate?

Celebrate what?

We are going to have a child.

Konda, have you been drinking?

Yes.

We are going to adopt one.

Adopt? Adopt.

We are going to adopt a child. So
doesn't that call for celebration?

But an adopted child is not my child.

Yes, biologically it is not a child, but
you will be its mother.

What matters is not giving birth.

What matters is motherhood, to nurture,
to bring up, to make whole.

Isn't that why we call nature Mother
Nature?

Konda, you are wrong.

You're completely wrong.

You see, nature creates, but its mothers
who suffer creation.

Tell me, how can I ever claim that I'm a
mother when I've never suffered the

pains of birth?

How? By adopting a child.

It may not be the best way to do it, I
know, but it still gives you a child.

And it's not the pain of the bonnet.

Think about it. There is nothing to
think about.

You're drunk and so you don't
understand.

In the afternoon you said you wanted to
have a child bringing things in the

kitchen. Now I'm saying, I'm simply
concurring with you to say let's have

someone running riot in this place.

And here you are saying, I am drunk.

What is it that you want then? A child.

My own child.

That's exactly what I'm saying.

Let's have a shot for heaven's sake.

I think it took you a while to make a
choice.

Honestly, it was very difficult.

I mean, looking at all those beautiful
babies, I think you can know whether to

pick a boy or a girl. But what did you
want?

Well, I believe your mother had to
choose the child she wanted.

That's great.

You can't even think like that.

You are a lucky mom.

Thank you.

Now, you have to finalize everything if
he doesn't do it. Oh, Derek.

Thank you.

Thank you very much, Jane. We will
contact you on the results of the

interview later.

Did she think she would get the job?

I think she must have misunderstood the
idea.

With all that makeup!

Yes!

Timber! No.

I am the wise man from the south.

And I've heard that in this house,
there's a new child.

I've come to see the little child and
give him my gifts.

Here, I've brought him some perfume with
an oriental fragrance.

This is 2,000 years old, only for kings
and special children.

Here, I've brought him some
toothbrushes, added with blush.

It gives her sexy breath when talking to
the girl.

And here.

This is for men's eyes only.

I brought him a pack of condoms.

Timba, you're insane.

You know that.

Insane.

You're going to be the good father.

Yes,

come in.

Please take a seat.

No, no, no, no. Please sit on the chair.

Can I guess?

This nervous, shy girl was you? Exactly.

You must have been scared.

Yeah, it was scary.

The first interview of my life. You're
looking for a job?

It's these guys who need a nanny.

I'm just a wise man from the south.

So, can I help you?

I understand you're looking for a
housemaid.

What's your name?

Sungisa. How old are you, Sungisa?

Sixteen. Almost seventeen.

You should be in school, don't you
think?

I left school a few months ago when my
father died.

Which class were you in?

I was in Form 4 at St. Mary's Secondary
School.

So, have you ever worked as a nanny or
housemate before?

I can manage.

This is my last chance, madam.

Please, assist.

Can you give me his bottle? I think it's
in the kitchen.

Maybe he's not hungry.

I should give you a chance after all.
Thank you, madam.

Thank you very much. It's okay.

I couldn't believe that I had landed my
first job.

And it still strikes me today that my
life changed because that baby cried.

It's like he called for me.

Had the child not cried, I would have
left that house and never returned

again.

And I don't know where fate would have
taken me.

So you really got on with this boy,
didn't you? Yeah, he's lovely.

The best kid I've ever seen.

From my previous briefing, these are the
preliminary notes I have for the case.

See if there's anything I can add.

Miss Malango, do you have a son?

Yes. How old is your son?

He's six years old.

Who is the father of your son?

Mr. Wondankarira. Can you please point
at the father of your son if he's in

this court?

He's still fine.

But we still need to build a stronger
case.

Are you sure he didn't rape you?

Rape?

Rape would be pulling you too strongly.

I'd rather call it sexual harassment.

I wanted rape.

Rape would guarantee us the case.

Sungisa, if you testify that he raped
you, we'll get the case.

But I don't have a problem with him
saying he raped me. Why?

You don't want to hurt his feelings?

Not that.

He could be an overbearing person, but
he's not a criminal.

That's for the judge to decide.

Anyway, maybe you should tell me again
what happened.

If it wasn't rape, I would want to know
how close it was.

It happened the week Togo went to
Lilongwe on duty.

By then, I'd been working for them for
about three years.

It is the duty, Mr. Carrillo.

I did not.

Miss Malango, the day Mrs. Carrillo went
away on duty, during supper,

do you remember some soup spilling on
Mr.

Carrillo's chest? On the chest?

Yes, I remember.

So what did you do?

I took out a towel and tried to wipe off
the soup from his shirt.

This great gesture of yours, wiping off
soap from his shirt, was it not

an attempt to seduce him?

One could say it that way, but it never
crossed my mind.

I'm sorry, I came to drink water.

I need to be sorry.

I need something to blink through.

I can't sleep.

What's up?

I don't drink beer.

Why not?

I'm too young to drink.

You must be 19 now.

Because I remember you were 16 years
when you came three years ago. Not so?

Yes, sir.

Then you're old enough.

You can even vote.

Don't you?

Anyway, um, thanks for cleaning my shit
earlier.

I was only doing my job, sir.

Thanks, nevertheless.

I wish I could be spitting soup on
myself every day.

I enjoyed it.

Look at me, Swiss.

Can you please help me wipe off this
off?

But sir, you did it deliberately.

Please help.

You should take off your shirt so that I
should soak it with some detergents.

Otherwise it will get stained
permanently.

You shouldn't have done that, sir.

What is it?

Your clothes are stained.

Can I help you wipe off the sauce?

No.

No. I'm only helping.

But I don't want to be helped. You do,
Sungisa. You do.

And I think you should take off your
blouse and start with some detergents.

Otherwise, it'll get stained
permanently.

No.

I'll tell madam.

Sungisa, it's a joke.

I'll still tell madam.

It's a girl.

You mean the man actually touched your
breast?

Yeah, he was squeezing really hard.

Mr. Kalila, earlier that evening, you
touched Ms.

Malango's breast, didn't you?

In a process which eventually results in
a pregnancy, surely breasts are bound to

be touched along the way, aren't they?

I repeat, did you touch her bread? I
did, but, I mean, it was just a game.

Touching a housemaid's bread was a game?

Is that a game you men play when your
wives are away?

Yes.

Order in court, order.

Counsel, you may wish to direct your
questions at the witness.

I won't let you turn my court into a
circle.

I'm sorry, my lord.

You may enter the kitchen.

Look, I was being trapped.

Why didn't you slap him? Mind you, I was
only a housemaid then.

So what happened next?

So, listen.

You take jokes, don't you?

Yes, and I'll tell madam the joke.

Come on, dear.

Don't be too serious. I was only
playing.

You touched my breath, sir.

Well, then in that case, I will let you
touch mine. Just to make it a draw game

and then we forget the whole thing.

Okay?

I'll teach your mother.

I'm sorry for what I made yesterday.

But maybe I can explain.

You see, Sungisa, it is not my fault
that you're such a

beautiful girl.

Therefore, it is not my fault that I'm
falling in love with you.

I am willing to accept however that it
is my fault that I am failing to control

my senses.

But Sengisa, I'm only a man.

I'll tell madam

Say this is not rape?

It would be hard to make a case for
rape.

See, when he came into the shower, I
just let him do what he had to do.

I didn't have power to protest or
resist.

I didn't scream.

And he was so gentle.

He continued what he said through my ear
that he loved me.

That was the most beautiful thing I'd
ever seen.

It made me relax and accept him. But
afterwards...

I was gripped with fear and guilt.

God,

the guilt was so overpowering.

I cried like I'd never cried before.

I felt unclean and my inside burned.

Even the water was not wet enough to put
out the fire that burned inside me.

I knew I had lost part of me forever.

I had lost my innocence.

By the way, did you use a condom? No.

Son of a dog!

He would have given you aid.

Indeed.

That's why I went for an HIV test when I
was still at the college.

Fortunately, I was found negative.

What happened when Mrs. Kalila, the
owner of everything, came back?

It was rather tricky.

I felt so guilty.

I could not manage to look her in the
face.

And when she smiled at me, it made me
feel even worse.

My nerves just scrambled.

A few days later, Gondani mysteriously
fell ill.

It's not them.

I forgot my office keys. I think they're
in the bedroom. I put them in the

kitchen. Are you sure? Yeah, they're in
the kitchen. But I remember taking them

to the bedroom last night.

They were here.

Oh, I remember. I put them in this
drawer.

Here they are.

These are not my office keys.

These are the house keys.

I'm sorry. I thought you meant these
ones.

You're still here? I forgot my office
keys. I'll see you tonight if the hat's

right. Yeah, we can go to bed. Let's go
today.

This is not right.

This is Madam's bed.

Don't you worry.

She's back.

Oh, my God.

Now we've had it.

The file.

Where did you get the file?

The file? Yes, the one I was sending
last night. We have a board meeting this

morning.

Ah, there it is.

I'll see you later.

It's fine now.

She's gone.

This time she's not coming back.

You can come out!

This is really becoming exciting.

Don't you think?

But, sir, this is not right.

I love you.

I love you very much.

That was a real close one.

It's unbelievable he escaped.

I don't know what would have happened if
Tobot found us.

Anyway, you managed to escape.

Not for long, though.

What is it?

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine. I think the ice cream
disturbed my stomach.

Okay, let's go back.

That must have been it then. Yeah, I
hoped it wasn't, but the signs were too

much. The next morning, Gordon came back
from the office for the first time. He

didn't come back home for a second.

He took me to see Kemba, his doctor
friend, for a pregnancy test.

It seemed like we waited a lifetime for
the results to come.

At least it settles one question.

You are ported.

That is prayer. Father.

So what do we do?

I said, what do we do?

Nothing.

Nothing?

Nothing?

Do you know what you're talking about?

Well, I for one think the only solution
is for you to have an abortion.

I'm sure at the end we're going to leave
something.

No.

What's that?

No.

What do you mean no?

I won't have an abortion.

Don't be ridiculous.

This pregnancy just can't stay.

Do you know what it will do to me?

It will destroy me.

It will destroy my family.

It will destroy my reputation as a
lawyer.

It will destroy my position in the
church.

He even mentioned church.

I'd never seen him go to church.

No, Sunisa.

I won't let this pregnancy destroy me.

It has to go.

I can't kill anybody.

Kill whom?

At this moment, the egg is just a small
microscopic organism that has no

resemblance whatsoever to a human being.

And by the way, do you know that every
month, a similar egg passes through your

fallopian tube and gets included in a
blood test by your own body?

It's not the same. That's a natural
process.

That's exactly what I mean.

That's exactly what I mean.

It's a natural process.

Therefore, all you'll be doing now is
simply to induce that natural process to

take place.

It's not the same. I won't.

Do you know what?

I think you did this deliberately in
order to destroy me.

You knew exactly what you were doing,
didn't you?

Please, don't talk like that.

How do I talk like that?

When it's all clear that you want to
destroy me.

Now, listen to me, dear, and listen real
hard.

I will not let this stupid pregnancy
destroy me.

I will not let you.

And when I looked into his eyes, there
was so much hate burning in them.

And I was the subject of all that hurt.

I spoke to her again, and I've managed
to convince her to have an abortion.

You can arrange that for her, can't you?

I'll have my name erased from the
medical council register.

Don't you think you're asking too much
from me, Conan?

No, we come a long way, Tim.

We come a long, long way.

In the 25, 40 years I've known you, just
how many times have I ever asked you to

do something like this?

This is something I would have liked to
keep to myself.

Unfortunately, I can't.

In a couple of months' time, if nothing
is done, the middle part of that girl

will begin announcing to the world.

that she's been partaking a forbidden
fruit.

Now, only once in recorded history has a
woman gotten away with virgin pregnancy.

And the chances of Tsungisa using that
line of argument and convincing a

sceptic and sinful world is zero.

My profession makes me have fanatical
friends and enemies in equal measure.

Some of my least admirers have strong
links with the press.

Do you know what they'll do to me?

They would chop me to pieces and serve
me for breakfast without even having a

second thought about it.

So, Timber, my brother, when I ask you
for help, this

goes way beyond the philosophical debate
of when an egg can be called a human

being or whether I am a lustful sinner.

This is about my very survival.

This is a cry for help, Timber.

Perhaps my last cry.

Therefore, I surrender everything unto
thy hands.

Please, Konda, don't use your lawyer's
eloquence to make me feel guilty about

refusing to commit a crime.

Crime?

Well, call it whatever you like, but all
I'm asking is your help.

But suppose we refuse.

She won't.

I've made her an offer she can't refuse.

And that has a criminal plan to it.

Then I find another disturbing.

There is nothing criminal about making
her an offer she can't refuse.

Is there?

The last time I heard that expression,
it was in a movie.

And soon afterwards, someone got bumped
off.

Yeah, that's your other problem.

You watch too many Hollywood movies.

This is not a movie.

This is reality.

Are you going to help or not?

Maybe I have no choice, but

still I have to say, for someone so
athletic like you, I still don't

understand how he met that girl
pregnant.

Why don't you understand the precision
of his attilas, or the angle of his

trajectory? This is a pure rocket
science, my friend.

He used the formula that NASA used to
put a man on the moon. Only that.

They fired their rocket from Cape
Canaveral, while he fired from his hip.

Boom! Boom!

Sungita, you mean you were suffering so
much?

Yeah.

I couldn't believe you were suffering so
much.

200,000 kwacha.

This is a very generous offer, Sungita.

Are you taking it or not?

200,000 kwacha for a dead fetus.

That's what he was ready to pay.

Was that the price for a life?

I don't know.

Jesus Christ went for 30 pieces of
silver.

How does that compare to 200,000 kwacha?

I don't know.

But it chilled my inside to

think that life had a price.

200,000 kwacha.

I'd like to visit the toilet.

Oh, no problem.

When you go out, turn left.

I'm near the first end of the corridor.

Please turn left.

There you'll see Adam on one door and
Eve on the other.

Go in there.

He's trembling like a reed.

If she didn't accept it?

No, she didn't.

Because if she didn't, that's illegal
and my colleague won't touch it.

You're right.

I did not think that life had a price.

Not 200,000 kwacha.

Not 30 pieces of silver.

She's gone.

She's gone. I mean, just like she's run
away.

This doesn't sound good at all, boy.

What happened to the offer that she
couldn't refuse?

She's refusing, can't you see?

I went back to their house to get my
things.

One day I'll see you again.

I promise you, I'll see you again.

Just be a good boy, okay?

I went to my aunt's place and everything
was lost.

Everything.

Sungita, are you in there?

Please open the door. I've got something
to tell you.

Sungita, please, open the door.

I've changed my mind.

You can keep the shout.

Please. I was not thinking properly.

I didn't know whether to believe him or
not.

Yeah, as I was saying, I've changed my
mind.

You cannot keep the child.

I'll do everything.

Believe me.

How can I trust you?

Well, you can trust me.

You can trust me because the moment I
stop taking care of the child, then you

can tell the world about it.

Do you think I want that?

Think that you have something on me
which you will hold for the rest of your

life.

There is some money in there.

Use it to make yourself comfortable.

And if you want more, you can always
give me a call.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Gondani kept his word.

He came frequently to give me money for
anything I needed.

He looked so different from the Gondani
I had encountered at the hospital.

My auntie liked him a lot.

When the pregnancy became too obvious, I
stopped going to school but spent most

of the days copying notes from my
friends and studying.

I studied hard.

I wanted to pass.

I wanted to get at least a school
certificate.

That was my aim.

With a school certificate, I could at
least get a job as a clerk or train as a

secretary.

I did not want to work as a housemaid
again.

Kondani looked so happy as he held the
baby in his arms.

I could imagine what was going on in his
mind.

This is my son, my own son.

This is my blood.

He asked if he could give the child a
name.

I said he could because he was the
father.

He named him Mai.

I'd passed with three distinctions and
four credits.

I'd done even better than I'd expected.

Where are you?

Cholo. I came to see some clients.

I'll call him later, okay?

See you.

I love you.

Thanks for not making a sound.

You're welcome.

How's my boy, by the way?

He's been fine.

Unbelievable! I never thought you were
so intelligent.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Now, since now you'll be going to
college,

what is going to happen to my... My aunt
will take care of him.

The boy is too young to stay with your
aunt.

I want to take care of him.

Let him grow up.

But how are you going to do it?

Toko would know.

What you do is, you will put my in an
orphanage.

We will then go and adopt him.

Toko will not know that we are adopting
my son.

Simple.

What will happen when I finish school?

I want my son back.

That's the next thing I want us to
discuss.

I want to adopt him from you
permanently.

What?

I can't accept that.

You'll be able to visit him.

But of course, no one should know that
you are his mother.

That's all I'm asking.

I don't like the sound of this.

Let's do this, sir.

This is the win-win situation for all of
us.

Can't you see?

Come in, please.

Please take a seat.

Yeah, we've come for what we discussed.

Can you please come over?

Yeah.

Yes, please come in.

Good morning.

Good morning.

This is the child that I was talking
about.

Can you please take him and make him
comfortable?

Mr. Zondiwe, these are the adoption
documents I got from your office. Do you

recognize them?

Yes, I do. Mr. Zondiwe, can you go
through these documents and show the

court the signature of the mother of the
child?

The mother did not sign, but this was a
special case.

Mr. Zondiwe, I put it to you that no
illegally binding adoption took place.

Am I correct?

I'm not a lawyer.

Mr. Zondiwe, you have testified that the
mother did not sign the documents.

Therefore, the question does not need a
lawyer to answer.

So, did a legally binding adoption take
place?

If you're finding the question too
complicated to answer, please, answer me

with a simple yes or no.

No.

No further question, my lord.

Mr. Zondiwe.

Who brought the child to the orphanage?

The father and the mother. And who came
to take the child from the orphanage?

The father and the wife. Was there
anything legally wrong with the father?

Taking back his own son from the
orphanage?

Nothing wrong at all.

Thank you very much.

No further questions, my lord.

Yami, come and see your brother.

From the hospital.

I was thinking we should call him Mwai.

What do you think?

Yeah, that's a good name, isn't it?

The dream had begun.

And that's how I came to know you.

It's strange how faith brings people
together.

Yeah, strange indeed.

Thank you.

me people

So you say you already have a job offer?
Oh, yeah.

That's great.

Maybe you can join us next year.

You think such a big company can employ
me? Why not?

You're busy, aren't you? As long as
you're good.

I don't know what Kondan would say.

Who's Kondan?

Maybe you don't want to know.

He's the father

of my son.

You have a son?

You're joking, aren't you? I've told
you.

This is the most tightly kept secret of
the century.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And here I am, former housemaid, now
lawyer, Kamunga and

Associates, attorneys at law.

This is the most amazing story I've ever
heard.

It still feels like a dream.

There's one final chapter to be written,
and it will be written in court.

I have enough here to write that
chapter.

But I need to ask you one more question.

Do you love Kondani?

Sungisa, you have to be honest with me.

Do you still have feelings for Kondani?

That's a good question.

When did you ask?

Because once I start with care, I'll
pull no punches.

I know they'll fight back.

So I'll hit hard.

So hard that it might help you as well.

So Ngisa, I need to know if there are
any limits.

Pull no punches.

You say you're meeting them tomorrow,
isn't it?

Yeah. Perhaps I should come with you.

No, I'll go alone.

I want to see them alone first.

Come on, Gonda. You know what I want.

Who is this, Gonda?

Hi. Hello.

Please, come in. Thank you.

Aunt Anita.

Hi. Oh, Yami, how are you?

Fine. Aunt Anita, come and see my
brother.

Hi.

Hello, my boy.

I've longed so much to see you.

You mean, this is Tsungisa?

I am, mother.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You're free.

That was over five years ago.

Almost six years.

So, what happened?

Different story.

Hey, come.

Come and sit with us, Tsungisa.

Yeah, we come.

So, Tillith, what happened? Look at you.

You're looking great.

Thank you.

When I left here, I went back to school.

I was lucky.

I passed my school certificate
examination very well, so I was selected

to go to Chancellor College.

Chancellor College?

Yeah. Oh, my goodness.

I studied law.

Law? Oh, Konda, look, we have your mug
here.

Twengisa, you were wasting your time at
the house, mate. On the contrary, the

time I spent here is very precious to
me.

I came to know they're not the same
person the whole world.

Guys, I think it's now time for you to
go to bed.

I'll take us to bed.

Fine, let's go.

Aren't you going to sing us a song?
Answer me. You want a song?

Yes, the one you used to sing to your
mechanic.

Okay, I'll sing it to you.

Thank you.

I'm still happy with these children.

It's amazing how Maya has taken to you
so easily.

I have to go now.

But there's something I want to tell
you.

What's that?

Maya is my son.

Maybe that's why he says to me so
easily.

What? Maya is my son.

And I've come to ask for his custody.

Now that's our trade, Jack. Get out of
my house.

Come on, Gonda.

You don't need to be uncivilized about
all this. I said get out of my house.

Okay, okay.

I'm leaving.

But next time I come here, it will be to
take my son.

He will never take mine. Oh, I will.

Never. By God, I will.

Don't forget you never wanted him in the
first place. And if it wasn't of me, my

husband would have been here today.

Konda, what is she talking about?

Don't listen to her. She's insane.

So, you knew all about this? Yes, Toby.
He knew all along. How could he know

when he's the father? The biological
father.

Please, tell me that what she has just
said is not true.

Well, I can't lie to you anymore, Togo.

It's true.

I'm terribly sorry.

Oh,

she's the best to me.

Konda, tell me.

I'm terribly sorry.

Up to now, I just have to know what got
into me.

It's not the truth.

I'm sorry, but I just want you to know
that I love you. You love me? I do.

Don't even say the word love when you
are betraying me with that horse meat.

For you make me sick.

You can't go home.

You can't go, please.

Then watch me. You see, I'm a quitter. I
don't fight less battles, so...

Where are we going? Chicken mother.

What about mine?

Look who it is.

When we read about the kiss, we had to
come.

Thank you. You're celebrities now.

No, you two are still sticking together
like termites.

Yes, I'm married.

And I refuse.

Come on.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

I'm coming for you.

Remember me?

College Day member.

Thank you.

We're good. You're back.

You should thank your mechanic.

He just couldn't live without me.

Thanks. Now I know we're in this game.

But you don't understand what I'm doing
here.

Women, I knew she would come back. She
wouldn't survive without Condor

Delicatage.

Do you think he was sincere when he said
he loved you?

No. When did you realize that he did not
love you?

When I got pregnant, his reaction was
unbelievable.

He made it all look like it was my
fault.

That's when I realized that he didn't
care about me.

That I'd been used.

But he paid for your school fees, didn't
he?

Yes, he did.

And I'm very grateful for that.

But it wasn't out of his original love.

He did so to silence me.

It was a bribe.

Thank you.

No further questions, my lord.

Did Mr.

Agaria rape you?

No, he did not.

Did you rape him?

Objection! What type of question is
that?

Objection overruled. You may answer the
question.

No, I did not.

Did you enjoy having sex with Mr.
Karihan?

The first time, I was so confused.

But the more we had sex, the more I
relaxed and one could say I began to

enjoy it.

So you hoped that this sex escapade
would go on forever, isn't it?

Seriously, I wanted it to stop.

I felt bad about it, particularly when I
thought about Mrs. Karihan.

So when having sex,

Did you use contraceptives?

No. Well, I put it to you that you did
not use contraceptives because you

wanted to get pregnant. Am I right?

No, you are wrong.

He usually sneaked on me so quickly
there was no time to think about condoms

or contraceptives. Mr. Malango, did you
ever try to blackmail my client?

No, I did not.

But before these proceedings, you met
him.

And tried to blackmail him into
murdering you, isn't it?

I didn't try to blackmail him.

I just thought we could have an
out-of-court settlement.

So you really made up your mind to
destroy me and my family?

I haven't said that.

All I want is my child.

But you agreed that I would keep the
child.

You took advantage of me.

I didn't have much of a choice, did I?

In life, you always have a choice.

Don't forget I was just a desperate
housemate then.

What are you drinking?

Bring him a cup.

Look,

Sangeeta.

I did the best I could in the
circumstances.

I kept my word.

But that's not all you said.

What else did I say?

You said you loved me.

I meant it when I said it.

Come on, Bonda.

I'm not 19 anymore.

I'm serious.

I'm serious.

I meant every word I said.

You cheated yourself that you loved me.

Mary, as a justification for sleeping
with a girl way below your class.

Love is always the easiest excuse, isn't
it?

The classical excuse for doing
dishonorable things.

The guaranteed way of bedding you for
dreaded girls.

Chancellor Colleges, Daniel, great
things I can see. But you are wrong. I

loved you. Fine. What about today?

So that's where all this is going to,
isn't it?

You really want to break my family.

No, why should I?

All I want is the truth.

You said you loved me. You even said
you'd marry me. Didn't you?

Well, I could have said that in a moment
of weakness.

But you didn't look weak to me as you
flashed me against the wall in the

shower. Sometimes the man is weakest
when he's exhibiting his greatest

strength. The fact remains that you lied
and exploited me.

Why are you being so difficult?

I'm sure you haven't forgotten that he
is also my child.

I haven't forgotten that he is also your
child.

But I've also not forgotten that you
tried to force me to get rid of his

pregnancy. I made a mistake.

We all make mistakes, don't we?

Really, you can't hold that against me
for the rest of my life, can you? Oh,

yeah, I can't.

I'm a bad girl.

Miss Malango, a woman who sleeps with a
man she is not married to is described

as a fornicator, an adulteress.

A prostitute or a hoe.

Which of these ways do you think best
describes you?

Objection! He's insulting my client.
Objection 15.

You slept with another woman's husband,
didn't you? I did. What did you expect

to get out of this relationship?
Nothing.

He didn't give me a chance to say no.
You liar.

You wanted to get the husband, didn't
you?

Objection! He's threatening my client.
Objection overruled. I'm not like that.

You lie again. Yet you cunningly trapped
a married man into sleeping with you,

didn't you? I did not. You made it a
point that you became pregnant. I did

not. You tried to blackmail him. I did
not. And when that failed, you had to

play your final game. You came here and
destroyed his reputation.

A woman who does all that has a name.

We call her a harlot. That's what we
call her.

Objection! Insult again!

Objection sustained.

I have no further questions for... for
this... for this woman.

I think the court deserves to hear my
answer.

I did not come to this court to destroy
anybody's reputation.

I came to this court to get my son, and
I'll get him.

Whether I'm a whore, hollow, prostitute,
or whatever you choose to call me, I'll

get him because he's my son.

Madam, you will leave with them.

Sungis.

I'm sorry, Togo.

Shouldn't have come to this, but I had
no choice.

You know, I don't blame you.

I really don't blame you.

I think you're a victim.

Just like me.

This girl is a bombshell. Look at how
those long-necked people disappeared.

They miraculously killed themselves into
that beautiful earth.

See you.

You think she's hopeless?

Go ask her.

Now, you know what?

I really want Konda to win this case.
Why?

If you do this, you'll need another
child quickly.

But, you know, I've got a plan to hear.

Unfortunately, she can't go for men like
you, so that... I've

never

liked

your friend.

Now he's laughing at me.

Can't you see he's...

I still

don't understand what I'm doing here.

Yeah,

like, sometimes she would sit down with
her dress high, exposing her legs.

Sometimes she would wear a thin blouse
without a bra inside.

Why do you think she did all this to
you?

My guess was that she wanted to seduce
me.

And when you went into the shower room,
did she resist you in any way?

No. As a matter of fact, she responded
like she had been looking forward to it.

Now, with the adoption, how did it come
about?

I paid for her school fees.

She did well and was selected to
Chancellor College.

We then agreed that I should adopt the
child.

Thank you very much, Mr. Kalila. No
further questions, my lord.

Mr. Kalila, you wanted Ms. Malango to
have an abortion, didn't you?

I made the suggestion, yes, but... What
makes you think you deserve custody of a

son whom you wanted destroyed?

I admit, I made a mistake.

However, I'm not a bad man either, and I
think Ms. Malango herself can testify to

that. Ms. Malango has testified that you
tried to force her to terminate her

life.

That's worse than bad.

That's diabolical.

Don't you think, Mr. Kalila?

Yeah, you may say so, but I panicked.

I was in a state of confusion. I was not
thinking straight.

And I believe those may not be the best
circumstances to judge a man. Are you

pleading insanity, Mr. Kalila? I did not
say so. How safe would one be around you

when you have panic, when you are in a
state of confusion, and when you are not

thinking straight?

Very safe. But there is recorded
testimony in this court that you tried

to terminate a life when you had panic.

When you're in a state of confusion and
when you're not thinking straight, you

cannot be that safe, Mr. Kalila.

Everybody gets confused.

Mr. Kalila, how many lives are you ready
to destroy to get what you

want? Objection, my lord. That
harassment.

Objection overruled. Do you think you
qualify to be called a killer or a

murderer?

Objection, my lord. More harassment. You
wanted an unborn child killed, didn't

you? He loves me.

Objection! I won't let a stupid girl
like you talk to me like that. No one

talks to me like that. What will you do?
Kill me? You think an idiot like you can

talk to me like that?

I promise you, you'll pay for this girl.

By God, you'll pay.

And you'll pay her. How will you make me
pay?

Tell this court how you will make me
pay. My Lord,

I ask for an adjournment for 15 minutes.
My client is under threat. No

adjournment, my Lord.

Let this court.

See the real Mr. Kalila when he's in
panic, confused, or not thinking

straight. This is the Mr. Kalila who
wanted an unborn child killed six years

ago. And a moment ago, he promised that
I'll pay for asking him a simple

question. I think it's only proper for
the court to see a stressed Mr. Kalila

in action. Court shall continue.

Excuse me, sir.

Am I safe to come nearer?

Or your promise to make me pay will be
fulfilled right here if I come closer.

How safe would this boy be when you're
in this state of mind?

I love my son.

I love him very much.

I can never, ever think of hurting my
son.

It's a pity.

You love so much a son you wanted
destroyed.

Therefore, a son you don't deserve.

My lord, I have no more youth for this
man.

Court is adjourned. Court right.

I'm sorry.

It's my fault.

I'm sorry.

It's funny, isn't it?

The last time we met, I gave you
directions to the toilet.

You never came back.

I'm glad you never came back.

You know what?

Konda and I have been friends for a long
time.

And I hate to see this happening to him.

But somehow I understand you very well.

I would like us to meet under better
circumstances than these.

Maybe after all these we can have a
drink together.

You call me when you think time is right
I'll be waiting

My Lord, this is the classic case of
seduction and blackmail.

At some point, after me, Tungitsa
Malango, was employed by

the Kerala, she began to look for ways
of how to seduce my client.

She made it a point that she became
pregnant.

That once pregnant, she could easily
blackmail my client into doing whatever

she wished.

My client is a highly respectable man
with an impeccable record as a lawyer.

When he realized that I had made a
mistake, he tried to correct it by

sending this woman to school and later
on to college.

Miss Sungi Samalangu is claiming to be a
lawyer today. Could she have become one

if it wasn't of the generosity of my
client?

Yes, as a man consigned with his own
blood.

He took his own child to his own home.

Agreed, probably no proper adoption took
place.

But that was his son.

You don't adopt your own plan.

Do you?

Hello, my dear.

Hello, sir.

I thought I should congratulate you for
the case well put.

But I believe I think I've lost the
case.

No worries.

You can't lose that case.

Why not, sir?

I'll tell you tomorrow, after the
judgment.

And now the story of your grandmother.

Is it a true story?

Yeah.

My Lord, allow me to tell you a story.

When I was a child, my grandmother told
me that she always had this strange

feeling that God was a woman.

She said this despite her strong
Christian belief.

Every time I lost a fight against one of
my brothers and ran to her crying, she

would say, Do not cry, my child, for
you're closer to God than him.

When she was dying in her sickbed, she
told me that I was blessed to be a

woman, for I was an image of God, and
that one day would participate in the

sacred duty of creation, while my
brothers, on the other hand, would only

provide a cartridge to creation and
observe the rest of the process from a

distance.

The question today should not be what is
good for Mr. Carrillo, Ms. Malango,

but rather what is good for the child.

Should we take this innocent child away
from his happy home simply because we

want to defy the vengeance of a woman
frustrated in her pain to wreck the

father's family?

No, I don't think so.

Today, the child's well-being is
paramount.

It is my prayer that the appellant case
should be

dismissed.

Thank you, my Lord.

We have lost the case.

I think you have won the case, my
daughter.

But mother, you are a mother.

Were you not touched with what she said
about motherhood?

My grandmother saw divinity in
motherhood.

To her, the scream of a woman in the
maternity ward was the epitome of

everything that was holy in human life.

The child caused so much pain in the
woman as it was being born.

Yet the woman forgot the pain and
forgave the suffering.

And instead, someone boundless love for
the child.

Hence the scream of a woman in the
maternity ward is a scream of pain and a

shout of joy.

On the other hand, how many men would be
able to love and love so deeply

the perpetrator of their pain?

If men were able to forgive, even in
half a measure of what motherhood

demands of a woman, I'm telling you,
this world would have been a much better

place to live in.

My Lord, my client was sexually harassed
by the respondent.

He took advantage of his wealth, power,
and manhood.

To him, she was just a sum of several
body parts he could use in any way he

saw fit at any time he wished.

When the child was born, he took it away
from her.

Again, taking advantage of his wealth,
power, and manhood.

Now he wants to keep the child forever,
denying my client her God-given right to

motherhood.

My Lord, manhood has power, machismo,
and fire.

It destroys, it conquers, and it burns.

While on the other hand, all motherhood
has to show is a scream in the maternity

ward. But that scream, my Lord, erodes
the beginning of another life.

That scream is not a sign of weakness,
but a sign of strength.

The greatest strength that God gave to
the human race.

The strength to create, the strength to
forgive, and the strength to love.

This case, my Lord, is about motherhood.

It is motherhood that made A naive
housemaid challenged a lawyer

and ran away from the hospital when
educated doctors were preparing for an

abortion. It is motherhood that made my
client realize that she had a real human

being inside her.

A human being she wanted born and be
part of the human race instead of

vanishing in the hospital records as
mere statistics.

It is motherhood.

that I have urged my client to bring us
into this court today and claim what is

rightfully hers.

Counsel for the Respondent has
persistently tried to depict my client

as a conniving and trickery character
who tried to seduce and sexually trap

Mr. Kalila.

Even if for one moment we were to accept
such a totally misleading description of

my client,

Let us give a Jew credit for standing up
for the sanctity of life.

About 3,000 years ago, a Jewish king
called Solomon was faced with an

almost similar case of child custody.

In what has come to be known as one of
the wisest judgments in recorded

history, King Solomon awarded child
custody to the mother who was more than

willing. to lose the child but preserve
its life.

The wise king recognized motherhood.

My lord, I submit that it is the noble
calling of this court to uphold my

client's divine right to her motherhood
and let her have her child.

Here I rest my case.

I still think there's hope, my daughter.

There's hope.

Before I come to my judgment, I want to
clarify a few issues.

Firstly, the adoption process was not
valid.

However, a father need not adopt his
son.

Secondly, even though Mr. Karida at
first wanted the pregnancy to be

aborted, it is my observation that he
absorbed himself by helping Ms. Malango,

to go on with her education and taking
his son into his home.

I agree with counsel for the appellant
concerning motherhood.

Somehow her grandmother was right.

Let me admit that in my 17 years as a
judge, I've never heard such a powerful

case put for motherhood.

Indeed, where everything else is equal,
it is my belief that motherhood should

prevail.

What would worry me would be if the
mother is not capable of caring for the

child.

In this case, what is the situation?

As a young lawyer in gainful employment,
I think the mother is capable of taking

care of the material needs of her son.

Therefore, it is my judgment that she
should have custody of the child.

The father?

shower of the rite of visitation once a
week at a mutually agreed place and

time.

Congratulations. Thank you, sir. I knew
you would win the case.

I could not be the judge not wanting to
be like King Solomon.

And then, your incredible grandmother.

That combination.

gave the judge no option at all.

Once again, congratulations.

Thank you, sir.

Yami, there's something I want to tell
you boys.

I want you to know that no matter what
happens, I love you so much.

But I'm not your biological mother.

Me and your dad, we decided to adopt
you.

So you were born?

No, not exactly. But it happens that

my... I'm still your mother.

Mom, don't cry. I thought you already
said you're my mom.

I'm your mom.

I love you so much.

This one is yours.

No, take it. You like this one.

They're here.

Why are you taking my brother away?

I'm so young.

Hi.

Stop the car.

What?

Tabitha, stop the car.

I

don't

think I can manage to take him away.

What do you mean?

They are brothers.

They need each other.

I think I'll be doing them a great
injustice if I take him away.

I'm sorry, Toko.

But if you want to keep Ma, you can keep
him.

All I ask is that I should visit him.

And if you let them visit me at my
place, I can't take him away.

I can't wreck their lives.

I can't.

Hi.

You know what?

My grandmother would have been very
proud of you.

Even King Solomon.

You won the case, but you gave victory
to the children.

Only motherhood can do that.

It'll be fine.

Let's go.

Thank you.