1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:01:59,162 --> 00:02:02,665 TO MY MOTHER, TO THE MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN, "NO COMBAT IS IN VAIN" 4 00:03:26,583 --> 00:03:33,548 in THE CHILD OF ANOTHER 5 00:06:16,169 --> 00:06:17,754 The Ngondo feast 6 00:06:17,837 --> 00:06:21,132 takes place every year in Douala. 7 00:06:24,969 --> 00:06:27,680 The Ngondo means the umbilical cord 8 00:06:27,764 --> 00:06:28,931 that binds the people 9 00:06:29,015 --> 00:06:31,017 to their original values. 10 00:07:44,757 --> 00:07:46,634 This year, 11 00:07:46,717 --> 00:07:49,262 the Ngondo tries to reach young people 12 00:07:49,345 --> 00:07:51,889 who are losing faith in tradition. 13 00:07:51,973 --> 00:07:54,976 This is dangerous for all of us. 14 00:07:55,059 --> 00:07:57,854 We must react! 15 00:15:22,423 --> 00:15:23,757 Go away! 16 00:16:00,628 --> 00:16:01,837 Go away! 17 00:16:33,702 --> 00:16:35,537 Ancestors who are listening to me. 18 00:16:36,246 --> 00:16:39,166 Today my daughter Ndomé is emancipated. 19 00:16:40,709 --> 00:16:42,336 She wants to get married. 20 00:16:42,961 --> 00:16:45,756 Elders, 21 00:16:46,423 --> 00:16:49,426 please accept this wine as a symbol of the union 22 00:16:49,510 --> 00:16:55,140 between these two young people and their families. 23 00:17:02,106 --> 00:17:03,357 And you, the suitor, listen! 24 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,610 The Hare said to the daring Antelope: 25 00:17:06,694 --> 00:17:09,697 "If you see me sitting, that means I'm sitting." 26 00:17:11,115 --> 00:17:13,575 My daughter, you've learned from us 27 00:17:14,159 --> 00:17:17,705 that, in marriage, one plus one equals one. 28 00:17:17,788 --> 00:17:19,707 Be a worthy daughter of your ancestors! 29 00:17:20,833 --> 00:17:22,876 Don't take after those vain, 30 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:24,586 fashionable girls, 31 00:17:24,670 --> 00:17:27,506 seeking short-lived luxuries. 32 00:18:48,504 --> 00:18:49,838 Drink! 33 00:18:51,215 --> 00:18:52,424 Drink! 34 00:18:59,348 --> 00:19:01,099 Give it to the right person. 35 00:19:09,817 --> 00:19:11,151 Brothers, 36 00:19:12,277 --> 00:19:16,865 when we cast our nets, we don't know what we're going to catch. 37 00:19:18,450 --> 00:19:22,913 If it's a manatee, the whole community is happy. 38 00:19:23,747 --> 00:19:26,959 There's no better catch than a marriageable daughter. 39 00:19:27,793 --> 00:19:31,213 I don't know if the suitor will prove equal to the ask, 40 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:36,593 because I had a hard time marrying the mother and bringing up the girl. 41 00:20:39,031 --> 00:20:42,826 Too many problems for one person. 42 00:20:44,328 --> 00:20:46,622 Costs keep going up. 43 00:20:46,705 --> 00:20:50,709 My fishermen aren't catching anything lately, 44 00:20:50,792 --> 00:20:55,756 because the white man's boats are fishing in our own rivers. 45 00:20:57,090 --> 00:21:02,262 Our own black brothers are the ones who encourage this state of affairs, 46 00:21:02,346 --> 00:21:05,349 thus reducing us to poverty. 47 00:21:06,850 --> 00:21:09,186 And prices are running wild. 48 00:21:09,269 --> 00:21:12,689 Two kilos of fish won't even buy a kilo of rice. 49 00:21:13,231 --> 00:21:16,068 Not to mention the countless taxes... 50 00:21:18,070 --> 00:21:21,073 What's more, Ngando wants to get married. 51 00:21:21,698 --> 00:21:26,370 How can I make him understand that I must have a child before, 52 00:21:26,912 --> 00:21:28,914 and therefore need a 5th wife? 53 00:21:29,998 --> 00:21:36,171 However, this time, I'll have to find a very young one, a virgin. 54 00:21:37,047 --> 00:21:40,676 Above all a virgin, if I want to have my child. 55 00:22:06,868 --> 00:22:08,120 Mbella! 56 00:22:09,037 --> 00:22:10,247 Hurry up! 57 00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:13,500 Can't a man even relieve himself in peace? 58 00:22:13,583 --> 00:22:15,085 I'm in a hurry. 59 00:22:15,168 --> 00:22:17,212 So shut up. You make me nervous. 60 00:22:17,295 --> 00:22:20,132 Waiting makes me nervous. What did you eat? 61 00:22:20,215 --> 00:22:22,426 That's enough from you! 62 00:22:23,927 --> 00:22:26,555 Now I can't do anything. 63 00:22:27,097 --> 00:22:28,557 I'm a bundle of nerves. 64 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:30,851 Ants in your pants, lover boy? 65 00:22:31,935 --> 00:22:36,023 If Ndomé was waiting for you, it wouldn't be ants that you'd have. 66 00:22:36,106 --> 00:22:38,483 You're not close to getting rid of them, though... 67 00:22:38,567 --> 00:22:40,861 I'm in no hurry. 68 00:22:40,944 --> 00:22:43,613 You mean that Ndomé's not in a hurry. 69 00:22:43,697 --> 00:22:47,909 Her honor must be shown on a white sheet stained with her blood. 70 00:22:47,993 --> 00:22:50,162 And for that to happen, 71 00:22:50,245 --> 00:22:53,415 you'll have to pay a colossal dowry, which you don't have. 72 00:22:53,498 --> 00:22:55,709 I've got the dowry, all right. 73 00:22:58,253 --> 00:23:01,631 You must be joking. How did you get it? 74 00:23:01,715 --> 00:23:05,469 My uncle will give it to me, you ass! He promised me he would. 75 00:23:07,929 --> 00:23:12,142 Your uncle! Aren't you ashamed that your uncle is buying you a wife? 76 00:23:16,354 --> 00:23:18,398 What else can I do? 77 00:23:23,487 --> 00:23:27,491 Everything I bring in belongs to my family 78 00:23:28,992 --> 00:23:32,954 and comes under my uncle's authority as head of the family. 79 00:23:34,081 --> 00:23:37,667 Until I come of age. 80 00:23:37,751 --> 00:23:41,588 In other words, until the day I have a wife 81 00:23:42,881 --> 00:23:44,633 and my own home. 82 00:23:45,592 --> 00:23:49,471 Besides, my uncle inherited all of my father's possessions, 83 00:23:50,388 --> 00:23:53,809 including my mother, his second wife and me. 84 00:24:24,631 --> 00:24:25,882 I'm thirsty! 85 00:24:29,553 --> 00:24:30,637 Do you hear me? 86 00:24:32,556 --> 00:24:34,057 Something to drink! 87 00:25:56,431 --> 00:25:58,183 Tired, huh? 88 00:26:01,561 --> 00:26:04,981 That's the way it goes when one gets interested in a woman. 89 00:26:07,192 --> 00:26:08,735 Look at mine. 90 00:26:08,818 --> 00:26:13,531 I wore myself out for them, spent all my money to marry them, 91 00:26:13,615 --> 00:26:14,866 and for what? 92 00:26:15,951 --> 00:26:19,454 They can't even satisfy me. 93 00:26:20,664 --> 00:26:22,540 I've got four wives. 94 00:26:22,624 --> 00:26:25,460 Four wives, and not one child. 95 00:26:25,543 --> 00:26:28,922 Four wives, all barren, all witches. 96 00:26:29,005 --> 00:26:31,216 See how they look at me? 97 00:26:32,509 --> 00:26:35,220 I'm the lowest of the low. 98 00:26:36,888 --> 00:26:37,889 Uncle. 99 00:26:39,015 --> 00:26:41,101 Is a child that important? 100 00:26:44,688 --> 00:26:47,190 Why do you think one gets married? 101 00:26:47,274 --> 00:26:51,361 No matter how powerful a man is, he is nothing without a child. 102 00:26:51,903 --> 00:26:53,530 A child is everything! 103 00:26:54,364 --> 00:26:55,448 A child! 104 00:26:56,032 --> 00:27:00,245 If only I could have a child. 105 00:27:01,413 --> 00:27:03,164 One child! 106 00:27:05,166 --> 00:27:08,169 This is what these witches have reduced me to. 107 00:27:15,552 --> 00:27:18,888 Come here, you stupid good-for-nothings! 108 00:27:27,981 --> 00:27:30,942 Clear up this mess right now! 109 00:27:34,362 --> 00:27:38,867 Look at that one. I married her myself. Barren! 110 00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:42,370 Your father bought that one for me. 111 00:27:42,454 --> 00:27:44,372 She's an idiot, and barren as well. 112 00:27:44,456 --> 00:27:48,168 That one's calamity personified. 113 00:27:48,251 --> 00:27:51,087 Unfaithful, idiotic and barren. 114 00:27:51,171 --> 00:27:53,798 And your father's bequeathment. 115 00:27:53,882 --> 00:27:58,303 Your own mother has become unproductive too. 116 00:28:03,308 --> 00:28:05,894 So it's normal for him to give me my due. 117 00:28:05,977 --> 00:28:08,980 It's his duty as head of the family. 118 00:28:11,024 --> 00:28:14,611 To tell the truth, I don't like it much. 119 00:28:14,694 --> 00:28:18,448 Then he'll have a say about your married life. 120 00:28:18,531 --> 00:28:20,158 Never! 121 00:28:21,785 --> 00:28:25,121 How can you help it? Your wife will make it clear. 122 00:28:25,205 --> 00:28:28,166 A wife belongs to he who pays her dowry. 123 00:28:28,249 --> 00:28:31,628 You can't repudiate a wife without your uncle's consent. 124 00:28:31,711 --> 00:28:34,214 I'll never do that! Never! 125 00:28:34,756 --> 00:28:37,509 Ndomé is my woman. I'll run my own home as I please. 126 00:28:41,721 --> 00:28:44,432 I haven't reached that point yet. 127 00:28:45,016 --> 00:28:48,019 I have to marry Ndomé first. 128 00:28:48,103 --> 00:28:49,729 No matter how. 129 00:28:49,813 --> 00:28:52,107 - Did you see that? - See what? 130 00:28:52,190 --> 00:28:55,527 Your uncle's second wife. 131 00:28:56,111 --> 00:28:57,529 She was with a man! 132 00:28:57,612 --> 00:28:59,364 I saw her with a man! 133 00:29:09,958 --> 00:29:11,167 They're gone! 134 00:29:11,251 --> 00:29:14,045 But I saw them as they were. 135 00:29:14,796 --> 00:29:16,256 Rotten woman! 136 00:29:16,339 --> 00:29:19,300 She'll get another good beating today. 137 00:29:19,926 --> 00:29:21,928 That's not my problem. 138 00:29:25,557 --> 00:29:31,896 Wives cost so much, but aren't worth a penny of trust. 139 00:29:32,522 --> 00:29:34,691 - They're all — - Shut up! 140 00:29:35,483 --> 00:29:37,318 Now, what did I say wrong? 141 00:29:38,236 --> 00:29:39,821 Listen to me. 142 00:29:40,447 --> 00:29:43,867 I don't spy on my uncle's wives. 143 00:29:44,701 --> 00:29:48,163 Apart from my mother, the only woman I care about is Ndomé. 144 00:29:48,705 --> 00:29:51,916 I won't allow anyone to call her any names. 145 00:29:53,209 --> 00:29:55,628 Let me go meet her now. 146 00:30:26,201 --> 00:30:27,619 Dear Uncle, 147 00:30:28,411 --> 00:30:33,750 I am pleased to introduce my future wife. 148 00:30:35,335 --> 00:30:37,545 Miss Ndomé. 149 00:30:39,631 --> 00:30:40,840 Say hello. 150 00:30:41,591 --> 00:30:43,510 Say hello to my uncle. 151 00:30:45,261 --> 00:30:46,888 Say hello to him! 152 00:30:48,139 --> 00:30:49,349 Come closer. 153 00:30:50,016 --> 00:30:51,768 Closer than that. 154 00:30:51,851 --> 00:30:53,269 Not that way. 155 00:30:54,103 --> 00:30:55,438 Come on. 156 00:30:55,522 --> 00:30:57,148 Gently. 157 00:30:58,316 --> 00:31:00,068 Bow your head shyly. 158 00:31:00,610 --> 00:31:04,197 Remember, even though he looks young, he's got four wives. 159 00:31:04,864 --> 00:31:06,407 Come on. 160 00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:10,119 He'll get up from his chair... 161 00:31:12,789 --> 00:31:14,791 draw you towards him, 162 00:31:15,959 --> 00:31:18,002 make a minute inspection... 163 00:31:20,797 --> 00:31:23,967 He'll get slapped too, if he touches my behind. 164 00:31:24,467 --> 00:31:28,137 If you slap my uncle like that — 165 00:31:28,221 --> 00:31:30,682 He'd better not touch me there. 166 00:31:46,906 --> 00:31:49,909 I feel a bit uneasy about meeting your uncle. 167 00:31:49,993 --> 00:31:52,620 I felt the same way meeting your mother. 168 00:31:52,704 --> 00:31:55,582 She's a terrific mother. 169 00:31:56,249 --> 00:31:58,126 She'll soon be yours, too. 170 00:31:58,209 --> 00:32:00,169 I can hardly wait. 171 00:32:00,253 --> 00:32:03,131 I think we'll get on very well. 172 00:32:03,715 --> 00:32:05,883 But she loves you too much. 173 00:34:11,342 --> 00:34:12,468 Jealous? 174 00:34:12,552 --> 00:34:16,139 I don't want to share you with anyone, not even your mother. 175 00:34:16,222 --> 00:34:18,433 But she's my mother, after all! 176 00:34:18,516 --> 00:34:19,684 And so? 177 00:34:20,184 --> 00:34:22,103 - So down you go! - No, no! 178 00:34:22,186 --> 00:34:24,063 - Right here! - My dress! 179 00:34:24,147 --> 00:34:25,565 - I'll put you down. - No, no! 180 00:34:25,648 --> 00:34:27,608 - I'll put you down. - No, I said! 181 00:34:33,489 --> 00:34:37,326 I want you all to myself, do you hear? 182 00:34:41,581 --> 00:34:44,041 - Does it hurt much? - Yes. 183 00:34:44,125 --> 00:34:46,127 My left foot. A bad sign. 184 00:34:47,044 --> 00:34:49,213 You're such a pessimist. 185 00:34:50,214 --> 00:34:51,674 Let me see. 186 00:34:54,594 --> 00:34:55,845 Nothing serious. 187 00:35:39,889 --> 00:35:41,307 Uncle, here's Ndomé. 188 00:36:35,611 --> 00:36:39,657 Let us have a word, alone. 189 00:36:48,124 --> 00:36:49,250 Come closer. 190 00:36:49,333 --> 00:36:51,544 Don't be afraid. 191 00:36:57,466 --> 00:37:00,177 Come closer. Don't be afraid. 192 00:37:02,305 --> 00:37:06,142 You're lovely. Trust me. 193 00:37:26,787 --> 00:37:29,415 Yes, I slapped him. He deserved it. 194 00:37:29,957 --> 00:37:34,170 But after that slap, he'll never give me the dowry. 195 00:37:35,046 --> 00:37:38,049 Now I'll have to earn it myself. It'll take a long time. 196 00:37:58,736 --> 00:38:01,155 I'll wait for you forever. 197 00:38:11,499 --> 00:38:14,001 I'm very sorry for my uncle. 198 00:38:14,961 --> 00:38:16,796 He doesn't have any children. 199 00:38:18,130 --> 00:38:20,132 I'll give you several. 200 00:38:21,384 --> 00:38:25,179 The women in my family have lots of children. 201 00:38:25,846 --> 00:38:28,224 My mother had six. I'm the only daughter. 202 00:38:28,808 --> 00:38:30,643 How many would you like? 203 00:38:31,852 --> 00:38:34,981 Several. But let's wait until we're married. 204 00:38:37,108 --> 00:38:40,111 We'll work together for the dowry. 205 00:38:40,194 --> 00:38:43,406 We'll make it. To hell with your uncle's money. 206 00:40:54,078 --> 00:40:55,913 My uncle's an idiot. 207 00:40:57,414 --> 00:40:59,834 Ndomé's parents are idiots. 208 00:41:01,710 --> 00:41:05,840 The people who invented the dowry custom were complete idiots. 209 00:41:05,923 --> 00:41:08,134 Not to mention those who accept it. 210 00:41:15,099 --> 00:41:19,937 I'm an idiot too, because I can't change this custom. 211 00:41:58,559 --> 00:42:01,061 Look what you're reduced to doing. 212 00:42:01,604 --> 00:42:04,231 Cutting wood in order to be able to marry me. 213 00:42:24,710 --> 00:42:27,421 Darling, you're exhausted. 214 00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:33,677 I hope he won't be worn out when he's finally mine. 215 00:42:35,387 --> 00:42:38,557 I'm working myself to death for you, little one. 216 00:42:39,099 --> 00:42:41,101 But you're worth it. 217 00:43:23,936 --> 00:43:28,440 If you knew how much it pains me, you killing yourself this way. 218 00:43:28,524 --> 00:43:32,528 But I must admit that I'm proud that you're doing it for me. 219 00:44:13,027 --> 00:44:19,074 The cassava and fish were stolen from my mother. 220 00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:24,371 Watch out if I catch you looking at another woman! 221 00:45:27,059 --> 00:45:30,437 One for you, one for me. 222 00:45:30,521 --> 00:45:33,565 Two for you, two for me. 223 00:45:33,649 --> 00:45:36,485 Three for you, three for me. 224 00:45:37,027 --> 00:45:40,072 Four for you, four for me. 225 00:45:40,572 --> 00:45:43,826 Five for you, five for me. 226 00:45:44,326 --> 00:45:47,663 - Six for you, six for me. - Ndomé! 227 00:45:47,746 --> 00:45:51,375 - Ndomé! Ndomé! - Seven for you, seven for me. 228 00:45:52,543 --> 00:45:53,961 Where are you? 229 00:45:54,044 --> 00:45:55,629 We're going home. 230 00:46:04,388 --> 00:46:05,597 Ngando. 231 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,811 Why do you refuse to understand? 232 00:46:11,353 --> 00:46:14,106 Ndomé's my only hope for a child. 233 00:46:14,189 --> 00:46:16,358 I'll give you two wives in exchange. 234 00:46:16,900 --> 00:46:21,113 Give her up, or I'll disinherit you. Answer when I speak to you! 235 00:46:24,867 --> 00:46:27,411 You're just selfish. 236 00:46:32,124 --> 00:46:34,751 You'll never get her. 237 00:46:47,473 --> 00:46:51,185 A woman is like an ear of corn. 238 00:46:51,268 --> 00:46:53,687 He who has teeth will get to eat her. 239 00:46:56,190 --> 00:47:01,069 Where will you find 100,000 francs, 4 cases of whiskey, 20 goats, 240 00:47:02,029 --> 00:47:04,573 10 demijohns of red wine, 20 liters each, 241 00:47:05,115 --> 00:47:07,743 5 sacks of rice, 100 kilograms each, 242 00:47:08,494 --> 00:47:11,330 15 large-size bottles of St. James rum, 243 00:47:11,914 --> 00:47:13,540 one 7-meter-long dugout, 244 00:47:14,082 --> 00:47:17,085 60 sacks of kitchen salt, 18 kilograms each, 245 00:47:18,253 --> 00:47:23,842 30 kilograms of loose-leaf tobacco, 25 bolts of printed cloth, 6 yards each, 246 00:47:24,635 --> 00:47:26,762 100 liters of palm oil, 247 00:47:27,304 --> 00:47:29,348 and 3 cases of household soap? 248 00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:35,325 Cheaper than cheap, cheaper than cheap goods! 249 00:50:36,118 --> 00:50:39,204 Everything must go! 250 00:50:40,288 --> 00:50:41,707 Yes, sir? 251 00:50:43,375 --> 00:50:45,877 - How much? - 400 francs. 252 00:50:45,961 --> 00:50:47,879 - 400 francs? - 400 francs, yes. 253 00:50:49,047 --> 00:50:50,132 - Expensive. - Very pretty! 254 00:50:50,215 --> 00:50:52,384 - This one's silver. - How much? 255 00:50:52,467 --> 00:50:54,302 300 francs. 256 00:50:54,803 --> 00:50:56,138 300? 257 00:50:57,556 --> 00:50:59,015 I'll give you 250. 258 00:50:59,558 --> 00:51:00,684 Sold for 275. 259 00:51:13,864 --> 00:51:15,532 Let's talk seriously. 260 00:51:15,615 --> 00:51:21,705 It's flattering for Ndomé to have another fiancé. 261 00:51:22,289 --> 00:51:27,419 Besides, it could be to your advantage. 262 00:51:27,502 --> 00:51:33,467 You must seize the chance, Dipoko, my friend. 263 00:51:34,551 --> 00:51:40,182 I'm hesitating because Ngando is your nephew. 264 00:51:40,265 --> 00:51:43,518 Come, come! He's young and penniless! 265 00:51:44,102 --> 00:51:48,607 Ndomé is my only hope of becoming a father. 266 00:52:03,747 --> 00:52:05,749 What will Ndomé say? 267 00:52:07,083 --> 00:52:10,086 She has no say. She'll just obey! 268 00:52:18,678 --> 00:52:21,932 To help you make up your mind. 269 00:52:22,432 --> 00:52:25,685 You must think of yourself. 270 00:52:26,937 --> 00:52:29,189 Ngando is young. 271 00:52:29,689 --> 00:52:33,735 He must wait his turn. 272 00:52:34,444 --> 00:52:38,698 Today, money is power. 273 00:52:39,407 --> 00:52:41,243 I'll be very grateful. 274 00:52:56,007 --> 00:52:57,217 This is for you. 275 00:52:58,718 --> 00:53:00,095 And this is for her. 276 00:53:00,595 --> 00:53:02,430 This is what I've decided. 277 00:53:57,319 --> 00:53:59,446 Mbongo, my friend. 278 00:53:59,529 --> 00:54:02,782 My decision is irrevocable. 279 00:54:23,178 --> 00:54:25,472 Take his gift! 280 00:54:36,358 --> 00:54:38,193 Take his gift! 281 00:54:47,118 --> 00:54:48,620 Take his gift! 282 00:55:57,397 --> 00:56:02,193 There's only one law here, mine! 283 00:56:02,277 --> 00:56:05,363 - Try to understand her. - Am I clear? 284 00:56:05,447 --> 00:56:08,241 Make her come back, immediately! 285 00:56:08,324 --> 00:56:10,952 Ndomé will marry who I want her to. 286 00:56:18,918 --> 00:56:20,503 Go away now. 287 00:56:20,587 --> 00:56:23,214 Hurry up, the two of you! 288 00:56:36,978 --> 00:56:38,188 Ndomé. 289 00:56:48,073 --> 00:56:49,282 This is for you. 290 00:57:14,808 --> 00:57:17,644 If you want her, bring the dowry. 291 00:57:23,608 --> 00:57:26,236 Ndomé. What's got into you? 292 00:57:26,820 --> 00:57:28,780 You think I'll bend to your will? 293 00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:31,491 I'm your father and you'll obey me! 294 00:57:47,423 --> 00:57:48,633 Ngando? 295 00:57:53,346 --> 00:57:56,516 Ngando, take me right now. 296 00:57:56,599 --> 00:57:58,601 What? Are you out of your mind? 297 00:58:00,270 --> 00:58:01,688 Be realistic. 298 00:58:01,771 --> 00:58:04,315 I don't say it just because of you. 299 00:58:04,816 --> 00:58:06,442 I suffer too much. 300 00:58:13,116 --> 00:58:15,118 When I'm no longer a virgin, 301 00:58:15,994 --> 00:58:18,413 your uncle won't want me any more. 302 00:58:18,496 --> 00:58:21,124 Father will give me to you for a decent price. 303 00:58:22,125 --> 00:58:25,170 He'll beat me, curse me, but I'll do anything for you. 304 00:58:25,253 --> 00:58:27,338 It's the only way out. 305 00:58:28,715 --> 00:58:30,550 It's a serious decision. 306 00:58:31,676 --> 00:58:33,094 Why don't we go away? 307 00:58:33,803 --> 00:58:36,347 Where to? They'd find us anywhere. 308 00:58:36,431 --> 00:58:38,600 Without a dowry, my children won't be yours. 309 00:58:38,683 --> 00:58:40,101 I'll get the dowry. 310 00:58:42,562 --> 00:58:43,771 I swear! 311 01:02:20,738 --> 01:02:23,908 You've been vomiting for two months. 312 01:02:24,450 --> 01:02:25,910 I'm not sick, Mother. 313 01:02:25,993 --> 01:02:27,453 Stop telling me that. 314 01:02:28,746 --> 01:02:30,164 I want the truth. 315 01:02:31,707 --> 01:02:33,292 I must have the truth. 316 01:02:33,835 --> 01:02:35,670 I demand the truth! 317 01:02:35,753 --> 01:02:37,046 I'm your mother. 318 01:02:38,297 --> 01:02:42,927 I didn't do it to disobey you. 319 01:02:43,010 --> 01:02:45,138 I had no other way out. 320 01:02:47,598 --> 01:02:50,017 I'm pregnant. 321 01:02:59,944 --> 01:03:01,154 What? 322 01:03:04,449 --> 01:03:06,868 - By Ngando. - What? 323 01:03:09,287 --> 01:03:11,914 Your father will kill us both! 324 01:04:07,220 --> 01:04:08,638 Silence, you bitch! 325 01:04:08,721 --> 01:04:10,556 You shame me! 326 01:04:10,640 --> 01:04:12,475 That's why you're sick. 327 01:04:12,558 --> 01:04:15,853 I'm ashamed to have given birth to a daughter like you. 328 01:04:16,771 --> 01:04:18,564 You're a woman, you should understand. 329 01:04:18,648 --> 01:04:21,609 I'm no woman like you! I was a virgin when I married. 330 01:04:22,193 --> 01:04:26,239 My family was proud to show my virtue and honor to everyone. 331 01:04:26,906 --> 01:04:29,742 That's why your father and everyone respects me. 332 01:04:30,910 --> 01:04:32,745 - Ngando will be proud. - Shut up! 333 01:04:32,828 --> 01:04:35,039 No man will want you like this. 334 01:04:35,122 --> 01:04:39,335 Ngando's nothing but a thief, a penniless seducer. 335 01:04:40,336 --> 01:04:41,462 We'll get the dowry. 336 01:04:41,546 --> 01:04:44,257 Shut up! I'll fix it with some herbs. 337 01:04:44,340 --> 01:04:46,175 Mbongo won't notice a thing. 338 01:04:46,676 --> 01:04:48,970 I will never marry Ngando's uncle. 339 01:05:10,658 --> 01:05:11,867 Go away! 340 01:09:46,600 --> 01:09:50,437 The sheet of my husband's 5th wife is not stained. 341 01:09:54,066 --> 01:09:56,277 Somebody else got to her first! 342 01:09:59,238 --> 01:10:01,448 It seems it was Ngando. 343 01:10:05,369 --> 01:10:08,455 It also seems she's going to have a baby. 344 01:10:11,125 --> 01:10:15,004 That's why the sheets aren't bloodstained! 345 01:12:10,119 --> 01:12:14,581 Ngando, do you deserve that woman more than your uncle? 346 01:12:17,751 --> 01:12:20,587 Who will make her happier, 347 01:12:21,255 --> 01:12:24,341 and let her fulfill her role in our family? 348 01:12:26,635 --> 01:12:27,970 Ngando. 349 01:12:28,512 --> 01:12:31,515 Damned by the youngster who disrespects the elders. 350 01:12:31,598 --> 01:12:34,018 His own children will spit on him. 351 01:12:34,727 --> 01:12:36,729 It's the law of revolt. 352 01:13:13,932 --> 01:13:16,560 Yesterday, today, what's the difference? 353 01:13:17,311 --> 01:13:19,313 Everything starts again tomorrow. 354 01:13:21,148 --> 01:13:25,152 Listen to your mother and obey me, as usual. 355 01:13:26,361 --> 01:13:29,573 I'm not dead. Hear my voice. 356 01:13:30,908 --> 01:13:33,827 I'm your father. I live in the object you touch, 357 01:13:34,495 --> 01:13:36,497 in the being who approaches you. 358 01:13:37,331 --> 01:13:39,333 Don't cry, my son. 359 01:13:40,125 --> 01:13:44,671 Sorrow fortifies the soul and strengthens the character. 360 01:13:46,924 --> 01:13:48,926 Don't deny your initiation. 361 01:13:50,302 --> 01:13:53,305 Do you know what state you're in, my son? 362 01:14:24,128 --> 01:14:25,337 Ngando! 363 01:14:29,758 --> 01:14:32,386 I'd have behaved differently. 364 01:14:33,303 --> 01:14:35,597 - How? - I'd have gone away. 365 01:14:35,681 --> 01:14:37,266 Far away! 366 01:14:37,933 --> 01:14:39,935 It's all unfair. 367 01:14:42,437 --> 01:14:43,772 It's true. 368 01:14:44,898 --> 01:14:46,567 I feel like going away. 369 01:14:47,317 --> 01:14:49,194 Like going away! 370 01:14:49,278 --> 01:14:51,280 And even like raising hell! 371 01:14:52,531 --> 01:14:56,160 But would that give me back my child? 372 01:14:59,121 --> 01:15:01,623 And then, there's also my mother. 373 01:15:02,332 --> 01:15:04,209 What are you going to do now? 374 01:15:05,210 --> 01:15:06,753 I dream only of killing him. 375 01:15:06,837 --> 01:15:09,131 Hey! That's no solution! 376 01:21:36,101 --> 01:21:37,352 Put these on. 377 01:21:44,276 --> 01:21:47,279 - I said put these on! - She's not your child. 378 01:21:50,740 --> 01:21:52,367 She's not your child. 379 01:23:56,950 --> 01:23:59,619 - Here he is, here he is! - He's coming! 380 01:24:04,958 --> 01:24:06,376 Bring him here! 381 01:25:28,833 --> 01:25:30,043 Ngando! 382 01:25:41,679 --> 01:25:43,306 Are you out of your mind? 383 01:25:44,057 --> 01:25:45,266 Take me with you. 384 01:25:45,975 --> 01:25:47,519 You're really crazy! 385 01:25:47,602 --> 01:25:49,145 Still, I want to go with you. 386 01:25:49,229 --> 01:25:52,023 Where can I take you? I don't even know where I'm going. 387 01:25:53,608 --> 01:25:56,569 No matter, as long as we are together with our child. 388 01:25:57,153 --> 01:25:58,696 - This is crazy. - She's right. 389 01:25:58,780 --> 01:25:59,906 Shut up, Mbella! 390 01:26:00,573 --> 01:26:03,034 She belongs in the village with her husband. 391 01:26:03,117 --> 01:26:04,202 Yes, I know. 392 01:26:04,285 --> 01:26:07,163 But one can't stand unfairness throughout one's life. 393 01:26:08,039 --> 01:26:09,415 We have always obeyed. 394 01:26:10,458 --> 01:26:12,126 They should listen to us too. 395 01:26:12,210 --> 01:26:13,419 Here! 396 01:26:15,630 --> 01:26:17,841 Go! Don't waste time. 397 01:26:17,924 --> 01:26:20,385 You should have left a long time ago. 398 01:26:35,942 --> 01:26:38,236 We'll never go back to the village. 399 01:26:38,319 --> 01:26:40,446 I promise you. Never! 400 01:26:41,281 --> 01:26:43,116 You're wrong, my friend! 401 01:26:45,285 --> 01:26:46,578 No! 402 01:26:46,661 --> 01:26:47,871 Bastard! 403 01:26:51,207 --> 01:26:52,667 Take them back to the village. 404 01:26:52,750 --> 01:26:53,960 Get up! 405 01:26:55,461 --> 01:26:57,005 - Quick! - No! 406 01:26:57,589 --> 01:26:58,798 Take them back! 407 01:27:15,273 --> 01:27:19,402 COURT OF LAW