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Best African Feature
Festival of Black Arts 1966
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Grand Prize
Carthage Film Festival 1966
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BLACK GIRL
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From a Short Story by...
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Has anyone come for me?
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You made it all right?
Let's go.
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Did you have a nice trip?
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Lovely country, France.
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Yes, sir.
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Here we are at last.
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Is that you?
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Hello, Diouana.
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I hope you'll like it here.
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I'll show you your room.
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Here's your bed.
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And that's the Riviera.
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Juan-les-Pins, Nice...
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Cannes...
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and Antibes.
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I'll show you the kitchen.
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Kitchen, bathroom...
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bedroom...
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living room.
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That's all I ever see.
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This isn't
what I came to France for.
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What are the people here like?
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The doors are all shut,
day and night...
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night and day.
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I came to take care
of the children.
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Where are they?
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Why is Madame
always shouting at me?
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I'm not a cook
or a cleaning woman.
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You're not going to a party.
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You've dressed like that for weeks.
Put on something else!
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I bought this apron for you.
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Let's see.
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Turn around.
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We're having guests for lunch.
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Fix a nice rice
with peanut sauce.
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Why this apron?
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What am I here?
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I've never been a cook.
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Why does Madame want rice?
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Her cook in Dakar
never fixed rice.
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Maybe the rice in Dakar
is different.
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I came here for the children.
Where are they?
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Why did Madame bring me here
if they aren't with her?
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After I make this rice,
maybe they'll show me the city.
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Maybe we'll go to Cannes...
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Nice, Monte Carlo.
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We'll look at all the pretty stores,
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and when Madame pays me,
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I'll buy pretty dresses...
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shoes...
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silk undies...
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and pretty wigs.
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I'll have my picture taken
on the beach...
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and send it back to Dakar...
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where everyone
will be green with envy!
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I hope they like my rice.
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My sauce isn't too spicy.
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What if the children don't come?
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- I'm dying to taste it.
- It's good but very spicy.
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Genuine African cooking
prepared by the maid!
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Would you pass the rice?
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You like it?
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It's very good.
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- Very spicy.
- Good. I like spicy food.
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A plate of rice, and wine.
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These people eat like pigs
and jabber away!
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And do they ever drink!
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A little sauce, please.
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It's good.
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A bit more.
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You must come to Dakar.
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Africa isn't safe now.
All those coups d'état.
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Senegal is safe.
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It's very good, but a bit rich.
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And nicely prepared.
Your cook's a gem.
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Africans only eat rice.
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- What's in the sauce?
- Is it fattening?
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I hope it's an aphrodisiac.
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Always kidding around!
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Thank you, Diouana.
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Do you mind, miss?
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I've never kissed
a black woman.
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She doesn't look too happy.
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With independence, the natives
have lost a natural quality.
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He was just kidding around.
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The rice was very good.
I'm pleased.
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Fix some nice coffee.
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Put that down.
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Come over here.
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PUBLIC SCRIBE
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Where are you going?
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To look for work.
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It all began that morning...
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in Dakar.
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I'd gone up and down,
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from one floor to the next,
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but it was the same all over:
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No one wanted a maid.
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- Think of the future.
- The future looks dark!
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Don't exaggerate!
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- A man can't have opinions anymore!
- But that's obstruction!
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That's what you say!
It's in your interest.
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- In your district --
- I'm elected by the people!
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- Not so loud!
- I say no!
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Think of your children.
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He's right.
You have to ease up a bit.
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Excuse me, miss.
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I don't want any!
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He walked right up to me
and just kept staring.
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My mind was elsewhere.
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I had to find work.
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The street was empty
except for two women.
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They were beautiful.
I watched them go by.
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But he just kept talking.
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He told me about "the maids' square"
where I might find work.
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When we got there, he left.
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I promised to see him again
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and then sat down to wait
like the other girls.
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The sun passed overhead
several times,
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but we all came back
every morning and evening.
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That morning
I went to the square as usual.
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The others were already there.
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I sat down on the curb,
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as I did every day,
to wait on providence.
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She came up from behind.
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She paced before us.
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No one could see her eyes.
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She looked us over one by one.
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We could tell
she was looking for a maid.
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The other girls surrounded her.
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Each wanted to be chosen.
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She backed away
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from all the outstretched hands.
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I was getting up
when she came over to me
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and asked if I wanted a job.
"Yes, ma'am."
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"Can you take care of children?"
"Yes, ma'am."
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"Have you worked
for white people before?"
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"No, ma'am."
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She hired me anyway.
I was so happy.
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I had a job!
When I returned home that evening,
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I was very, very happy.
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I've got a job!
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I've got a job!
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I've got a job with white folks!
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I've got a job with white folks!
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I've got a job!
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A job with white folks!
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Mother was there as usual,
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and I told her about my job.
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She threw the mask aside
and told me to be brave.
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Let me have the mask.
I'll give you 50 francs on payday.
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For me?
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Yes, ma'am.
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A present from the maid.
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Looks like the real thing.
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This is the new nanny
for the children.
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Explain the house rules to her:
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If she breaks anything,
she pays for it.
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Give her something to eat.
- Yes, ma'am.
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These are the children:
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Sophie...
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Damien...
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and Philippe.
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Now go play outside.
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In Dakar
I didn't do the cooking
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or the laundry.
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I only looked after the children.
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I took them for walks.
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I walked them to school
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and then home again.
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Senegal isn't safe.
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With Senghor it is.
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I have to think it over.
Don't pressure me.
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It's a golden opportunity.
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But all those coups d'état!
I have a family.
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It looks worse from here
than it is.
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But look at the Congo.
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Senegal isn't the Congo.
Life is easy there.
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How long before
we'd get back to France?
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You get leave every two years.
And there's no risk:
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Part of your salary
is paid in France.
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It sounds interesting.
What about housing?
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Everything's spelled out
in the contract.
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You'd have no worries.
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Here's our coffee.
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- Does she speak French?
- No.
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- But she understands.
- You mean instinctively?
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I suppose so.
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Like an animal.
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In any case,
she's a very good cook.
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It's late. We have to go.
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You must come to Dakar.
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Now I understand.
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Madame wanted a servant
who'd do everything.
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That's why she chose me.
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Why am I here?
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To look after the children
or to be a housemaid?
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Have you noticed anything
about Diouana?
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Look.
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It's like she's wasting away.
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Maybe it's the climate.
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After all...
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The climate!
She's lazy, that's all.
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The children will be back soon.
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We have to think about that.
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Excuse me.
I'm going to take a nap.
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You do that. Listen, I'm not
cutting short my vacation!
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I'm fed up with this life!
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All you do is drink!
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That has to stop
when the kids come back!
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I'm going for a walk.
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She wasn't like that in Dakar.
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Neither was he.
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When the children arrive,
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who'll do the cooking
and washing?
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Back in Dakar
they must be saying...
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"Diouana is happy in France.
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She has a good life."
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For me, France is the kitchen,
the living room,
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the bathroom,
and my bedroom.
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Where are the people
who live in this country?
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Madame told me...
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"You'll see, Diouana.
There are lovely shops in France."
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Is France that black void?
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What am I here?
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The cook?
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The cleaning woman?
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The laundress?
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And when the kids arrive,
what else will I have to do?
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I'm all alone.
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Did Madame bring me here
to shut me in?
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That's why she was
so nice to me in Dakar...
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giving me her old dresses...
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her old slips...
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her old shoes.
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I spend my life here
in the kitchen and my bedroom.
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Is this what
living in France means?
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Diouana, wake up!
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Get up, lazybones!
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Will you get up?
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This isn't Africa!
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Get up!
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We're not in Africa!
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I didn't hire you to sleep in.
The children are here now.
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Diouana, come out of there!
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I know you're finished!
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00:32:29,077 --> 00:32:31,204
Diouana, get out here!
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Come out of there!
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00:32:46,845 --> 00:32:48,596
Come out here!
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00:32:49,472 --> 00:32:51,516
What's going on?
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00:32:51,808 --> 00:32:53,935
Diouana won't come out!
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00:32:54,310 --> 00:32:57,897
I had to make the coffee myself!
She's useless!
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00:33:00,692 --> 00:33:02,735
Soon I'll be the maid here.
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- Morning, son.
- Morning, Daddy.
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Go get dressed.
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Perhaps a rest would do her good.
She needs one.
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- What for?
- She could see the town.
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00:34:06,466 --> 00:34:09,219
She knows no one here
but the grocer.
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And I'm responsible for her.
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00:35:09,237 --> 00:35:11,447
Philippe, go play outside.
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00:35:17,453 --> 00:35:20,206
Careful with your balloon
by the window!
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Take those shoes off.
Don't forget you're a maid.
267
00:36:40,787 --> 00:36:43,581
The kids are here now.
The picnic's over.
268
00:37:23,079 --> 00:37:25,998
- Diouana, are you ill?
- No, ma'am.
269
00:37:26,457 --> 00:37:27,917
Then what is it?
270
00:37:28,251 --> 00:37:30,920
If you don't work,
you don't eat.
271
00:37:33,381 --> 00:37:37,218
If I don't eat,
I don't take care of the children.
272
00:37:45,768 --> 00:37:48,062
Mail from Dakar.
273
00:37:50,231 --> 00:37:52,608
Diouana,
there's a letter for you.
274
00:37:55,862 --> 00:37:57,488
It's from Dakar.
275
00:37:58,573 --> 00:38:00,992
Shall I read it to you?
- Yes.
276
00:38:07,498 --> 00:38:09,292
It's from your mother.
277
00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:12,879
"Dearest daughter,
this is your mother writing.
278
00:38:13,296 --> 00:38:17,633
I've had no word from you
since you left.
279
00:38:17,884 --> 00:38:22,054
I got your employers' address
through Tive Correa.
280
00:38:22,180 --> 00:38:25,641
My health
is getting worse by the day.
281
00:38:26,559 --> 00:38:28,644
Why do you leave me penniless?
282
00:38:28,769 --> 00:38:32,315
I've nothing to live on
while you squander your wages there.
283
00:38:32,523 --> 00:38:36,819
I know you can't write, but I'm sure
your employer will write for you,
284
00:38:36,986 --> 00:38:38,988
because she's a lady
and a mother.
285
00:38:39,489 --> 00:38:41,949
Didn't she give you
her cast-off clothes?
286
00:38:42,074 --> 00:38:44,160
She'll write a letter for you.
287
00:38:44,285 --> 00:38:47,079
You mustn't think only of yourself.
288
00:38:47,205 --> 00:38:49,248
You've sent nothing
since you left.
289
00:38:49,373 --> 00:38:52,793
You're earning a salary.
What do you do with it?
290
00:38:53,461 --> 00:38:55,254
Think of your poor mother,
291
00:38:55,379 --> 00:38:59,091
who has to pay even for water.
292
00:38:59,509 --> 00:39:03,346
I think of you and pray
for you and your employers.
293
00:39:04,889 --> 00:39:06,390
Your mother."
294
00:39:06,849 --> 00:39:08,851
We'll send a reply.
295
00:39:16,526 --> 00:39:19,487
We'll write back.
- I hope this will help.
296
00:39:24,075 --> 00:39:26,035
"Dear Mother...
297
00:39:26,327 --> 00:39:30,248
I received your letter..."
298
00:39:32,875 --> 00:39:35,378
What else do you want to say?
299
00:39:36,170 --> 00:39:38,339
Tell us what to write.
300
00:39:39,048 --> 00:39:42,218
I'll keep going.
Stop me if you don't agree.
301
00:39:42,468 --> 00:39:46,222
"Dear Mother,
I received your letter.
302
00:39:47,181 --> 00:39:50,393
I'm in good health,
and I think of you.
303
00:39:51,352 --> 00:39:55,064
Madame hasn't had time
to write on my behalf..."
304
00:39:55,273 --> 00:39:58,734
It's not true.
That letter wasn't to me.
305
00:39:59,902 --> 00:40:01,946
My mother didn't write it,
306
00:40:02,071 --> 00:40:05,658
just like I didn't ask Monsieur
to reply for me.
307
00:40:07,076 --> 00:40:09,453
And Madame is no lady.
308
00:40:10,246 --> 00:40:12,582
It's because I can't write.
309
00:40:12,707 --> 00:40:16,919
If I could, I'd tell all about
Madame's "kindness."
310
00:40:17,169 --> 00:40:19,589
I'm a prisoner here.
311
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,936
She's crazy!
It's her own mother!
312
00:40:37,231 --> 00:40:39,317
I'm their prisoner.
313
00:40:39,692 --> 00:40:41,777
I don't know anyone here.
314
00:40:41,902 --> 00:40:44,614
I have no family here.
315
00:40:45,114 --> 00:40:47,658
That's why I'm their slave.
316
00:41:03,132 --> 00:41:05,468
Go play with Diouana.
317
00:41:10,306 --> 00:41:11,932
Let's go.
318
00:41:19,398 --> 00:41:23,444
Diouana, you want to play?
Mom and Dad have gone out.
319
00:41:35,790 --> 00:41:37,833
This mask is mine.
320
00:41:40,544 --> 00:41:42,463
Madame deceived me.
321
00:41:42,672 --> 00:41:45,049
Let her take care of her own son.
322
00:41:45,299 --> 00:41:49,095
If she won't feed me,
she can take care of him herself
323
00:41:52,431 --> 00:41:53,974
Can I come in?
324
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:58,604
Diouana, when will my brother
and sister be back?
325
00:42:07,863 --> 00:42:09,490
I don't know.
326
00:42:09,740 --> 00:42:12,743
I haven't eaten.
I won't work.
327
00:42:13,703 --> 00:42:15,955
I'm not Madame's plaything.
328
00:42:16,789 --> 00:42:18,916
They're fighting again upstairs.
329
00:42:19,375 --> 00:42:21,585
That's life in France.
330
00:42:25,715 --> 00:42:27,883
Why did I want to come here?
331
00:42:29,844 --> 00:42:33,431
Madame had given me
a dress and a suitcase,
332
00:42:33,556 --> 00:42:37,226
and I went with him
for a walk through the city.
333
00:42:37,935 --> 00:42:40,730
All I could think of
was the trip ahead.
334
00:42:41,689 --> 00:42:44,150
We had our picture taken.
335
00:42:44,734 --> 00:42:48,946
We quarreled because
he did something I didn't like.
336
00:42:49,947 --> 00:42:52,366
I got mad and walked away.
337
00:42:53,701 --> 00:42:56,078
All I could think of was my trip:
338
00:42:56,203 --> 00:42:58,581
I was going to France!
339
00:43:46,420 --> 00:43:48,964
You think France
is prettier than this?
340
00:43:50,007 --> 00:43:52,802
How would I know?
I've never been there.
341
00:43:58,974 --> 00:44:02,478
Madame asked
if I wanted to go with her.
342
00:44:03,479 --> 00:44:06,607
- What for?
- To look after the children.
343
00:44:13,072 --> 00:44:15,908
He's angry.
He's going to say...
344
00:44:16,325 --> 00:44:18,661
"That's domestic slavery!"
345
00:44:18,869 --> 00:44:22,623
But my mother said all right,
so I'm going to France.
346
00:44:23,624 --> 00:44:25,584
To France!
347
00:44:31,173 --> 00:44:33,342
FOR OUR DEAD
FROM A GRATEFUL NATION
348
00:44:44,812 --> 00:44:46,689
Get down from there!
349
00:44:46,814 --> 00:44:48,607
That's a sacrilege!
350
00:44:49,066 --> 00:44:50,192
Come down!
351
00:44:51,694 --> 00:44:53,362
Don't stay up there!
352
00:44:53,529 --> 00:44:55,406
Come down!
353
00:44:58,826 --> 00:45:00,494
You hear me?
354
00:45:01,453 --> 00:45:02,955
Get down!
355
00:45:04,039 --> 00:45:05,833
Hurry up!
356
00:45:09,378 --> 00:45:10,880
Get down!
357
00:45:15,926 --> 00:45:17,511
Jump.
358
00:45:28,355 --> 00:45:30,774
Come on.
I'll take you to France.
359
00:46:20,115 --> 00:46:22,451
- Just think.
- What?
360
00:46:22,618 --> 00:46:25,955
I'm going to France
with my employer.
361
00:46:28,791 --> 00:46:31,961
- What do you think you'll do there?
- I'll see the sights.
362
00:46:44,181 --> 00:46:46,183
Why is he sulking?
363
00:46:48,102 --> 00:46:52,064
I'm in his room.
What more does he want?
364
00:46:58,904 --> 00:47:00,948
I have to go to France.
365
00:47:01,240 --> 00:47:03,659
I promised Madame.
366
00:48:04,303 --> 00:48:06,388
She didn't do the dishes!
367
00:48:20,069 --> 00:48:22,863
Where can she be?
- How would I know?
368
00:48:25,908 --> 00:48:27,618
Sleeping again!
369
00:48:30,704 --> 00:48:32,247
On your feet!
370
00:48:50,265 --> 00:48:51,975
Where's the mask?
371
00:48:59,191 --> 00:49:00,776
Are you ill?
372
00:49:05,072 --> 00:49:07,241
Do you want your money?
373
00:49:08,867 --> 00:49:11,328
Here's 20,000 francs.
374
00:49:23,465 --> 00:49:25,425
Honey, come look.
375
00:49:26,969 --> 00:49:28,637
What's wrong with her?
376
00:49:28,762 --> 00:49:32,099
I don't know.
Let's leave her alone.
377
00:49:48,157 --> 00:49:50,159
Here's the mask!
378
00:49:54,538 --> 00:49:55,664
It's mine!
379
00:49:56,331 --> 00:49:58,417
- Let go!
- It's mine!
380
00:50:00,669 --> 00:50:03,130
I said let go!
381
00:50:03,672 --> 00:50:05,174
Help!
382
00:50:06,967 --> 00:50:09,094
She's out of her mind!
383
00:50:09,261 --> 00:50:11,180
She took down the mask.
384
00:50:11,346 --> 00:50:14,349
It's hers.
She gave it to you.
385
00:50:14,516 --> 00:50:17,686
Ungrateful girl!
After all I've done for her!
386
00:50:27,446 --> 00:50:29,448
This mask is mine.
387
00:50:29,990 --> 00:50:32,201
I paid 50 francs for it.
388
00:50:34,453 --> 00:50:38,415
Madame will never
scold me again.
389
00:50:39,499 --> 00:50:43,045
Never again will she tell me,
"Diouana, make coffee."
390
00:50:45,130 --> 00:50:48,508
Never again,
"Diouana, fix some rice."
391
00:50:50,385 --> 00:50:53,972
Never again,
"Diouana, take off your shoes."
392
00:50:58,018 --> 00:51:01,897
Never again,
"Diouana, wash my husband's shirt."
393
00:51:03,899 --> 00:51:07,152
Never again,
"Diouana, you're lazy."
394
00:51:07,819 --> 00:51:09,821
I'll never be a slave!
395
00:51:12,074 --> 00:51:15,535
I didn't come here
for the apron and the money.
396
00:51:20,499 --> 00:51:22,751
She'll never see me again.
397
00:51:24,628 --> 00:51:27,422
She'll never scold me again.
398
00:51:29,466 --> 00:51:31,551
Never again "Diouana."
399
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:34,346
I'll never see them ever again.
400
00:52:13,677 --> 00:52:15,470
Madame lied.
401
00:52:16,096 --> 00:52:18,056
She's lied all along.
402
00:52:18,974 --> 00:52:21,143
She'll never lie to me again.
403
00:52:21,643 --> 00:52:24,354
Never again will she lie to me.
404
00:52:25,355 --> 00:52:28,317
She wanted
to keep me here as her slave.
405
00:53:14,112 --> 00:53:19,159
BLACK GIRL SLASHES THROAT
IN EMPLOYERS' BATHROOM
406
00:53:37,886 --> 00:53:40,097
We're going back to Dakar.
407
00:54:17,426 --> 00:54:19,428
Her bathrobe.
408
00:55:57,192 --> 00:55:58,735
Excuse me.
409
00:56:03,782 --> 00:56:05,325
Follow me.
410
00:56:27,222 --> 00:56:29,307
This is Diouana's employer.
411
00:56:38,108 --> 00:56:39,651
Come with me.
412
00:56:40,569 --> 00:56:42,070
This way.
413
00:57:09,598 --> 00:57:12,434
Mother,
this is Diouana's employer.
414
00:57:13,101 --> 00:57:15,604
This is Diouana's mother.
415
00:57:19,232 --> 00:57:20,442
For you.
416
00:57:21,776 --> 00:57:22,944
Here.
417
00:57:25,989 --> 00:57:28,366
Take it. It's for you.
418
00:57:30,619 --> 00:57:32,120
Take it!
419
00:57:33,913 --> 00:57:36,708
She doesn't want it.
Keep your money.
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