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It is said that the Masai die when they are put in prison.

They can't imagine that this situation will ever change.

They live neither in the future

nor in the past. They live in the present.

It took me a long time to understand this.

Too long.

THE WHITE MASAI

based upon a true story

We booked a 2-week beach vacation in Kenya.

I wanted to spend our last day by the ocean.

But Stefan insisted on going back to Mombasa.

We'd been together for 2 years, and I was sure this wouldn't change.

Would you give me the camera?

Carola, there's a Masai.

- What? - A Masai.

Carola?

This country gave me a strangely calm feeling. The smells,

the colors, the jumble of people.

It's strange. I'm a person who needs order,

a clear view of things.

Just a little pot.

This place is too risky.

It's our last evening.

Okay.

What?

He wants us to wait.

- Let's get out of here! - Wait!

Take a picture of me.

- Should I? - Yes.

Some people claim

there's a moment in everyone's life that changes everything.

I never believed in that.

- Shit! - Oh no!

What now?

I don't know.

- Should we go with them? - No!

- Come on. - No.

What are you afraid of? Come on!

Would you...

- It's too much for me. - Just one drink. They gave us a lift.

Good evening.

- Let's go with them. - They don't want us.

Then I'll go alone.

- This is our last evening. - I know.

- What's wrong with you? - Nothing. I just want to join them.

Cheers.

Let's get a drink. We're sitting over there.

I don't want a drink.

Let go of me!

- You're hurting me. - Today is Christmas,

the celebration of love.

- Stefan! - Understand?

Stop it!

Goodbye, Lemalian.

- I'm not going. - What?

I'm not going with you.

Are you kidding me?

Carola, please!

Stefan... I'm not going with you.

- You'd give everything up for a whim? - It isn't a whim.

Then what is it? The guy dances for tourists.

- And all I do is sell clothes. - That makes you a great match.

Congratulations.

You're just looking for a fuck.

I once saw a man at an airport.

He was waiting for someone.

Suddenly he jumped over the barrier and ran into the security area.

While leading him away, the police asked him why he did it.

"I had to do it," he said.

"I just had to do it."

The bus took 13 hours.

There was nothing about Maralal in the travel guide.

There were no sights.

Actually I enjoyed traveling to a place which nobody knew

even existed.

How about a shower?

What'll you do when you find him?

- I'm not thinking about that. - You should.

- I have to see him again first. - Coffee?

You think I'm crazy, don't you?

- What's his name again? - Lemalian.

A Samburu warrior from Barsaloi.

Why not? You live here, too.

- And you're married to a Kenyan. - At least this is a town of sorts.

Barsaloi is nothing.

Just thorns and dust.

No electricity, no running water, nothing.

Samburus are herdsmen in wretched huts

they can build and tear down in a day.

It's awfully tough for us to live there. Impossible, really.

Does he know... Are you expected?

How do I get to Barsaloi?

No need to go. He'll find you, if he wants to.

What do you mean?

There's one thing you have to realize. What you want is unimportant

to a Samburu.

This is Moses, my husband.

A Samburu warrior mustn't eat in the company of women.

He mustn't eat anything

a woman has cooked or even looked at.

A Samburu warrior mustn't touch a woman in front of other warriors,

and she mustn't touch him. Any touching is dodgy.

Especially below the belt.

Moses was the handsomest man on Malindi Beach, and he wanted me.

Moses is a Kikuyu, a proud man. Everything I own belongs to him.

That's how it is.

Women don't count much here.

They come right after the goats.

And you?

I look after the house, the garden.

There isn't much for white women to do.

The first time I saw Lemalian...

I thought, "This is it. This is why I'm alive."

I don't understand it myself. It's never happened before.

You're so certain.

What about him?

I hope...

I don't know.

I don't even know if Lemalian feels the same way I feel about him.

If he feels anything at all.

How will I know if I don't try?

You've been waiting for 10 days.

A bad sign, eh?

Everything's okay.

Everything's fine.

"Fine"?

Yes.

The Samburus never look back. They believe it brings bad luck.

I didn't want to look back. Only ahead.

Hello.

Carola.

Saguna.

Everything's great!

I'm Carola.

Carola.

Carola, yes.

- I'm looking for Lemalian. - Lemalian?

That way?

Just out that way?

Thanks.

Thanks.

Slowly.

Eye.

Nose.

Mouth.

I told you! Get out of my garden!

Next time, I'll shoot your bloody goats!

You're standing in my onion bed.

Sorry.

- You're from Germany? - No, Switzerland.

Father Bernardo.

- You're Italian? - From Brindisi, in Apulia.

I wanted to ask you for a lift to Maralal from time to time to buy something edible.

- How did you get here? - On foot.

From Maralal.

Then you're fit enough to walk back.

I need my vehicle for transporting the sick. Now if you'll excuse me,

I have work to do.

Saguna!

Why can't I live here?

Oh, I see!

Lemalian?

Where were you?

It's disgusting.

This is it.

Yes?

Yes.

I've put a spell on you.

I'll never let you go again.

On the contrary.

Everything's okay.

Carola? Carola?

I...

...I'm not ill.

I'm never ill.

Of course I'm coming back, but not now.

Yes!

No, because I'm going to live here, Mama.

Yes, in a village.

Mama, I need my money here. You have to arrange it for me, please.

How could I?

Six, seven, eight...

I hope you didn't pay too much for that junk heap.

- Better than nothing. - It'll make life easier.

- You look terrible. - What's your problem, Father Bernardo?

Don't take the bush track.

Take the dirt road to Barsaloi. It's two hours longer, but...

Thanks. I'll manage.

Yes, yes. Yes.

"Clutch."

Slowly!

You must brake, Lemalian! Brake!

Brake! And steer!

Damn it, you could've killed us!

Oh God!

Shit! No, no...

I don't believe it! My God!

Nothing happened.

I began to realize some things were more difficult than kissing.

And my shop...

Of course I'll come back.

Marry?

Are you allowed to?

I promise.

It's fine, isn't it?

It's delicious, very moist, very good.

Nägeli's Sachertorte is better. They use pure chocolate.

- No, too much cocoa. It's too bitter. - But this is too sweet.

It has to be sweet. Right, Carola? You like it sweet, too, don't you?

I'm getting married.

- Not in the bush? - Yes, Mama.

I'm going to marry Lemalian. In the bush.

Please don't forget to pick up my car tomorrow, okay?

The clearance sale brought in 16,200 francs.

The rest goes to the Red Cross.

- What about these? - Well...

We just couldn't bear to...

This Lemalian...

I can understand how, for a while, but not forever.

Carola?

Yes.

Forever.

What did you think?

As always, everyone talked at once. I heard all the different languages,

and again I didn't understand a word.

I had come back home.

You aren't serious?

I'm getting married today. Didn't I tell you?

To the Samburus, white has two meanings.

It stands for purity and innocence, like to us, but it also means

disaster at night.

You won't ruin this day for me. In fact, I'd be pleased if you came.

I have to prepare mass. But I wish you God's blessings.

Yes.

I don't believe it!

- You must come at once! - What's going on? You see...

A girl is bleeding to death! She was just circumcised!

She won't bleed to death. They know what they're doing.

And that's it? You accept it? That girl is barely 15!

Most of the girls marry at that age.

Your cynicism is disgusting.

Look, I try to help people here.

But I can only do that by gaining their trust and respecting customs.

I've been here for 20 years, but circumcisions been here for centuries.

- But one must talk to these people! - What do you think I've been doing?

I don't want to influence you, but you should know what you want.

Here it's all or nothing.

So it's "all" for you?

I'm a priest. I don't want to marry anyone.

Rule number one: You can't force things here.

If I hadn't understood that I'd no longer be here.

This is well-meant advice.

Pregnant? Really? What month?

The fourth.

I like you, Carola. We've never had anyone like you here before.

Do you believe in reincarnation?

- Don't know. - If I...

I'd like to be... What's that look?

I'd like to be... I'd like to be an elephant.

They're so...

They're so big and heavy and...

They have such nice thick skin and so much dignity.

Sometimes at night

they come up to the house, trample everything to the ground and stand...

like creatures from another world.

They're so much stronger than us.

You're an elephant, too. Really!

You just look like a normal woman. But you aren't.

- I'm going to open a shop in Barsaloi. - A shop? For what?

For everything you can eat. It wouldn't be my first shop.

- But this isn't Switzerland. - A shop is a shop.

What does Lemalian say?

It's for him and his people, too.

You're only doing it for yourself.

To strong women!

And to the elephants!

You have the goats.

You don't understand.

Yes, we do. I need it.

I need something else to eat. I can't live on sugar and goat's meat.

Oh God!

I can't do this!

What?

She isn't bewitched.

She'll die if we don't help her!

Oh God!

Why won't anyone help her?

My God, help her!

Come on, come on, come on!

Oh God, I'm so sorry!

I'm so sorry!

Shit!

Okay, come on.

Where's Moses?

At the coast.

- At the coast? Why? - Carola, we're leaving. Next week.

Moses has found a good job in Malindi. We'll have more money,

and I won't be alone so much.

Hey, what's wrong?

Did you have a fight with Lemalian?

Sometimes I think, the longer I'm here the less I understand him.

You can't understand these men. It's not part of the plan.

You can only live with them... which isn't part of the plan, either.

I don't want to believe that.

Life here is sometimes very easy...

and sometimes very difficult.

And yet it's the same life.

You'll manage all right.

Yeah.

Please have a seat.

I've been saving this here

for a special day.

And that's today?

I misjudged you.

The whites who usually come here are either tourists or adventurers.

They leave no traces.

It looks like you've made up your mind. My respect.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You shouldn't look them in the eye.

The people, uh...

I mean, the men.

- Pardon? - It isn't done here.

It might be misunderstood.

I have to look at my customers, don't I?

Yes, of course. But don't underestimate the problems.

- Don't underestimate me. - I'm not worried about you.

What are you doing?

Nobody. Why?

What? That's not true!

That's totally ridiculous. Please!

Please, stop it! Please!

This is insane!

Please, Lemalian, stop it. Please!

Please, stop it. Please! Stop it!

Please, stop it!

Don't ever do that again.

Write it down?

Here, pal. Cash!

But they're all neighbours here. And the mini-chief, too.

I know.

Everybody's a friend here.

Understand?

Damn it! What do you think this is? It's a shop!

Excuse me.

Lemalian.

My baby.

It's stopped moving! It's stopped moving!

Oh God!

Oh God! It's stopped moving!

You killed it! Oh, no!

Oh, no! No!

You killed it!

Oh, no!

Oh, no!

Sarai?

Sarai.

What's that money for?

Protection?

Is this all we have?

No, I don't give credit anymore.

Yeah.

I can't. Not yet.

Lemalian!

Saguna?

What?

Lemalian!

That's enough, Lemalian! Stop it!

You pay two goats to the mini-chief,

because you fired his nephew.

The mini-chief is to pay you five goats,

because his nephew attacked you.

Now I tend my wife's goats.

Hello, sweetheart - Hello, Mama.

Yes.

He's a customer.

Lemalian, you're my husband.

Lemalian! Leave her here!

I said, leave her here!

Lemalian!

Come on, we're going home. Run!

What's that? What is it?

What? Oh God, a goat!

It looks terrible!

That didn't come out of me. You're crazy.

You're crazy!

Stop this shit!

I can't go on like this.

I can't go on like this.

I can't go on like this.

I can't go on like this.

I'd love to help you, Carola,

if I only knew how.

No one can help me, Father.

That's probably true.

Yes.

- And Sarai? - I'm taking her with me.

Lemalian!

Please sign it.

Please!

The bus leaves in 15 minutes.

Of course I'll come back.

Carola Lehmann and her daughter have since lived in Switzerland.

Subtitles: John R. Middleton

DVD Subtitling: CNST, Montreal