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It saddens me to cut your Afro.
I've seen you working on it every day for the last five years.
And overnight, you ask me to cut it all.
We talk about hair, but it's not just that.
It means something else to them.
Do you realize the pressure you're putting on yourself?
With your Swahili lessons and all your gifts?
Well, yeah.
Eighteen years.
When I called her earlier...
I suggested we could come directly.
She said: "No, I asked the girls to rent a straw hut."
Meaning "don't enter my house".
Then we could do something else with the 5,000 euros.
I'm not trying to understand.
I'm just trying to respect their vision of dowry.
It's a kind of return on investment, of payback.
It's complicated with my mother,
but I hope my strict dad will go soft on his grandchildren.
It will be fine, my love...
All the rest is just an excuse to see each other.
I don't want my Afro
or not showing up with the dowry to spoil this.
Okay.
Let's do this.
We are expecting twins.
I...
I would like to give them...
the names... No.
I would like to give them...
I would like...
to give them...
the names...
of their maternal grandparents.
Koffi?
It's okay.
Everything is okay, breathe.
Koffi? Breathe, breathe.
This is the voicemail of Tshala, go ahead.
What the hell is she doing? It's been one hour.
My love, take it easy.
She will call back.
PALM SUNDAY
- It's the answering machine. - I'll leave a message.
Here.
Hey Tshala, we left the airport.
I guess you couldn't come because you are busy with stuff.
We took a rental car...
We're going to see dad at the Kapesa mine.
So call me back...
or text me where I can find the spare keys.
Let me know.
Bye.
Except for the road, nothing has changed here.
I'm coming through. Fuck.
Excuse me, sir.
Which way to the Kapesa mine?
Thanks.
Your lessons paid off.
- Bravo. - Alright, alright.
The guy wasn't being very cooperative.
With his hat like Clint Eastwood...
- And him? - Him?
You'll know when it's him.
He's got a nice grandpa head with his tonsure and all.
I picture you like this when you're old. Really.
It would suit you well.
I'm stupid, I should have asked. He is off, today.
It pisses me off, I really wanted to see him here.
It's no big deal. You'll see him at lunch.
I thought if I saw him here, we could cancel the straw hut.
You want to cancel? We should do as planned.
We go there, you introduce me to them,
you give the dowry to your father and you'll feel much better.
Maybe he's there.
Do you see him?
- He doesn't seem to be here. - Okay, so let's go.
Hey Tshala, you hear me?
Yes, I hear you. Look, I'm really sorry.
- Everything alright? - Yes, all good.
I just got your voicemail. You're not ready to drive here.
Yeah well, in the mines it's okay, but in town... it's a pain.
I'm at the airport, I thought you'd be out in a few hours,
with all the admin stuff.
Yeah, don't worry. So I'll see you at the hut.
No, I don't think so. It's complicated with my move.
But I can't wait to see you.
It's crazy.
Call me later, so I can tell you about the keys.
Listen, Koffi. The uncles are going to be there.
You say yes to everything. Don't make a fuss. Okay?
- Okay. - Cool. See you later.
- Alright, kiss. - Kiss.
- It's okay? Am I presentable? - Yes.
Ah, Zabolo. You could have done your hair.
Make an effort for your mom.
- Hello. - Hello.
Hello, everyone.
Hello.
I would like to introduce you to my future wife, Alice Musoso.
You are beautiful, all three of you.
All grown-up.
I just had my third child, four weeks ago.
We're four months away. We can't wait.
They're twins.
Hello. Girls, food's ready.
- Mom. - Come on, let's go.
Come on, quick.
- You're always grumbling. - Come on, go.
You may proceed to the table.
Come.
- What does "Zabolo" mean? - The mark of the Devil.
When is dad coming?
Not before 4:30 p.m.
He's doing the double shift on Sunday.
- We were at the mine this morning... - Bella?
Bella, give her a sweetened drink.
It's good, it gives you strength for the last months.
I always have to do these things.
Thank you.
Hello, everyone.
Hello.
You come back from Europe with this head?
- I had my hair cut before coming. - I can confirm.
Uncle Malage, this is Alice.
Hello, young lady.
Hello, Uncle Malage.
Where are you staying?
- At Tshala's. - My God, this girl really.
Do you know she's going to live among white Africans?
- She's leaving on Tuesday. - We know.
Uncle Malage, come see.
I know it wasn't easy growing up with my brother in Europe.
I'm happy you're here with us.
By the way, we have to discuss certain things.
You're the eldest son.
It implies things, you know?
Things to take care of.
- Yes. I understand. - Good.
Easy, easy, my baby.
Easy, easy. I'm here.
How old is he?
- One month. - One month?
My mom told me it was good to breastfeed until around 6 months
for the baby's immune system,
but no more, for the breasts to stay...
Here, it's until they're 3 years old.
Three years old?
What's this angel's name?
His Congolese name is Monsengwo. His Catholic name is Jean-Paul II.
Because he was born the day the Pope came, in 1985.
May I?
Your little Pope is really cute.
What do I do?
Wait, wait. There is just a little...
No, no, it's nothing.
Don't worry.
They cursed my son. Zabolo threw blood on him.
Mom!
Mom, come!
The mark of the Devil.
No, it's just...
It's just a nosebleed.
The spirit sees. The spirit sees everything.
What does the popular jury say?
That they betrayed the values of hospitality.
The spirit sees. The spirit sees everything.
And death.
Stop it!
It's okay. Don't worry.
Don't move.
It will be alright.
What does the popular jury say?
That they betrayed the values of hospitality.
The spirit sees. The spirit sees everything.
What does the popular jury say?
That they committed an act of violence on a child.
The spirit sees. The spirit sees everything.
He didn't do anything to your baby.
He has high blood pressure. It makes him bleed.
It's just bullshit...
Let go of my arm.
They're just trying to scare me.
They're trying to find a religious explanation, it's nothing.
It's just bullshit. Don't worry, it's nothing.
May our blood not disappear. Did you hear me?
May our blood never disappear.
Do you understand me?
Pastor, I only came to pay the dowry. I'll give it to my dad
and leave, you will never see me again!
I feel ashamed for you.
Your stain is a sign of intimacy with the evil one!
The mark of the devil!
The black hole you're from isn't enough for you anymore.
You came back to commit the shameful act
that will get you rejected forever.
Number one:
Lying to your own family!
Number two:
Trying to curse a child of your own family!
And number three: Betrayal.
The blood of the child of the Lord sacrificed...
to wash away the sin of the pagan and his evil offspring.
Great, thank you. One second, please.
They still have seats for Tuesday's flight.
- Should I book it? - Yeah, let's go home.
We have to pay extra, though.
Would you be okay to take it from the dowry money?
I'd rather not touch it.
Hello? Yes, I can confirm this flight.
Do you still have the card number?
Yes, thank you.
My dear Paco...
you really need to feed him.
With something other than biscuits and crisps.
Mama Mula, you still owe me 500.
Paco... 500?
What are you doing, darling?
You can double or triple your margin?
What's wrong?
We will pay, as usual.
But if you're not happy, we'll go to Simba or the Saians.
If I was a cheater, you would know!
- Right, girls? - Yes, mama Mula.
Simba is into antibiotics now?
He's working in my field now?
So go deal with Simba, we have no time to lose.
Hey, why are you acting like this?
Maky.
What's wrong?
Get out, we have shit to do.
It's the fight of Easter.
It's the fight of the Titans.
What's going on, sir?
It's their wrestling thing that will block everything for an hour.
We have to wait one hour, right?
What is it? A parade?
Tshala, don't believe everything mom tells you. Anyway...
We're on Kabasele Boulevard.
There's a parade for something.
We're going to have a look...
I'll call you when we have the keys.
Show us that you're psyched, today.
Make some noise for the Goonzs and their coffin!
I'm going to die, I'm going to die.
- Goonzs... - Unbreakable.
Go, Goonzs.
We're going to show you our magic trick...
It's called: the street kid sawn in half.
One, two, three.
- Go, Goonzs. - Unbreakable.
Please welcome the fighters.
Here: Sayo Makubi.
Here: Six Bolit.
I've thought again about Tuesday.
We can take that money.
Fuck them.
EASTER MONDAY
They're moving us out! The motherfuckers.
Hey, Simba.
They locked us in.
This is my zone now! Little whore.
Watch out, because if I catch you...
We're moving you out of here nicely.
Otherwise you will end up like your shitty little sister.
Paco little girl, look now.
Oh Maya. Yes.
Motherfucker!
It feels good. You fuck so well, Maya.
Stop.
Oh Maya.
You're going too far, Simba.
Paco, bye bye.
They're escaping, those fuckers. Let's catch them.
This is the voicemail of Tshala, go ahead.
Hey Tshala, it's me. I wanted to know
if you had time to go eat something, despite your busy schedule.
And also, I wanted to know
if you had another number for dad because the one I have
must be out of service.
That face she makes...
You can't make that up.
There was at the city hall the day of the fair
a picture of Jean Jaurès
Every glass of wine was a rose-coloured diamond
on a backdrop of silicosis
They spoke of '36 and the methane explosions
accidents in the deep hole
They loved their job
as you love your homeland
It was with them that I understood
In the North
there is the miners' cottages
The Earth
was a ground of coal
The sky
was the miners' horizon
The men were miners of the deep hole
Abel's son.
When the miners' school belonged to Belgium,
this was your anthem.
Papa Abel never sang it to you?
Singing...
Singing wasn't very much dad's thing.
Right.
You don't really feel like singing when you have a coal breath.
I got used to it and I don't care.
I know that without us, this country would be dead.
The world would be dead.
In leopard print?
Nowadays,
even those who didn't know him start missing the dictator.
You Congolese, you make too many children.
For them to be your slaves, your life insurance and your pension.
How many children do you have?
I'm going to be a father for the first time.
My wife will give birth in four months,
in August.
You'll need three or four more to pay for your old days in our logic.
The motherfuckers.
They came to the bus with fucking adults.
N'djili is our place. This bus was here since before I was born.
I know. It sucks.
I forgot my sister's tiara on this shitty bus.
I feel you.
I don't know where Maky is.
Oh fuck, for real? The guy's a psychopath.
Don't tempt him.
Tell them that tomorrow, I'll be at their shitty Arcade.
We'll settle this bare hands.
Pac, they say that the guy's changing into an owl or something
and he takes people in his wings and they disappear.
I don't give a fuck.
Believe me, I saw him in my dreams last night, that bastard.
I see him trying to close his eyelids.
He's starting to understand what's happening.
He wants to open them...
but realizes it's a superhuman effort.
Because he knows he's dying.
This motherfucker.
More wine, Sieve?
What?
- He told you that was my nickname? - He did.
You didn't dare, did you?
Not cool.
What?
Well, when I was little, I had a lot of acne.
And so to make fun of me they would say:
"It's a hot day, why don't you go tan with a sieve on your face?"
- A sieve? - Yes.
To even out my ugly skin.
It's really lousy.
- And you told me to call her Sieve. - It's a nice nickname.
What can I say with my mark?
When we were kids, pastors would say
his mark was because of sorcerers wanting to take away his beauty
and...
Go ahead, tell her.
We've been here for two days.
She gets we're in a different space-time.
He had warned me. But I didn't get
it would be at this level.
And they said that mom
would give you milk with vitriol? Is that right?
That thing that makes mother's milk
blend with blood.
Yeah...
Well, it's... How can I put this?
The breast gives blood when feeding
because the mother...
I don't know.
The mother is unwilling or unable to produce milk for her baby.
There, perfect timing.
Zabolo, get out of his body.
That explains South Africa.
Going from one place to another, we realize we see this mess
like a normal thing.
- You were never tempted by Europe? - Europe?
Compared to Nigeria, Ghana, or even South Africa,
Europe is dead since 2008.
Hey, Mobutu.
It's insane.
Power's been cut off every night at 8. It's not normal.
They say they will put it back at midnight.
In any case, we're here.
It's Easter, dammit.
People of the electricity company always have orders
from Security to follow.
Look, it's the best Wi-Fi in the country.
Alice, give me your phone.
- Alice? Your phone. - Yes.
I have to call Ezra.
He's alone on the road. He must be in Zambia by now.
I hope everything's okay.
- What is it? - I'm just thinking.
About what?
I wonder how we can love...
when we haven't learned.
You're implying that I can't love you, or our children.
Did you ever see me seeking refuge in this hereditary shit?
I'm not saying that. But some things can really leave a mark.
We can't pretend your background doesn't exist.
I should go into therapy because of a cultural gap?
Because we don't yell at our parents, because we're reserved?
Hypocrisy has a different face, but it's just like in Europe.
Strangers are scary.
That's why people look at you as if you were
some kind of ATM.
- Hey, Koffi. - You're mixing things up.
You're mixing everything up. You are.
Koffi, calm down.
Why don't you go get us a beer?
To show her how we party, Simba-style.
You'll see it's like a beer,
but with sugar instead of alcohol.
It's the same for me, too.
Just Ez being eight years younger than me is already a bomb.
So I can't imagine if he was white.
All my uncles would have strokes, not to mention mom.
I agree, your mom's scary. But you're not kids anymore.
I also grew up in a strict family, with a bossy German father.
It was hell, but at some point I lived my life and he understood.
But here is a different reality.
Can you imagine that,
despite mom's madness, I never dared
raising my voice or even frowning?
Here they tell you to do something and you do it.
And it's not just in the Musoso family.
Here, my sexuality, my choices...
They will never be validated.
It's why you're leaving?
Yes.
So imagine for Koffi.
He internalizes these things.
Because this seed they plant in there...
it grows like a weed.
Welcome to the Musoso family.
Hello, my son.
You like it?
I have better inside.
Come on.
Where are your parents?
We got lost in the bush.
They were walking in front of us, we were playing and then...
We'll look for them after.
You have to eat first, to regain strength.
You have to eat now.
Eat, to regain strength.
Eat. Eat.
HOLY TUESDAY
My love... we must dissociate appearances and the essence of the mind.
The mind is the creator of happiness and suffering.
It is the creator of Nirvana and negative emotion.
Ezra is an obstacle to our infinite cycle.
I meditate to control this emotion,
to transform my resentment into karma of joy.
We will be the antidote to this infection.
This mental poison that lies within your organs.
Within my organs, results from our greed,
mental poison of our interrupted pleasure.
I don't have the flu. I get the flu.
And it will fade away like white jelly in the light of healthy karma.
My love, call me when you arrive
so that we can regenerate together.
Tshala, shall I get it?
No honey, I will go.
- Are you okay? - Yes. You?
We are here to deliver your order.
Alibaba Expresso.
I don't know if you're aware,
but you pay only if satisfied.
Satisfied or you get your money back.
You're lucky, it's the Easter special offers.
Madam... since we're here,
let us offer you to try our perfumes.
This product is our biggest success. It's to chase away the jealous ones.
Look, it's not possible. We're moving out today.
We didn't order anything.
You have the wrong address.
- Aren't you Tshala Musoso? - Yes, I am.
Joshua, seven months old. He just had his first baby teeth.
And he got back to his normal sleep cycle.
From 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
And he only needs milk. But not just any milk.
Nestalo.
It sells everywhere. In the whole...
What's the point of getting tested if you don't do all the STDs?
You slept again with Malaika, didn't you?
She gave you something.
Ezra, you did. I saw it, I know it.
I'm going to call her.
Listen, you can go ahead and fuck whoever you want, but not with her.
I gave him some of my moves.
That's what he needs to feel good.
How can you admit them at your house, after what he has done?
Can't they go to a hotel?
He's into sorcery, can't you see how Masekini's still shocked?
What is it?
- Nothing, I'm okay. - Yeah, right.
You can tell me everything, big sister.
Your secret is our secret.
Is it about your South African?
It's him, isn't it?
You keep it to yourselves?
Nothing to mom?
He got an STD.
Oh my God.
- He had sworn to be careful. - Sworn to be careful?
How's that possible?
- And then we're the villagers. - Look at that modern woman.
This is how you are living with this polyamory weirdness.
- Living against God's will. - Against the idea of couple.
I had to keep it secret because you don't understand anything.
We're going to see a specialist in Durban.
- A specialist? - He's going to solve this.
In this case, the problem isn't polyamory.
It's a problem of trust, of telling each other the truth.
- Screw your intellectual stuff. - We don't care.
You cannot wait.
What if this thing infects your ovaries?
Go see this doctor. He has done miracles with such diseases.
- Inflammations... - Haemorrhoids...
Infections, everything.
If there's medicine we know out here, it's this one.
Specialist, my ass.
Dad, that one's got a head to be called Woody Wood too.
Koffi, you'll have to get used to it. It's normal your Woody died.
It's the function of these birds to die for the Corporation.
Take one you can't compare to Woody, okay?
We don't replace people.
Move on to something else.
Blackbirds aren't pet birds.
You have to pick one who's vivacious
and who chirps so loud, loud, loud,
that you can hear it from the deep hole of a well.
Listen, I... I don't think he's trying to avoid you.
He's just not connected like us.
He can't even listen to his voicemail.
I don't know what to think anymore.
It's the second time, and apparently he's working six days a week.
You want me to go home with you?
If you want, we can go together.
Come on, let's go.
No.
I'd rather go alone.
Okay, but we'll see each other in Durban.
Alice mentioned the Christmas holidays.
She's unbelievable.
Yes, we'll come. We have to.
I clearly understood that Europe for you is "no way".
Impossible.
Anyway, I'm happy that we meet again.
Knowing that I have an elder brother.
And you should know that I feel terrible.
I believed for a long time what mom said.
I didn't dare to reach out to reconnect with you.
We're together now.
Fuck boy is here to take you to live your best life in Durban.
So what?
We're going to wait until we get to Durban and see a real doctor.
So now you're going to tell me how your real doctors treat this shit.
It wouldn't have been this mess if you hadn't fucked with Malaika.
How could I have known?
You know she doesn't protect herself.
All your fancy speeches of domination
should change first in the bedroom don't work.
My secretary told me there was an emergency
about Madam's fertility.
It's a mistake, we're looking for an infectious disease specialist.
I know who you are.
We're not here about fertility issues.
It's the same. Both are related.
Come here.
Purity is a prerequisite. It's in the Bible.
Nothing is pure for those who are defiled and unbelieving.
Both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
The body is not for immorality.
No, it is for the Lord and the Lord is for the body.
Flee from immorality.
Whatever other sin a man commits, that sin is outside his body.
But whoever indulges in immorality
is sinning against his own body.
I'm sorry about Sunday.
Mom?
It was an accident. I had no bad intentions.
I didn't want to put a spell on anyone.
I know what you think.
We don't bring white or Arab brides.
I know going to Europe is to come back with a degree,
even for a sorcerer like me.
But I have no degree. I didn't succeed the way you wanted.
I work in a school without being a teacher.
But I still have the dowry.
It's not a year's salary, but it's still something.
I'm leaving tonight. I wish I'd seen dad
and gotten your blessing to live with this woman.
We're going to start a family.
With who she is, and who I am.
Which means a bit of you and this country.
You are on Papa Abel's voicemail, I'm not available at the moment...
What the fuck?
What does this all mean?
Palm oil doesn't cure shit.
I know, I'm sorry.
- Goonzs... - Unbreakable.
Are you sure you want to join your sister in paradise?
We said no adults, bastard.
No adults in our biz and you brought them.
I wanted you to have this before you leave.
My mother gave me this to help me to have your brother.
With some water, before sexual intercourse.
I didn't know you'd had Koffi this way.
Why didn't you open the door to him?
Why did you leave him like this? He's leaving tonight.
It's the fight of the Titans. It's the Easter fight.
No blows below the belt.
No kicks.
May the best man win.
I've got something for you.
SEPTEMBER
Mom?
They don't want to.
I'm sorry mom, but...
they say we can't burry an empty coffin.
Legally, they said they can't.
But what difference does it make for them?
Whether there's a body or stones in that coffin, what does it change?
I know, mom.
I'll see what I can do, but he doesn't listen to me.
He wants to talk to a man, a head of household.
I'm the head of the household now.
Who do they want it to be?
Malage?
Koffi just came back, maybe...
Alright mom,
I'll see what I can do.
I'll come home once I'm done here.
Look, one of their children is white.
My sincerest condolences, uncle.
This is why you came back here, to make a transfer?
You're here for his soul?
It won't be possible, we didn't find your father's body.
The healer said so.
The blood of the Lord sacrificed
to wash away the sins of the heathen and his offspring.
There it is in front of you.
We have to send a team to the mine. It's impossible they didn't find him.
We have to go to two different places.
Don't forget we already got paid for that.
We have to work, like we're used to do.
I'm afraid our stuff will get stolen.
Don't worry, there are guards watching.
You think it looks good?
Spot on, be spot on.
Abel.
I found the kid from the gang with the pink dresses.
He agreed about the coffin.
He doesn't want any money.
I just have to help him
get a death certificate to buy a burial plot.
He wants a grave for his sister.
How are you going to help him?
Don't know. I could pretend I'm his father at city hall.
It's really strange.
What is?
Your Zabolo deal.
You're both looking to get empty graves.
Hi, this is Masekini. Please leave a message.
Masekini, I'm on my way. I'll be there in 20 minutes.
Hello. Is it ready?
Mama Mujila,
we carry your grief, we understand your pain
and I share it to lighten your heart.
We come back from everything except from absence
We come back from everything except from the void left by the absent
The absent that occupies all the space...
Alright. I'll just take the letters for the name.
You know, mama Mujila, if you can't afford the coffin cost,
there is a floating cemetery by Kimpembe.
There, near the river.
We come back from everything except from absence
We come back from everything except from the void
Left by the absent
The absent that occupies all the space.
Stay here.
Hi.
How did you do this to yourself?
With my motorcycle.
Is it why you stopped doing the wrestling show?
We're gonna do biz with the "Z".
The "Z"?
Z is for Zambians.
They have more respect for the kids that make money.
Ah, I understand.
Was it the cops or the street kids who did this to you?
What's the difference? Crooks are crooks, right?
Here, to repaint the coffin.
I'll be waiting for you tomorrow. Don't screw me over.
Ah, Mujila.
My brothers and I thought
you could stay two or three more weeks in the house.
We're leaving the stuff in your room.
We leave you the car until the end of the month.
To give you time to find yourself a new home.
We won't touch anything.
He didn't take it?
The day you were born,
your father and I stopped talking for the first three months.
Our first fight, I think.
We didn't feel like pretending anymore.
He wanted to call you Seraphine.
Seraphine will forever be the name of my big sister.
The first wife of your father.
The mother of...
Mboyo.
Probably the only woman he ever loved.
When Seraphine died,
I immediately understood what the family wanted to do.
The aunties checking to see if I'm still a virgin.
The questioning to know if I still loved my man.
The threats on him to leave me.
Not even three months after I have been married.
Probably just to get it over with, quickly.
I wasn't even eighteen.
You know...
Your father has always been a good man.
We learned to love each other later.
We were both in mourning of our previous lives.
When I was pregnant, I had a denial of pregnancy.
I did all I could to lose it.
Curettage...
Ajax.
Kabulameshi's fetish.
I just wanted this thing out of me,
one way or another.
But mom, he wasn't even born.
He just came out with an enormous stain on his cheek.
You know...
Your father wasn't the wise man we know today.
He, and mostly your uncles,
had decided I was a witch, and that it was someone else's baby.
And they're throwing me away today,
like they did in the past.
You were right to leave.
You were right.
Even your brother, he was right to leave.
I envy you both for that.
If you make promises in this country...
You can die
without having your promises fulfilled.
What is it?
For death certificates, go there.
For death certificates...
What's the use?
People come here for birth certificates.
But never for death certificates. Really, these Congolese people.
They only need dead people to vote for our presidents
to get their soviet results.
- They get some 95%. - Even 100% sometimes.
It's for my daughter. Here is the death certificate from city hall.
My son and I would like to buy a burial plot for ten years.
The body.
Where's the body?
Did you find the body?
We can't have a funeral without the body.
We have to honour his memory. We have to do something.
A burial place.
Where I could join him as well.
A grave where...
where you could mourn with your children.
But we have this coffin, mom.
They agreed to sell you one?
Is he in it?
We didn't find him.
I thought Tshala had told you.
We bought the coffin to arrange the funeral ourselves.
Mom, I don't want you to think I took dad's life to have my twins.
You're just like him.
Both the same.
Cowards.
Endearing, but cowards.
OMEN
Dedicated to BBL In loving memory of MS & TK.
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