1 00:00:40,525 --> 00:00:43,485 [wave eddies and cries of seabirds] 2 00:00:54,045 --> 00:00:56,645 [metallic crash crescendo] 3 00:01:14,085 --> 00:01:16,765 [violent storm] 4 00:01:52,885 --> 00:01:56,245 [rain pouring down] 5 00:02:17,445 --> 00:02:20,365 [in Chadian Arabic] It's been a long time 6 00:02:20,525 --> 00:02:22,245 that it hadn't rained like that. 7 00:02:25,285 --> 00:02:29,685 According to the ancients, there was two other memorable rains. 8 00:02:30,125 --> 00:02:31,805 It was before I was born. 9 00:02:32,605 --> 00:02:35,045 I heard my own parents talking about it. 10 00:02:36,045 --> 00:02:39,045 The first was called “the rain of abundance”. 11 00:02:40,205 --> 00:02:41,645 A real deluge! 12 00:02:41,805 --> 00:02:43,645 It had rained everywhere: 13 00:02:43,925 --> 00:02:46,245 from East to West, from North to South. 14 00:02:47,125 --> 00:02:49,925 The second was nicknamed “the rain of the creeping clouds.” 15 00:02:50,245 --> 00:02:51,525 The clouds 16 00:02:51,685 --> 00:02:54,805 crashed into the mountains, 17 00:02:54,965 --> 00:02:57,325 on the ground, everywhere. 18 00:02:58,125 --> 00:03:00,285 There was rain, 19 00:03:00,485 --> 00:03:03,165 but none equals that of this year. 20 00:03:03,845 --> 00:03:06,085 She uprooted the trees 21 00:03:06,525 --> 00:03:07,685 and demolished the houses. 22 00:03:07,845 --> 00:03:09,365 This is unheard of. 23 00:03:11,005 --> 00:03:14,085 [Kellou] It happened on September 1, 2024. 24 00:03:14,245 --> 00:03:16,165 I remember it very well. 25 00:03:17,245 --> 00:03:20,205 It was 10 a.m. when it started to rain. 26 00:03:20,365 --> 00:03:21,925 Very heavy rain. 27 00:03:23,725 --> 00:03:26,005 It lasted more than 24 hours. 28 00:03:27,965 --> 00:03:31,005 [soft music] 29 00:03:51,845 --> 00:03:55,165 [metallic crash of sheet metal] 30 00:03:59,445 --> 00:04:02,805 Torrents of water and mud poured into the streets. 31 00:04:04,405 --> 00:04:07,205 And several people were taken away. 32 00:04:11,885 --> 00:04:14,525 My village no longer looks like to what he was. 33 00:04:17,885 --> 00:04:21,365 A good part of our memory has now disappeared. 34 00:04:53,725 --> 00:04:55,805 Nothing will be the same again. 35 00:07:26,725 --> 00:07:29,085 [heavy breathing] 36 00:07:41,485 --> 00:07:44,485 [light hubbub] 37 00:08:21,805 --> 00:08:22,925 Baba. 38 00:08:30,485 --> 00:08:31,645 Hey, oh. 39 00:08:35,725 --> 00:08:36,765 Baba! 40 00:09:05,885 --> 00:09:07,205 - Oh! - [she shouts] 41 00:09:08,845 --> 00:09:10,405 You scared me. 42 00:09:14,965 --> 00:09:16,045 Is it for me? 43 00:09:16,205 --> 00:09:17,205 Yes. 44 00:09:17,485 --> 00:09:18,725 THANKS. 45 00:09:18,885 --> 00:09:20,325 It's magnificent. 46 00:09:26,085 --> 00:09:29,005 [soft dancing music] 47 00:10:13,245 --> 00:10:14,885 [she hums] 48 00:10:15,045 --> 00:10:17,085 [soft dancing music] 49 00:10:19,925 --> 00:10:22,605 [slight moans from the baby] 50 00:10:23,925 --> 00:10:25,765 [baby crying] 51 00:11:13,965 --> 00:11:15,005 [Aïcha] Kellou! 52 00:11:15,205 --> 00:11:17,445 [the baby cries again] 53 00:11:22,285 --> 00:11:23,965 What are you waiting for? 54 00:11:26,165 --> 00:11:28,085 Can't you see he's choking? 55 00:11:30,085 --> 00:11:33,365 You're good for nothing. If I were your mother, I would have corrected you. 56 00:11:33,525 --> 00:11:34,925 You're not my mother. 57 00:11:36,885 --> 00:11:40,085 [Aïcha] They are right, you will always be a girl of blood. 58 00:11:49,045 --> 00:11:50,125 Kellou... 59 00:11:51,525 --> 00:11:52,845 [in Chadian Arabic] Forgive me. 60 00:11:53,005 --> 00:11:54,885 I didn't mean to hurt you. 61 00:11:55,245 --> 00:11:56,405 Kellou. 62 00:11:56,645 --> 00:12:01,245 [call of the muezzin in the distance] 63 00:12:09,245 --> 00:12:10,245 Kellou? 64 00:12:11,165 --> 00:12:12,205 Kellou! 65 00:12:15,965 --> 00:12:18,605 What is it? Wait for me, Kellou. 66 00:12:19,925 --> 00:12:21,045 Kellou. 67 00:12:23,085 --> 00:12:24,125 Kellou. 68 00:12:28,845 --> 00:12:30,245 What is it? 69 00:12:35,005 --> 00:12:36,725 I don't think I'm normal. 70 00:12:36,885 --> 00:12:39,045 But yes, why do you say that? 71 00:12:41,525 --> 00:12:43,205 It's there in my head. 72 00:12:43,365 --> 00:12:45,165 There's something wrong. 73 00:12:45,325 --> 00:12:46,645 Explain to me. 74 00:12:49,765 --> 00:12:51,365 You can't understand. 75 00:13:19,885 --> 00:13:21,005 Kellou. 76 00:13:21,165 --> 00:13:22,725 Go get me a drink. 77 00:13:39,845 --> 00:13:40,845 THANKS. 78 00:13:51,845 --> 00:13:53,405 - Dad ? - [he nods] 79 00:13:56,925 --> 00:13:58,285 What is it? 80 00:13:59,245 --> 00:14:01,325 Do you ever have dreams? 81 00:14:02,645 --> 00:14:03,965 What a question. 82 00:14:04,125 --> 00:14:05,885 Of course, like everyone else. 83 00:14:06,805 --> 00:14:09,605 I'm not talking about dreams, dreams, but... 84 00:14:09,765 --> 00:14:11,485 You mean nightmares? 85 00:14:13,205 --> 00:14:14,565 I mean... 86 00:14:15,085 --> 00:14:17,405 There are things, I see them... 87 00:14:19,085 --> 00:14:20,565 and they arrive. 88 00:14:20,725 --> 00:14:22,285 What are you talking about ? 89 00:14:23,925 --> 00:14:26,605 For example, there are events, 90 00:14:26,765 --> 00:14:28,205 I see them... 91 00:14:29,845 --> 00:14:31,365 and they happen. 92 00:14:37,365 --> 00:14:39,245 Come on, go to work. 93 00:14:41,085 --> 00:14:43,525 Go to work instead of saying anything. 94 00:15:00,765 --> 00:15:02,005 Come on, come on. 95 00:15:04,405 --> 00:15:05,525 Give me. 96 00:15:18,765 --> 00:15:21,525 [upbeat music] 97 00:15:46,445 --> 00:15:49,325 [crying in the distance] 98 00:16:10,645 --> 00:16:12,365 [in Chadian Arabic] What are these cries? 99 00:16:12,525 --> 00:16:14,405 I don't know. Maybe a death. 100 00:16:27,205 --> 00:16:28,325 Aisha! 101 00:16:29,925 --> 00:16:30,925 Aisha! 102 00:16:31,245 --> 00:16:32,685 [in Chadian Arabic] What's going on? 103 00:16:34,085 --> 00:16:35,485 Don't you know? 104 00:16:35,645 --> 00:16:37,445 Fattouma's baby died. 105 00:16:39,165 --> 00:16:40,725 Be careful, I tell you. 106 00:16:52,125 --> 00:16:53,245 Listen, 107 00:16:53,525 --> 00:16:55,325 with the little one from Fattouma, 108 00:16:55,845 --> 00:16:57,925 that's four or five babies who die. 109 00:16:58,445 --> 00:17:00,445 There is a curse in the village. 110 00:17:36,045 --> 00:17:40,165 [male voices chatting] 111 00:18:16,045 --> 00:18:17,125 [in Chadian Arabic] Aya... 112 00:18:18,085 --> 00:18:20,805 Since your return here, you have only brought misfortune. 113 00:18:21,245 --> 00:18:23,125 It wasn't raining and it rained. 114 00:18:23,285 --> 00:18:24,885 The houses were destroyed. 115 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:28,845 And babies die. 116 00:18:30,365 --> 00:18:34,045 Because of this, we ask you to leave the village. 117 00:18:34,485 --> 00:18:38,205 [men's approvals] 118 00:18:38,565 --> 00:18:42,845 You've come all this way to tell me that? 119 00:18:44,125 --> 00:18:45,725 [in French] Aren't you ashamed? 120 00:18:45,965 --> 00:18:48,285 We're not ashamed, we don't want you. 121 00:18:48,725 --> 00:18:50,285 [in Chadian Arabic] I'm not going anywhere. 122 00:18:50,445 --> 00:18:52,645 This village is also mine. 123 00:18:55,365 --> 00:18:56,365 Aya, 124 00:18:57,205 --> 00:18:58,805 returns 125 00:18:58,965 --> 00:19:00,445 where you come from. 126 00:19:00,805 --> 00:19:01,685 Understood ? 127 00:19:03,765 --> 00:19:05,205 [she coughs] 128 00:19:09,045 --> 00:19:10,525 [she coughs] 129 00:20:38,365 --> 00:20:39,605 [she whistles] 130 00:20:52,205 --> 00:20:53,325 [in Chadian Arabic] Hey, Baba! 131 00:20:53,485 --> 00:20:54,805 Where are you going? 132 00:20:55,605 --> 00:20:56,645 Come back. 133 00:22:07,685 --> 00:22:08,925 Wow. 134 00:22:15,245 --> 00:22:16,525 [Kellou laughs] 135 00:22:37,205 --> 00:22:39,245 [she laughs] 136 00:22:40,965 --> 00:22:43,125 [they laugh] 137 00:23:40,485 --> 00:23:41,525 Kellou? 138 00:23:46,525 --> 00:23:47,685 Hey, oh? 139 00:24:00,005 --> 00:24:01,325 What do you have? 140 00:24:01,485 --> 00:24:03,205 [shaky breathing] 141 00:25:01,245 --> 00:25:04,085 [melancholy music] 142 00:25:39,485 --> 00:25:42,085 [approaching voices] 143 00:25:45,725 --> 00:25:47,485 [door creaks] 144 00:25:53,925 --> 00:25:55,365 [in Chadian Arabic] What are you doing here? 145 00:25:56,005 --> 00:25:58,245 Go away, I don't want to see you anymore. 146 00:25:58,445 --> 00:25:59,445 Come on. 147 00:26:34,925 --> 00:26:37,445 [mixed words] 148 00:27:07,085 --> 00:27:09,525 [heck] 149 00:27:12,765 --> 00:27:13,845 Hey, hey! 150 00:27:14,525 --> 00:27:17,325 Stop! What are you doing? 151 00:27:17,525 --> 00:27:19,285 [in Chadian Arabic] Daughter of a bitch! 152 00:27:20,005 --> 00:27:21,485 [in Chadian Arabic] Bitch! 153 00:27:24,245 --> 00:27:25,925 She's hurt! 154 00:28:03,205 --> 00:28:04,445 Oh my God ! 155 00:28:04,965 --> 00:28:07,125 [in Chadian Arabic] Who did this to you? Don't move. 156 00:28:09,805 --> 00:28:11,285 [in Chadian Arabic] Oh, misery. 157 00:28:43,765 --> 00:28:45,925 Come on. It's over, my little Kellou. 158 00:28:49,765 --> 00:28:51,485 How do you know who I am? 159 00:28:52,045 --> 00:28:53,565 I know you well, my daughter. 160 00:28:53,725 --> 00:28:55,085 You're not my mother. 161 00:28:55,525 --> 00:28:57,085 I knew your mother. 162 00:28:59,005 --> 00:29:00,125 My mother? 163 00:29:01,405 --> 00:29:02,765 [she coughs] 164 00:29:30,125 --> 00:29:32,445 Why don't you go at the health center? 165 00:29:35,645 --> 00:29:37,325 They refuse to treat me. 166 00:29:38,965 --> 00:29:40,885 I heal myself with plants, 167 00:29:42,005 --> 00:29:43,845 but it's not powerful enough. 168 00:29:49,045 --> 00:29:50,165 You see... 169 00:29:52,725 --> 00:29:54,125 these plants... 170 00:29:55,645 --> 00:29:57,125 it’s living. 171 00:30:00,525 --> 00:30:02,445 Everything alive on earth 172 00:30:04,645 --> 00:30:06,165 is useful, Kellou. 173 00:30:14,085 --> 00:30:16,725 [melancholy music] 174 00:30:53,325 --> 00:30:54,645 Do you see that? 175 00:30:56,685 --> 00:30:58,725 It cures painful periods. 176 00:30:59,805 --> 00:31:01,725 Have you already had your period? 177 00:31:12,165 --> 00:31:14,005 Take a good look at this one. 178 00:31:14,405 --> 00:31:15,965 It attracts boys. 179 00:31:17,245 --> 00:31:18,565 I'm kidding. 180 00:31:18,965 --> 00:31:20,485 [laughs] 181 00:31:27,965 --> 00:31:29,525 [in Chadian Arabic] Do you “see”? 182 00:31:36,405 --> 00:31:38,525 [in Chadian Arabic] I felt it as soon as I saw you. 183 00:31:43,765 --> 00:31:46,365 You don't know why this power was given to you. 184 00:31:46,925 --> 00:31:50,085 You don't know if it's a strength or a curse. 185 00:31:54,525 --> 00:31:56,365 You're angry, I know it. 186 00:31:58,485 --> 00:32:01,885 Anger exists, but you must learn to control it. 187 00:32:03,485 --> 00:32:07,365 As soon as you manage to do that, you will see, it will become a force. 188 00:32:08,805 --> 00:32:10,525 You don't know who I am. 189 00:32:12,085 --> 00:32:14,405 They say I was born of blood. 190 00:32:17,285 --> 00:32:19,445 - That I killed my mother. - No. 191 00:32:20,925 --> 00:32:22,765 I was there when you were born. 192 00:32:23,605 --> 00:32:25,765 You just lived, Kellou. 193 00:32:26,885 --> 00:32:28,605 There is no fault in you. 194 00:32:29,965 --> 00:32:32,005 There is no fault in you. 195 00:32:36,885 --> 00:32:38,405 There is no fault in you. 196 00:32:46,365 --> 00:32:48,565 Kellou is not the name of the crime. 197 00:32:49,645 --> 00:32:53,005 Your mother didn't give you that first name for nothing. 198 00:32:54,805 --> 00:32:57,325 Kellou was the goddess of love. 199 00:33:09,045 --> 00:33:12,125 [unsuccessful attempts to start the engine] 200 00:33:16,685 --> 00:33:19,085 [The radio broadcasts the news] 201 00:33:36,805 --> 00:33:37,965 Kellou. 202 00:33:40,205 --> 00:33:41,485 What do you have? 203 00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:42,765 It looks like blood. 204 00:33:42,925 --> 00:33:44,565 No, it's nothing at all. 205 00:33:46,125 --> 00:33:48,085 We saw you leaving her house. 206 00:33:48,605 --> 00:33:49,885 Her name is Aya. 207 00:33:54,645 --> 00:33:56,885 They say this woman is dangerous. 208 00:34:01,245 --> 00:34:04,565 Why do you never listen what do we tell you? Huh, Kellou? 209 00:34:08,285 --> 00:34:09,805 I don't want that something happens to you. 210 00:34:09,965 --> 00:34:11,765 Stop hanging out with her. 211 00:34:35,684 --> 00:34:38,845 [upbeat music in the distance] 212 00:35:06,405 --> 00:35:07,765 [in Chadian Arabic] What is this? 213 00:35:10,765 --> 00:35:12,245 [turns off] 214 00:35:12,405 --> 00:35:13,965 What are these manners? 215 00:35:14,365 --> 00:35:16,205 I want to see you leave right away. 216 00:35:17,085 --> 00:35:19,045 Leave immediately. 217 00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:22,565 I'm talking to you, right? 218 00:35:27,245 --> 00:35:28,885 [in French] My son is promised to his cousin. 219 00:35:29,765 --> 00:35:32,565 I know, but he loves me. 220 00:35:33,405 --> 00:35:35,085 [in Chadian Arabic] Do you dare to address me? 221 00:35:35,445 --> 00:35:37,125 Talk to me in this tone? 222 00:35:39,445 --> 00:35:40,725 To me? 223 00:35:40,885 --> 00:35:42,885 And you, do you dare raise your hand on me? 224 00:35:44,565 --> 00:35:47,365 Because of this girl whose origin we don't even know? 225 00:35:54,725 --> 00:35:57,845 My son deserves better than you, blood girl! 226 00:35:59,765 --> 00:36:01,245 Come home right away. 227 00:36:01,405 --> 00:36:03,725 Otherwise, I will curse you. 228 00:36:05,405 --> 00:36:07,245 And I will kick you out of the house. 229 00:36:17,565 --> 00:36:20,445 [call of the muezzin in the distance] 230 00:36:37,165 --> 00:36:40,085 [intriguing music] 231 00:37:55,605 --> 00:37:57,485 What are you coming here for? 232 00:37:58,005 --> 00:37:59,285 The stars. 233 00:37:59,925 --> 00:38:01,485 I love them. 234 00:38:02,125 --> 00:38:05,525 I feel like they're trying to communicate with us. 235 00:38:06,525 --> 00:38:10,085 When you know how to listen to them, the stars speak to us. 236 00:38:10,805 --> 00:38:13,445 They transmit to us the voice of our shadows. 237 00:38:14,285 --> 00:38:16,045 Do you speak with the dead? 238 00:38:16,205 --> 00:38:17,685 I listen to them. 239 00:38:19,365 --> 00:38:20,725 I will teach you. 240 00:38:20,885 --> 00:38:22,925 It's true ? Promise? 241 00:38:23,205 --> 00:38:24,325 Promised. 242 00:38:26,085 --> 00:38:27,445 [light laugh from Kellou] 243 00:38:36,805 --> 00:38:38,245 [they laugh] 244 00:38:44,965 --> 00:38:47,645 [Aya] Your mother wants May you follow your visions. 245 00:38:50,165 --> 00:38:52,085 Your life has only just begun. 246 00:38:54,405 --> 00:38:57,685 To say yes, you must first say no. 247 00:39:02,525 --> 00:39:04,205 Don't be afraid, Kellou. 248 00:39:06,165 --> 00:39:07,805 Tomorrow awaits you. 249 00:39:29,645 --> 00:39:32,005 [seductive whistles] 250 00:39:32,165 --> 00:39:33,325 [Saliba tchipe] 251 00:39:43,685 --> 00:39:44,885 [in Chadian Arabic] Hey, Kellou! 252 00:39:45,485 --> 00:39:47,725 You're a real woman now. 253 00:39:47,885 --> 00:39:49,445 It's time that you belong to a man. 254 00:39:49,605 --> 00:39:51,805 I'm not an object, let me tell you. 255 00:39:54,005 --> 00:39:55,445 [in Chadian Arabic] You are mature. 256 00:39:56,325 --> 00:39:58,005 It's almost the end of your freedom. 257 00:39:58,165 --> 00:40:01,285 Ousmane, your mother didn't teach you good manners? 258 00:40:01,445 --> 00:40:03,885 Come on, don't listen to him. He's just an idiot. 259 00:40:04,685 --> 00:40:06,925 No, but I'm hallucinating. What an idiot. 260 00:40:07,605 --> 00:40:09,605 [distant laughter] 261 00:40:19,685 --> 00:40:21,685 - You're lucky, you. - For what ? 262 00:40:23,605 --> 00:40:26,405 - I've never had a boyfriend. - Saliba, stop. 263 00:40:26,565 --> 00:40:28,805 It's not just boys in life. 264 00:40:28,965 --> 00:40:30,365 Try it with the girls. 265 00:40:30,525 --> 00:40:32,085 Are you crazy? 266 00:40:32,245 --> 00:40:33,245 [laughs] 267 00:40:33,405 --> 00:40:35,085 No, thank you, I don't want to. 268 00:40:36,685 --> 00:40:38,965 Tell me, have you already done it with Baba? 269 00:40:39,165 --> 00:40:41,605 It's true that it hurts the first time? 270 00:40:45,405 --> 00:40:47,685 [bursts of laughter] 271 00:40:51,365 --> 00:40:52,645 Oh there... 272 00:40:53,805 --> 00:40:56,565 [they continue to discuss] 273 00:41:14,525 --> 00:41:17,165 Don't go near this house. It's dangerous. 274 00:41:17,325 --> 00:41:18,445 Kellou. 275 00:41:20,165 --> 00:41:21,325 Kellou! 276 00:41:22,045 --> 00:41:23,125 Kellou? 277 00:41:24,205 --> 00:41:26,125 - [sigh] - Kellou! 278 00:41:44,125 --> 00:41:45,165 Kellou. 279 00:41:46,445 --> 00:41:48,605 Kellou. Kellou. 280 00:41:49,165 --> 00:41:50,245 Kellou. 281 00:41:50,925 --> 00:41:52,085 Come on, let's go. 282 00:41:52,245 --> 00:41:53,365 Come on. 283 00:41:54,125 --> 00:41:55,165 Here we go. 284 00:42:19,445 --> 00:42:21,405 [Aya] Everything will disappear. 285 00:42:23,645 --> 00:42:24,605 Are you okay? 286 00:42:24,765 --> 00:42:26,205 [Aya] Everything will disappear. 287 00:42:26,365 --> 00:42:27,445 Are you okay? 288 00:42:27,605 --> 00:42:28,925 [Aya's agitated breathing] 289 00:42:29,085 --> 00:42:30,565 Kellou, wake up. 290 00:42:32,405 --> 00:42:33,445 Kellou? 291 00:42:36,325 --> 00:42:37,365 Kellou! 292 00:42:38,245 --> 00:42:39,845 Everything will disappear. 293 00:42:40,005 --> 00:42:42,205 [shaky breathing] 294 00:43:23,445 --> 00:43:24,845 (Everything will disappear.) 295 00:43:48,285 --> 00:43:49,885 Everything will disappear. 296 00:43:50,045 --> 00:43:51,165 I saw it. 297 00:43:52,045 --> 00:43:53,325 Calm down. 298 00:43:57,485 --> 00:43:59,285 Is that what you saw too? 299 00:44:08,645 --> 00:44:10,485 Did you see my death? 300 00:44:10,765 --> 00:44:12,005 Is that it? 301 00:44:16,605 --> 00:44:17,685 It's over. 302 00:44:49,805 --> 00:44:51,845 [Aya] Everything will disappear, Kellou. 303 00:45:06,645 --> 00:45:09,885 All these dead babies, They accuse me of having killed them. 304 00:45:11,805 --> 00:45:14,965 I was just a midwife, like my mother. 305 00:45:21,925 --> 00:45:23,125 Your mother... 306 00:45:24,005 --> 00:45:26,645 I did everything, but I couldn't save her. 307 00:45:28,085 --> 00:45:30,205 I couldn't save her, Kellou. 308 00:45:33,765 --> 00:45:36,245 I mopped his forehead all the way. 309 00:45:37,245 --> 00:45:39,485 And when you were born, I saw it. 310 00:45:40,445 --> 00:45:41,765 She smiled. 311 00:45:44,525 --> 00:45:46,005 Just smiled. 312 00:45:50,725 --> 00:45:51,845 I know. 313 00:45:52,445 --> 00:45:54,045 [Aya sighs] 314 00:46:22,965 --> 00:46:24,605 [Aya] The men of the village, 315 00:46:25,205 --> 00:46:27,485 I remind them of a past of which they are ashamed. 316 00:46:29,405 --> 00:46:30,605 What past? 317 00:46:31,925 --> 00:46:33,405 What past, Aya? 318 00:46:35,485 --> 00:46:37,445 I'm going to tell you a secret. 319 00:46:40,445 --> 00:46:42,365 I am a child of the Moon. 320 00:46:44,085 --> 00:46:46,525 I was conceived during the night of the stars. 321 00:46:46,685 --> 00:46:48,765 That's why they hate me. 322 00:47:04,725 --> 00:47:07,045 Do you know the night of the stars? 323 00:47:13,645 --> 00:47:15,685 We call it Soumsoum. 324 00:47:18,325 --> 00:47:20,685 A night to the glory of the stars. 325 00:47:23,485 --> 00:47:25,845 My mother was the queen of the party. 326 00:47:27,205 --> 00:47:30,125 With his beautiful mask, she was beautiful. 327 00:47:31,525 --> 00:47:33,885 She looked like a princess. 328 00:47:34,045 --> 00:47:37,605 [upbeat music] 329 00:47:37,765 --> 00:47:41,845 It was a night of love, of madness and freedom 330 00:47:42,005 --> 00:47:44,885 to celebrate everything living on Earth. 331 00:47:46,605 --> 00:47:48,205 Because every living person 332 00:47:48,365 --> 00:47:49,765 is a star. 333 00:48:03,205 --> 00:48:04,605 During this celebration, 334 00:48:05,085 --> 00:48:07,565 no one belongs to anyone. 335 00:48:07,965 --> 00:48:11,085 There are no more husbands, no more wives. 336 00:48:11,765 --> 00:48:14,485 Children born at nine months after that night 337 00:48:15,205 --> 00:48:17,765 bear only their mother’s first name. 338 00:48:18,405 --> 00:48:21,405 Because no one can say who was their father. 339 00:48:25,365 --> 00:48:27,965 My mother just told me that my father was tall. 340 00:48:28,485 --> 00:48:30,645 He wore a monkey mask. 341 00:48:37,045 --> 00:48:39,205 [rumba] 342 00:49:57,205 --> 00:49:59,885 [Kellou laughs] 343 00:50:01,005 --> 00:50:03,485 There was a world before them, Kellou. 344 00:50:03,965 --> 00:50:05,685 A free world. 345 00:50:06,245 --> 00:50:08,125 I wore it for a long time. 346 00:50:08,925 --> 00:50:10,965 It's your turn to wear it now. 347 00:50:21,885 --> 00:50:23,005 I... 348 00:50:24,325 --> 00:50:26,445 I don't feel capable of it. 349 00:50:26,765 --> 00:50:28,885 I don't even know who I am. 350 00:50:29,085 --> 00:50:30,645 A cursed girl? 351 00:50:31,085 --> 00:50:32,325 A witch? 352 00:50:32,485 --> 00:50:34,525 There's no such thing as witches. 353 00:51:23,325 --> 00:51:26,045 [Aya coughs in the distance] 354 00:51:59,685 --> 00:52:03,325 [radio] Sudan, DRC, Somalia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, 355 00:52:03,485 --> 00:52:07,845 all these countries are experiencing disasters which push populations to flee. 356 00:52:08,005 --> 00:52:10,165 Very often, these are floods. 357 00:52:10,325 --> 00:52:12,365 [newsletter continues] 358 00:52:15,405 --> 00:52:17,045 - Dad? - [he nods] 359 00:52:18,245 --> 00:52:19,645 [turns off] 360 00:52:21,885 --> 00:52:23,685 I'm going to sleep at Aya's. 361 00:52:24,085 --> 00:52:26,725 What ? Have you lost your mind? 362 00:52:28,525 --> 00:52:30,845 - You're not going to do that? - Yes. 363 00:52:31,645 --> 00:52:33,045 Listen to me, Kellou. 364 00:52:34,005 --> 00:52:35,125 Kellou! 365 00:52:37,125 --> 00:52:38,365 Kellou. 366 00:52:39,925 --> 00:52:41,405 [she coughs] 367 00:53:01,765 --> 00:53:04,725 [laughs] 368 00:53:12,565 --> 00:53:16,925 [Aya coughs] 369 00:53:39,485 --> 00:53:41,125 [Kellou laughs] 370 00:53:59,405 --> 00:54:02,965 [she coughs] 371 00:54:04,365 --> 00:54:05,605 Kellou. 372 00:54:06,725 --> 00:54:08,325 Kellou, wake up. 373 00:54:22,365 --> 00:54:24,165 It's time to go to school. 374 00:54:24,845 --> 00:54:26,045 Hurry up. 375 00:54:49,165 --> 00:54:51,445 [she coughs again] 376 00:55:02,845 --> 00:55:05,205 Take these dates for your breakfast. 377 00:55:06,645 --> 00:55:08,125 And go get ready. 378 00:55:09,165 --> 00:55:10,845 [Aya coughs] 379 00:55:12,005 --> 00:55:13,405 [sigh] 380 00:55:13,565 --> 00:55:16,565 [in Chadian Arabic] Aya, I don't want to leave you all alone. 381 00:55:22,525 --> 00:55:23,805 Come on, go ahead. 382 00:55:25,525 --> 00:55:27,085 [in Chadian Arabic] Stand up. 383 00:55:30,165 --> 00:55:31,565 Go ahead, Kellou. 384 00:56:13,805 --> 00:56:14,925 How are you ? 385 00:56:22,085 --> 00:56:23,165 Hey. 386 00:56:28,245 --> 00:56:29,325 Wait. 387 00:56:29,485 --> 00:56:30,925 What is it? 388 00:56:33,765 --> 00:56:35,005 What is it? 389 00:56:39,125 --> 00:56:40,405 Speak. 390 00:56:44,005 --> 00:56:46,045 - It's over. - What, is it over? 391 00:56:47,565 --> 00:56:49,885 - What, is it over? - It's over between us. 392 00:56:50,045 --> 00:56:51,525 How so ? 393 00:56:51,685 --> 00:56:54,085 What do you mean it's over between us? Baba? 394 00:56:54,285 --> 00:56:56,525 What do you mean it's over between us? 395 00:56:57,245 --> 00:57:00,085 How can you tell me is it over between us? 396 00:57:00,805 --> 00:57:02,765 Look at me when I talk to you. 397 00:57:03,165 --> 00:57:05,365 Baba. Baba, wait. 398 00:57:07,725 --> 00:57:08,845 Baba? 399 00:58:10,885 --> 00:58:12,445 [teacher] Are you ready? 400 00:58:12,605 --> 00:58:13,565 [students] Yes. 401 00:58:13,725 --> 00:58:16,645 We're going to talk about the book by Ben Okri, 402 00:58:17,445 --> 00:58:20,085 Astonish the Gods. Have you read the book? 403 00:58:20,245 --> 00:58:21,285 [students] Yes. 404 00:58:22,045 --> 00:58:24,565 - Brahim, have you read it? - Yes, I read it. 405 00:58:24,725 --> 00:58:27,245 Well done. Later, your friend will... 406 00:58:32,445 --> 00:58:34,245 It is now that you arrive, Kellou? 407 00:58:36,565 --> 00:58:38,125 Did you see the time? 408 00:58:40,525 --> 00:58:42,645 Come in, instead of staying there. 409 00:58:48,205 --> 00:58:49,925 Champion of delays. 410 00:58:50,085 --> 00:58:51,685 [laughs] 411 00:58:53,805 --> 00:58:55,925 I remind you, you are giving your presentation this morning. 412 00:58:58,485 --> 00:58:59,565 (Is everything okay?) 413 00:58:59,725 --> 00:59:01,885 You chose to tell us about the role 414 00:59:02,565 --> 00:59:04,085 and space 415 00:59:04,725 --> 00:59:06,245 wonderful 416 00:59:10,845 --> 00:59:12,605 and the invisible 417 00:59:15,445 --> 00:59:17,885 in the work of the Nigerian novelist 418 00:59:18,045 --> 00:59:19,005 Ben Okri. 419 00:59:19,165 --> 00:59:20,685 Come on, we'll listen to you. 420 00:59:25,925 --> 00:59:28,045 Did you prepare this presentation or not? 421 00:59:30,885 --> 00:59:33,845 Otherwise, I'll give you a zero and I will inform your father. 422 00:59:34,325 --> 00:59:35,965 Come on, go ahead. 423 00:59:39,965 --> 00:59:40,805 Kellou? 424 00:59:43,205 --> 00:59:44,245 Kellou? 425 00:59:45,805 --> 00:59:46,845 What do you have? 426 00:59:51,205 --> 00:59:52,925 - Hey. - Come on. 427 00:59:54,765 --> 00:59:55,765 Kellou. 428 00:59:56,765 --> 01:00:00,605 [Aya's distant breathing] 429 01:00:17,205 --> 01:00:20,125 [groans] 430 01:00:33,405 --> 01:00:35,205 [teacher] Go ahead, we'll listen to you. 431 01:00:40,045 --> 01:00:41,085 Kellou! 432 01:00:47,165 --> 01:00:48,605 What are you doing ? 433 01:00:49,405 --> 01:00:50,605 Go sit down again. 434 01:00:51,005 --> 01:00:52,125 Go back and sit down. 435 01:00:55,325 --> 01:00:59,365 [Kellou shouts] 436 01:01:07,885 --> 01:01:08,965 [Baba] Kellou? 437 01:01:09,605 --> 01:01:11,925 Kellou? Kellou? 438 01:01:13,125 --> 01:01:14,205 Kellou? 439 01:01:14,925 --> 01:01:16,085 Kellou? 440 01:01:18,085 --> 01:01:19,205 Kellou. 441 01:01:20,125 --> 01:01:20,965 Kellou. 442 01:01:36,245 --> 01:01:37,405 Kellou. 443 01:03:51,445 --> 01:03:54,205 [baby moans] 444 01:03:55,245 --> 01:03:57,525 [baby crying] 445 01:04:36,365 --> 01:04:40,525 [heavy breathing mixed with coughing] 446 01:04:53,685 --> 01:04:56,125 [groans] 447 01:04:56,285 --> 01:04:59,725 [heavy breathing] 448 01:05:07,845 --> 01:05:08,845 (Aya...) 449 01:05:09,005 --> 01:05:10,085 (Aya...) 450 01:05:10,245 --> 01:05:11,285 (Aya...) 451 01:05:11,445 --> 01:05:13,325 Kellou, it's dad. 452 01:05:13,805 --> 01:05:15,445 - Aya... - It's okay. 453 01:05:15,925 --> 01:05:17,765 - Ayah! - What, Aya? 454 01:05:17,925 --> 01:05:19,285 Don't go to her house! 455 01:05:19,445 --> 01:05:20,725 Kellou, stop! 456 01:07:07,365 --> 01:07:09,165 [baby moans] 457 01:07:14,645 --> 01:07:17,045 - Kellou? - [Garba] ​​Kellou. 458 01:07:18,045 --> 01:07:19,365 [Garba] What is it? 459 01:07:20,085 --> 01:07:21,565 Aya is dead. 460 01:07:24,405 --> 01:07:26,525 You have to give him the mortuary toilet. 461 01:07:26,685 --> 01:07:28,045 I don't know how to do it. 462 01:07:33,565 --> 01:07:36,045 You are a child, you don't have to worry about it. 463 01:07:38,085 --> 01:07:39,645 Go to bed, Kellou. 464 01:07:44,765 --> 01:07:46,165 [she shouts] 465 01:07:56,605 --> 01:07:58,125 [Saliba] I can't help you. 466 01:07:59,005 --> 01:08:01,005 I don't know how to do it either. 467 01:08:01,165 --> 01:08:02,525 I wasn't taught. 468 01:08:06,405 --> 01:08:08,725 Did you hear everything we say about Aya? 469 01:08:09,485 --> 01:08:11,325 It's all lies. 470 01:08:15,405 --> 01:08:16,725 What if I asked your mother? 471 01:08:16,885 --> 01:08:19,045 My mother? She will never accept. 472 01:08:19,205 --> 01:08:20,525 Don't even think about it. 473 01:08:35,685 --> 01:08:37,484 [call of the muezzin in the distance] 474 01:08:41,444 --> 01:08:43,005 [in Chadian Arabic] Baba, where are you? 475 01:08:43,165 --> 01:08:44,605 Come quickly, it's time for prayer. 476 01:09:14,805 --> 01:09:16,444 Baba. Baba. 477 01:09:23,525 --> 01:09:24,645 Kellou. 478 01:09:27,165 --> 01:09:28,525 Are you better? 479 01:09:29,284 --> 01:09:30,165 Yes. 480 01:09:30,324 --> 01:09:31,965 You have to help me. 481 01:09:34,364 --> 01:09:36,484 I'm listening to you, hurry up. 482 01:09:37,205 --> 01:09:38,444 It's Aya. 483 01:09:49,324 --> 01:09:50,404 Baba? 484 01:09:54,445 --> 01:09:57,085 [sad music] 485 01:10:25,365 --> 01:10:26,605 Aisha. 486 01:10:41,645 --> 01:10:43,525 What are you still doing? 487 01:10:58,085 --> 01:10:59,485 What are you doing ? 488 01:11:03,005 --> 01:11:04,685 You're going to get us into trouble. 489 01:11:04,845 --> 01:11:06,965 Everyone is against it, you know that. 490 01:11:07,125 --> 01:11:09,205 [Aïcha] Don't repeat me what people say. 491 01:11:13,445 --> 01:11:15,565 Let me go. Let me go, Garba! 492 01:11:16,085 --> 01:11:17,165 Let me go! 493 01:11:17,325 --> 01:11:18,925 Dad, stop! Stop! 494 01:11:26,165 --> 01:11:28,245 You took your mother's life, 495 01:11:28,405 --> 01:11:30,645 and you want to fuck up in mine. 496 01:11:31,085 --> 01:11:33,045 [baby moans] 497 01:11:41,525 --> 01:11:43,525 The dead have rights, Garba. 498 01:11:44,005 --> 01:11:46,085 We have to wash them and bury them. 499 01:11:48,845 --> 01:11:50,245 The dead watch over us. 500 01:11:50,405 --> 01:11:54,325 If we don't take care of it, new disasters will happen. 501 01:11:55,045 --> 01:11:57,525 I know it, because I saw it. 502 01:11:57,685 --> 01:11:59,405 What did you see? 503 01:11:59,565 --> 01:12:01,245 I have visions, Dad. 504 01:12:01,725 --> 01:12:04,325 I see things from the past, but also of the future. 505 01:12:04,485 --> 01:12:07,125 Bullshit! No one leaves this house! 506 01:12:14,645 --> 01:12:16,725 I know you killed a man, dad. 507 01:12:18,805 --> 01:12:20,125 When you were young. 508 01:12:24,285 --> 01:12:26,205 His family wanted revenge. 509 01:12:27,165 --> 01:12:29,045 This is why you came here. 510 01:12:31,125 --> 01:12:32,925 [he stutters] 511 01:12:33,085 --> 01:12:34,565 You weren't even born. 512 01:12:35,325 --> 01:12:37,405 Nobody knows it in the village. 513 01:12:39,685 --> 01:12:41,325 Is it true what she says? 514 01:12:42,005 --> 01:12:44,045 I didn't intend to kill him. 515 01:12:44,205 --> 01:12:45,685 It was an accident. 516 01:12:48,405 --> 01:12:50,325 Believe me, it's the truth. 517 01:12:50,485 --> 01:12:51,405 [baby crying] 518 01:12:51,565 --> 01:12:53,645 I swear it on your mother's head. 519 01:12:58,725 --> 01:13:01,045 Take care of the baby for once. 520 01:13:31,045 --> 01:13:32,325 Where is the baby? 521 01:13:32,485 --> 01:13:34,685 I left him with Saliba's mother. 522 01:15:09,925 --> 01:15:12,245 [she sings softly] 523 01:15:49,445 --> 01:15:51,725 [Aïcha sings with her] 524 01:16:06,725 --> 01:16:09,165 [Aisha sings] 525 01:16:17,365 --> 01:16:20,245 [Kellou sings] 526 01:16:22,285 --> 01:16:23,645 [Aisha sings] 527 01:16:23,805 --> 01:16:25,245 [sigh from Kellou] 528 01:16:57,285 --> 01:16:58,445 Dad. 529 01:16:58,605 --> 01:16:59,685 Dad. 530 01:17:00,245 --> 01:17:01,485 Look at. 531 01:17:26,645 --> 01:17:28,565 [the man laughs] 532 01:17:30,405 --> 01:17:31,885 [in Chadian Arabic] So it’s you, Garba? 533 01:17:33,365 --> 01:17:34,765 But why 534 01:17:35,245 --> 01:17:37,245 you refuse to respect our laws? 535 01:17:38,165 --> 01:17:39,805 We have laws here. 536 01:17:45,405 --> 01:17:46,365 Laws? 537 01:17:46,525 --> 01:17:48,725 There are other laws than yours. 538 01:17:49,765 --> 01:17:51,005 [the man] Who spoke to you? 539 01:17:52,565 --> 01:17:54,725 [in Chadian Arabic] You don't respect our laws 540 01:17:54,885 --> 01:17:56,605 because you are not one of us. 541 01:17:57,205 --> 01:17:58,165 What is this guy? 542 01:17:58,325 --> 01:18:00,045 A fucking immigrant. 543 01:18:01,845 --> 01:18:04,405 Garba, listen carefully to what they tell you. 544 01:18:06,205 --> 01:18:09,405 Wood in the water doesn't turn into a crocodile. 545 01:18:09,845 --> 01:18:11,605 We don't know your origins, 546 01:18:11,765 --> 01:18:13,045 nor your story, 547 01:18:13,365 --> 01:18:14,925 nor your roots. 548 01:18:15,685 --> 01:18:18,085 To us, you are a stranger. 549 01:18:20,885 --> 01:18:24,125 This remains, take her back to her house. 550 01:18:24,725 --> 01:18:26,405 [approvals] 551 01:18:27,565 --> 01:18:30,085 We will burn it and throw away the ashes 552 01:18:30,245 --> 01:18:31,845 to chase the demon out of the village. 553 01:18:35,325 --> 01:18:36,885 Listen to me carefully, Garba. 554 01:18:38,765 --> 01:18:41,085 If you don't do what they say, 555 01:18:42,205 --> 01:18:43,645 you and your family, 556 01:18:43,805 --> 01:18:45,085 we will chase you out of the village. 557 01:18:47,485 --> 01:18:48,605 Let's go. 558 01:19:24,325 --> 01:19:26,205 What's going on, Kellou? 559 01:19:33,485 --> 01:19:36,205 I promised Aya not to abandon it. 560 01:19:42,125 --> 01:19:43,405 Dad, 561 01:19:43,565 --> 01:19:46,485 you taught me that speech, it's like spit. 562 01:19:46,645 --> 01:19:49,405 When it comes out, we don't swallow it. 563 01:22:24,885 --> 01:22:28,405 [soft singing of a male voice] 564 01:24:13,525 --> 01:24:14,405 [Aya] Kellou. 565 01:24:15,085 --> 01:24:18,245 You must know that what is happening in the visible world 566 01:24:18,405 --> 01:24:21,125 has consequences about the invisible world. 567 01:24:22,165 --> 01:24:25,285 All living things are secretly linked. 568 01:24:26,405 --> 01:24:29,725 Each of them represents the whole world. 569 01:24:30,725 --> 01:24:32,005 It contains everything. 570 01:24:34,005 --> 01:24:37,685 To destroy it is to harm to the integrity of the whole. 571 01:24:40,685 --> 01:24:42,405 Learn to look at each stone, 572 01:24:43,125 --> 01:24:45,925 every plant and every insect 573 01:24:46,085 --> 01:24:47,245 with kindness. 574 01:25:19,525 --> 01:25:21,645 [eagle cry] 575 01:25:33,725 --> 01:25:37,845 [falling rocks] 576 01:26:11,325 --> 01:26:13,845 [men grunt] 577 01:26:17,125 --> 01:26:19,565 Who are you? What do you want? 578 01:26:20,085 --> 01:26:21,125 No ! 579 01:26:21,965 --> 01:26:23,005 No ! 580 01:26:24,645 --> 01:26:26,765 No ! No, no! No ! 581 01:26:26,925 --> 01:26:29,045 No, stop! Stop! 582 01:26:29,845 --> 01:26:32,765 [shaky breathing] 583 01:26:33,685 --> 01:26:34,725 Stop! 584 01:26:35,085 --> 01:26:36,165 Stop! 585 01:26:36,525 --> 01:26:37,845 Hey! 586 01:26:40,725 --> 01:26:42,005 [he chases them away] 587 01:27:27,485 --> 01:27:29,285 [in Chadian Arabic] They are wandering souls. 588 01:27:29,445 --> 01:27:33,165 If you don't bury the remains, they will pursue you. 589 01:27:33,325 --> 01:27:34,965 They want it back. 590 01:27:35,125 --> 01:27:37,805 They consider it like one of them. 591 01:27:37,965 --> 01:27:41,365 You have to bury it before sunset. 592 01:27:41,965 --> 01:27:46,005 Look for the cave where there are the sentinel ladies. 593 01:27:46,525 --> 01:27:50,685 At this location, the dead turn to stone 594 01:27:51,125 --> 01:27:53,045 and watch over eternity. 595 01:27:59,485 --> 01:28:01,125 [falling rocks] 596 01:28:04,845 --> 01:28:06,885 [Kellou] (The Eagle Rock...) 597 01:28:50,565 --> 01:28:53,485 [eagle cry] 598 01:29:46,085 --> 01:29:49,925 [humming] 599 01:30:33,445 --> 01:30:36,845 [soft music adds to the humming] 600 01:31:44,445 --> 01:31:45,685 [Aya] Kellou. 601 01:31:46,765 --> 01:31:48,525 There was a world before them. 602 01:31:54,005 --> 01:31:56,605 An old world several thousand years old. 603 01:31:59,685 --> 01:32:01,445 A world they despise 604 01:32:01,645 --> 01:32:03,965 because they are unaware of his wealth. 605 01:32:06,565 --> 01:32:07,965 This world 606 01:32:08,325 --> 01:32:11,645 says something about us and our past. 607 01:32:35,925 --> 01:32:37,925 [whispers] 608 01:32:43,245 --> 01:32:45,445 (The female sentinels...) 609 01:33:51,765 --> 01:33:52,965 [Kellou] Aya... 610 01:33:53,125 --> 01:33:56,845 You will rest here, with the lady sentinels, 611 01:33:57,325 --> 01:33:59,165 protectors of women, 612 01:34:00,285 --> 01:34:04,645 where the dead are transformed in stone to watch over eternity. 613 01:35:31,485 --> 01:35:32,845 Kellou. 614 01:35:45,205 --> 01:35:46,485 Kellou... 615 01:35:52,845 --> 01:35:54,765 [in Chadian Arabic] You are free, my daughter. 616 01:35:56,445 --> 01:35:58,325 You are not cursed. 617 01:36:00,645 --> 01:36:02,245 You are free. 618 01:36:02,885 --> 01:36:06,485 Go live your life, my daughter, you are not cursed. 619 01:36:06,965 --> 01:36:08,925 It's me, your mother, Kellou. 620 01:36:13,205 --> 01:36:15,125 You are free, my darling. 621 01:36:28,885 --> 01:36:31,045 [soft happy music] 622 01:41:11,525 --> 01:41:14,685 TITRAFILM subtitling