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00:00:00All I'm longing with me
00:00:03All I'm longing with you
00:00:03All I'm longing with you
00:00:04All I'm longing with you
00:00:07All I'm longing with you
00:00:14Bastards
00:00:15Good day, Mina
00:00:17Sergeant
00:00:24Good day, Jacob
00:00:25Sergeant Stewart
00:00:26So, she finally got the place open
00:00:30Nice business to have
00:00:32I imagine it is
00:00:42These new laws are making life bloody hard for the police
00:00:45They're not making it a picnic for the rest of us either
00:00:48My colleague's waiting in the car
00:00:50He has a problem with this sort of thing
00:00:53We all know it's an offence for blacks to eat in the same place as whites
00:00:58There are no whites here
00:00:59Present company excluded
00:01:02As non-blacks, then
00:01:04This is an Indian area
00:01:07Maybe coloreds, but no blacks
00:01:12Boss cooks
00:01:13You know they have bosses
00:01:14I want to see them
00:01:16Now
00:01:22This is only a travel permit
00:01:25Yes, sir
00:01:26Where's your boss?
00:01:27But I don't have a boss, sir
00:01:28I'm colored, not black
00:01:30You look like a cafe to me
00:01:32Her father was Dutch
00:01:34Like mine
00:01:35You understand, Jacob?
00:01:37We're trying to be difficult
00:01:40Stewart, what are you talking to these people for?
00:01:44Calm down
00:01:45You keep serving blacks
00:01:47And we'll kill the lot of them
00:01:58Ma'am, it would be safer for you to leave now
00:02:01You don't have to pay for the...
00:02:03I can finish my coffee, Mr...
00:02:05Williams
00:02:07Jacob Williams
00:02:08I'm Madeleine Smith
00:02:09You run the post office
00:02:11Well, you come in at 10 a.m. every Tuesday and Friday
00:02:15You're Amina's business partner, aren't you?
00:02:18Uh, well, no, ma'am, I just work for Amina
00:02:22Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot
00:02:25Partnership would be illegal, wouldn't it?
00:02:31Thank you for shielding me from the police
00:02:42Would you excuse me?
00:02:51What is it?
00:02:53My grandmother
00:02:57We'll get a new glass
00:02:58New frame
00:02:59Are you okay?
00:03:02And you?
00:03:04I'm not so old
00:03:04That I can't die for cover
00:03:06Put a minute and flirt with the customers
00:03:28Come on
00:03:28Come on
00:03:30The milk?
00:03:37Hola, are you coming?
00:03:38Come in here and get ready for school, both of you
00:03:40Thank God we're moving out in a couple of months
00:03:44Before the next one comes
00:03:46Is it right, Mama?
00:03:52Okay, Sam, Yasmin, upstairs, hmm?
00:03:55Go, brush your teeth, get your books.
00:03:57Okay.
00:03:59Off.
00:04:19He said yes, we can go.
00:04:22Where?
00:04:23Out for lunch, to the location cafe.
00:04:26I can't believe our husbands are letting us out of here.
00:04:29Come on, Miriam, get dressed.
00:04:46Good morning.
00:04:52I'm so sorry.
00:04:54I'm so sorry.
00:04:55I'm in love.
00:04:56I'm sorry.
00:04:57Thank you, Douglas.
00:04:58Please leave.
00:05:02They have staff to do that.
00:05:12Good morning, ladies.
00:05:14Good morning.
00:05:15Our special today is lamb reedy and have some nice, fresh cook sisters.
00:05:19What are cook sisters?
00:05:21It's a South African delicacy.
00:05:24A fried donut with syrup and coconut.
00:05:27Here, try one.
00:05:29See if you like it.
00:05:39It's delicious.
00:05:40Good.
00:05:41I'll send some over, and I promise I try not to drop them this time.
00:05:49She thinks a lot of herself.
00:05:51She thinks a lot of herself.
00:05:52Maybe she should.
00:05:53She owns a business, and she's one of us.
00:05:55No, she's not.
00:05:57No, she's not.
00:05:57Why do you see any of our girls looking like that?
00:06:00Like what?
00:06:01Are you blind?
00:06:03Like a man.
00:06:07Maybe it's easier to work in trousers.
00:06:23Daddy, is it full?
00:06:25I told you Deloq's in the country.
00:06:26You'll like it there.
00:06:28Do we have a house there like our old one?
00:06:31It'll be much bigger and better than the old one.
00:06:33There's a big shop underneath.
00:06:35We'll work in it.
00:06:36I will.
00:06:37And your mother, and we'll have a boy to help us, and we'll have a night watchman to guard
00:06:41the place at night.
00:06:45I'm sorry.
00:07:00Shall we leave?
00:07:31I'll be right back.
00:08:10We need to work hard, that's all.
00:08:37We need to work hard, that's all.
00:08:55We need to work hard, that's all.
00:09:05We need to work hard, that's all.
00:09:07We need to work hard, that's all.
00:09:31We need to work hard.
00:09:53We need to go and help her.
00:09:57How hard is it to make tea?
00:10:04Here, it will give you some energy.
00:10:08Are you okay?
00:10:10Shall I call her?
00:10:16No.
00:10:17Okay.
00:10:19Going already?
00:10:20Yes, I need to go to the shop.
00:10:22Don't worry about it, your sister-in-law's there.
00:10:26Here, love.
00:10:28Have a nice cup of tea.
00:10:29Thank you, Mrs. Benjamin.
00:10:31He's not one for a jet, is he?
00:10:33No.
00:10:36He's not.
00:10:43There's nobody here.
00:10:48I don't know who you think is going to come flooding in to buy groceries at this time of the
00:10:52day.
00:10:53Or any time.
00:10:57Where's the boy?
00:10:58Robert.
00:11:00He's checking deliveries.
00:11:02He'll be back.
00:11:03Later.
00:11:05What are you doing?
00:11:06Has it been so long that you don't even remember?
00:11:11I suppose she doesn't like you to touch her when she's pregnant.
00:11:33You come to Cape Town once a week.
00:11:36Come and see me.
00:11:50Sit down.
00:12:02So what do you do after school?
00:12:05Homework.
00:12:05Good.
00:12:06Good.
00:12:11Do it then.
00:12:13I don't have any homework.
00:12:14Why not?
00:12:15She's only five.
00:12:17She doesn't get homework until big school.
00:12:20Oh.
00:12:23Hello, Mr. Husband.
00:12:24Or should I say Mr. Father.
00:12:27Is it a boy?
00:12:28What a question.
00:12:29You have a beautiful baby girl.
00:13:04All these Africans, that's a problem with this country.
00:13:09Too many black people.
00:13:11You should come home, my son.
00:13:13It is a better life.
00:13:15How will Amina find a good husband here?
00:13:18There are plenty of families when she's ready.
00:13:20Of course she's ready.
00:13:22Where is she anyway?
00:13:25She couldn't come.
00:13:27Working?
00:13:27Did you say she's working?
00:13:29Where is she working?
00:13:32Cape Town.
00:13:35The girl needs to be brought back to a decent way of living.
00:13:39Why is she working?
00:13:40What is she doing?
00:13:44She must mix more.
00:13:45I know her family, the Ali's.
00:13:48Do you know them?
00:13:49Yes, we'll have them for dinner on Sunday.
00:13:53Your son never lets us invite anyone.
00:14:00Amina will never come.
00:14:02It is Amina's duty to be where we tell her.
00:14:05She will come.
00:14:13Amina!
00:14:14You're late.
00:14:15They're here already.
00:14:16Hurry up inside.
00:14:17Who's here?
00:14:18Where are you going?
00:14:20Inside?
00:14:21Like this.
00:14:22Like this.
00:14:23Mum, this is who I am.
00:14:25What else do you want me to wear?
00:14:46I'll help you serve the food.
00:14:49I don't see why people say that our girls are too modern.
00:14:52They may want to go out for a while and find out things for themselves.
00:14:56But I think our girls always find it best to stay at home in the end.
00:15:02Doesn't Amina work anymore then?
00:15:04Only now and then.
00:15:05But what about the cafe?
00:15:06Why isn't anybody eating?
00:15:08Things have been so busy at the garage lately.
00:15:12I don't have time to stop for one minute.
00:15:16Sometimes I wish Amina was helping me again.
00:15:19Then how many children would you like, Amina?
00:15:22Oh, um, I don't know.
00:15:24I suppose two or three would be nice.
00:15:28Do you want only boys?
00:15:29What would make you think I'd want boys tall?
00:15:31What rubbish?
00:15:32Everybody wants a boy.
00:15:33Everybody.
00:15:34Well, I'm not everybody.
00:15:36And I wouldn't care if I had a boy or a girl as long as a child was healthy and
00:15:39happy.
00:15:40Nothing else really matters, does it?
00:15:43I think she's right.
00:15:44I think it's time for dessert.
00:15:57We're going to Cape Town on the weekend.
00:15:59All of us?
00:16:03Do you remember when this came?
00:16:05Two weeks ago.
00:16:07It's from my sister, Rehmat.
00:16:10The one in Paris.
00:16:13Who told you that?
00:16:15Farah.
00:16:18She's coming with her husband.
00:16:23I'm going to go to sleep.
00:16:24You watch the shop.
00:17:15Come and help me here.
00:17:17They'll be here any minute now.
00:17:19And you're not particular Omaris.
00:17:22Not as much as he likes to think.
00:17:30They're here.
00:17:31I'm cooking!
00:17:33Bye.
00:17:35Bobby.
00:17:40Well, where is she?
00:17:41She's gone to the hotel to meet James.
00:17:44That's a stupid thing to do.
00:17:46Are they trying to get caught?
00:17:48They shouldn't even be here.
00:17:49His father's dying.
00:17:50So what?
00:17:52He'll be dead in a week and they'll be in jail.
00:17:54Do they think the police care?
00:17:55Which hotel is he staying at?
00:17:57At the Royal, if you can believe it.
00:18:02I don't know who they think they are.
00:18:15This is my other sister-in-law.
00:18:17This is Miriam.
00:18:19Hello.
00:18:22It took me a while to get used to it.
00:18:25Iris must be such a nightmare to get used to.
00:18:27I meant that it wasn't home at first.
00:18:30For either of us.
00:18:31But then I realized that there were no gossiping neighbors.
00:18:34No list of rules.
00:18:36No need to stay home if I wanted to work.
00:18:39We were very sorry to hear about your father's illness.
00:18:42He gave us his blessing.
00:18:44Finally.
00:18:46I suppose death can give you a different perspective on what's important.
00:18:49And now we're eating here with all of you.
00:18:51And there's a time where that seemed impossible.
00:18:54Aren't you afraid?
00:18:55Of what could happen if you get caught?
00:18:58My husband is an idealist.
00:19:00We have no time for ideals these days.
00:19:02We have to be practical.
00:19:03Get what we can whenever we can.
00:19:05You know you're my husband and you could be twins.
00:19:11We are twins.
00:19:17Why couldn't you tell me?
00:19:19Men never tell you anything.
00:19:29Um.
00:19:30Miriam.
00:19:30Why don't we get my brother to take us to the location cafe?
00:19:33I used to sneak out and go over there all the time.
00:19:36On my school breaks.
00:19:39I should stay and help.
00:19:41You go.
00:19:42I'll take care of the children.
00:19:44Para can make us tea.
00:20:15I'll take care of the children.
00:20:17girl she's young and she owns this place huh but a partner imagine at her age to be the partner
00:20:25for
00:20:25business and a good business too sunday is always her busiest day i think she's done well for one
00:20:30of our girls so do i she's not totally one of our girls have you ever seen one of our
00:20:36girls with
00:20:37such with such curly hair are you saying that she's part black that's her grandmother bagel
00:20:45the child is amina's mother there was a big scandal she messed around with the africans
00:20:53should i pretend to be horrified you know plenty of white people including some of his family will
00:20:58sit there one day just like you all self-righteous and accuse my children of being half india
00:21:02it's not the same thing it's exactly the same thing how can you live here omar how can you
00:21:08bear to be in this place south africa is my home
00:21:21you want a ten pence worth thingy oh
00:21:42uh i'd like to serve someone over here please
00:22:05i love south africa what do you love about it the freedom the space it's not like india
00:22:11no it's not it's much worse and god help anyone who tries to fight it i fight it and i
00:22:18think
00:22:18you probably did too i fought so hard i had to leave with bruises on my face
00:22:31do you still like cook sisters yes i do and have you had any sins that were better
00:22:40never good i'll send some over they're frying now amina this gentleman here is looking for
00:22:46someone to help build in the garden you want it or you know someone who would
00:22:49i want a vegetable garden behind my house back of the shop i can do it i want a big
00:22:54space i need
00:22:56enough to sell not just to eat if you want me to do it i can can you come early
00:23:01how about seven
00:23:02when we're far apart don't you know i'll close my eyes
00:23:15i'll close my eyes and i'll close my eyes and i'll see you with my heart
00:23:32oh that's the patch i'd like you to do mommy why is she wearing trousers because she works outside
00:23:41don't forget their lunch thank you robert robert give the young lady some chapatis and some tea
00:23:47when she starts walking and and there's fig jam in the fridge yeah come good morning hello say hello
00:24:02hello to the lady hello ma'am come on bye
00:24:50i i brought you some food
00:24:55thank you it smells delicious i wish i could cook so well but you work in a cafe
00:25:03all jacob's recipes ah well then you should learn so my mother tells me your mother's right
00:25:10what will you do when you get married i don't know i suppose i'll have to find someone who can
00:25:15cook
00:25:21have you eaten why don't you join me i have to mind the show
00:25:36i just want to know you better i'm uh i'm just a housewife and a mother
00:25:42and doesn't a housewife have thoughts and feelings and wishes just like everyone else
00:25:50you were the first person to smile at me at the cafe in eight days
00:25:59i counted
00:26:36i said
00:26:42What's this?
00:26:45Bowdrine.
00:26:50I can't take it.
00:26:52Don't you like reading?
00:26:53I love reading.
00:26:55I mean, I used to.
00:26:57I used to read a lot.
00:27:02Please, keep it then.
00:27:06Stay for dinner?
00:27:07I should get going.
00:27:11No, you can't drive at night.
00:27:13I'll be fine.
00:27:13No, maybe in town, but here, the roads are just tracks.
00:27:19Stay.
00:27:49I'll be fine.
00:28:03if you're going to stay you should come inside
00:28:08your husband's not back yet he works late in Cape Town
00:28:11usually he stays at his sister in brother's place
00:28:20the dhalo is delicious do you want some more
00:28:23no no I would like to clean up though it's hot water in the bathroom come
00:29:12what are you doing
00:29:19I couldn't sleep me neither
00:29:24let me get you some tea I'll make the tea medium
00:29:33medium who's always getting the tea for everyone
00:29:43tell me has anyone ever looked after you
00:29:55when did you come to South Africa
00:29:59seven years ago after I got married
00:30:01me too our first evening off of the boat from India and we walked straight into
00:30:07the Indian Congress protests there were sticks and guns and policemen I was
00:30:14terrified
00:30:15I was there protesting the ghetto bill
00:30:18I thought we could overthrow the government in two weeks
00:30:25is there anything that you don't do
00:30:30I have to give people something to talk about
00:30:32do you ever think about getting married and having children instead
00:30:36yes that word instead I don't like
00:30:39why can't a woman do both if she wants to
00:30:41it's not usual
00:30:43no
00:30:44but neither am I
00:30:45and neither are you
00:30:50how did you learn to think like this
00:30:54my grandmother my mother's mother picture in the cafe
00:30:59she lived here once before she was sent back to India
00:31:03you must have heard someone's version of the story
00:31:06there's always gossip
00:31:09tell me the story the real story if you don't mind
00:31:14I'd like to tell you
00:31:17I think you'd understand why my grandmother was so important to me
00:31:21what happened to her
00:31:33she was 19
00:31:36with one child already
00:31:39and the shame and dishonor of being raped
00:31:43she tried to hide it
00:31:47but she became pregnant
00:31:51as soon as the baby was born
00:31:54my mother
00:31:55they realized it wasn't her husband's
00:31:59what did they do to her?
00:32:04Salo!
00:32:21they put you on a train to Durban
00:32:24to get the boat to Bombay
00:32:44hold him out
00:32:46hold him out so I can kiss him
00:32:48please
00:32:49please
00:32:50no
00:32:51no
00:32:52no
00:32:52no
00:32:53no
00:32:56no
00:32:56no
00:32:57no
00:32:59no
00:33:00no
00:33:00no
00:33:01no
00:33:02no
00:33:02no
00:33:02no
00:33:02no
00:33:08I can't imagine losing a child like that
00:33:10it broke her
00:33:14she didn't have one choice to make her whole life
00:33:18and for as long as I can remember
00:33:21she always warned me about the dangers of being oppressed in a marriage
00:33:26is that why you haven't gotten married?
00:33:30that's not the only reason
00:33:40not the only reason
00:33:47because she did not identify thefolg
00:33:49you thought I meant a girl
00:34:01only
00:34:01she showed up
00:34:01wants her
00:34:01and as a man
00:34:14Sam!
00:34:15Yasmin!
00:34:16Look up!
00:34:17I can't eat.
00:34:17We should be in the garden.
00:34:19Yeah.
00:34:20Are you ready for school?
00:34:22Ah, did you eat?
00:34:24Yes.
00:34:24Yeah, I mean I gave us some breakfast.
00:34:28There you go.
00:34:30Okay.
00:34:31I never imagined I'd be so domesticated.
00:34:34I never imagined anything else.
00:34:37Okay, please.
00:34:38You ready for school?
00:34:39Come on.
00:34:41Have a good day.
00:34:47Can I make you some breakfast?
00:34:50Uh, perhaps later I'm going to start work.
00:34:52Okay.
00:34:58I hope I didn't worry you with all my strange ideas and stories last night.
00:35:05No.
00:35:06You made me think and that's supposed to be a good thing.
00:35:11Isn't it?
00:35:12That depends on who you ask.
00:35:19What are you doing?
00:35:23Reading.
00:35:24I can see that.
00:35:26Reading what?
00:35:28Poetry.
00:35:31Poetry.
00:35:32At this time of night.
00:35:36I'm tired.
00:35:39I was busy in Cape Town today.
00:35:42With her?
00:35:43What did you say?
00:35:47Nothing.
00:36:08Love bade me welcome, yet my soul drew back, guilty of dust and sin.
00:36:14But quick-eyed love, observing me grow slack from my first entrance in, drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning if
00:36:24I lacked anything.
00:36:26A guest, I answered, worthy to be here. Love said, you shall be he.
00:36:34Afternoon. We need to ask you some questions.
00:36:37My husband is not here, he just left.
00:36:39Yeah, must have just missed him.
00:36:41Robert, get these gentlemen a drink.
00:36:46It's a good shop you have here.
00:36:51Is your sister-in-law here?
00:36:54My brother-in-law and his wife stay in town.
00:37:00We're looking for Remat, Winston.
00:37:02And we know she's staying with you.
00:37:05They're not here.
00:37:08So you know where they are.
00:37:22Listen.
00:37:25You'll be in a pile of shit if you help them.
00:37:29What have they done?
00:37:32Have you heard of the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act of 1949?
00:37:36It's there for a reason.
00:37:39To stop this depravity.
00:37:43It's against nature what these people are doing.
00:37:48I'm from school.
00:37:49No, you can't.
00:37:50Yes, we can.
00:37:51They may be withholding valuable information.
00:37:53No!
00:37:55Have you ever been to a police station, young lady?
00:37:57No!
00:37:58No!
00:37:59No!
00:38:01No!
00:38:02No!
00:38:03No!
00:38:03No!
00:38:03We'll bring you back later.
00:38:04We'll do, Mono.
00:38:05Whenever we get time.
00:38:07No!
00:38:07I'll tell you where they are.
00:38:08Too late!
00:38:13So, where are they?
00:38:16Where are they?
00:38:18In Cape Town.
00:38:22They're my brother-in-law.
00:38:25You know, if you're lying, I'll beat you and your children and your baby!
00:38:40I lost a round of applause for they're almost very uncomfortable.
00:39:08I need help. The police are after us.
00:39:11We can't.
00:39:12Amina, you have to.
00:39:14We can't help you. I'm sorry.
00:39:19Please, please.
00:39:20I understand. It's just... I don't know what to do.
00:39:24If we help you into another customer, someone won't break when the police start threatening.
00:39:29Are you sure?
00:39:32Thank you for the sake.
00:39:43You were supposed to tell us.
00:39:50In front of my husband.
00:39:52Was I supposed to tell you while she could hear me?
00:39:55Hiding upstairs.
00:39:56Yes. What kind of state police don't even search the house?
00:40:04Where are they now?
00:40:09Some nice clothes.
00:40:10French labels.
00:40:13We'll find them.
00:40:14You'll be the next.
00:40:16For helping them.
00:40:22I'm not stupid.
00:40:26But there is someone around you who is.
00:40:31And it won't be the first time she's in trouble with the two of you.
00:40:59Stop that bloody noise!
00:41:01I wish it didn't fall.
00:41:03No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:41:10Jacob?
00:41:11Sergeant.
00:41:12We're looking for an Indian woman.
00:41:16Indians is all we get in here.
00:41:17But you're welcome to have a look around.
00:41:20Where's Amina?
00:41:21She's having a nap.
00:41:22She'll be taking over from me shortly.
00:41:24I, um, I'm not as young as I used to be.
00:41:38I know she's here.
00:41:41Who?
00:41:50Open this up.
00:41:53Go on, go on, go on!
00:41:54Open it!
00:42:01What's all that?
00:42:03Stock for the cafe.
00:42:06That's why I keep it locked.
00:42:07Those caffers would steal anything.
00:42:13Tell me where she is.
00:42:17I really don't know who you're talking about.
00:42:19You and I both know that I've had some women in here.
00:42:22It's time you've been out!
00:42:23Dinking quid!
00:42:24Dinking quid!
00:42:42Hey.
00:42:44Yours is the only place in town where your cafe workers eat alongside Indians.
00:42:48Would you get away with it?
00:42:50Yes.
00:42:50I could have closed you down any time, couldn't I?
00:42:57Yes.
00:42:58So?
00:43:01Was she here?
00:43:03No.
00:43:05Where is she?
00:43:06I really don't know.
00:43:10I'm sorry.
00:43:20What is that?
00:43:21If it's the police, then I'll deal with them this time.
00:43:27Someone's in here.
00:43:28I've got them in the truck.
00:43:29What happened?
00:43:30My lights have gone.
00:43:32They put money carefully walking in the outbuilding.
00:43:34Right in my way.
00:43:35Thought it was just the one side he caught, but both my lights have gone.
00:43:38We might have one of those.
00:43:40Miriam?
00:43:40Thanks.
00:43:48Ah, here's the right one.
00:43:50How is he?
00:43:53Who?
00:43:54Garfun.
00:43:55How is he?
00:43:56Dead, I hope.
00:44:03Just look at the...
00:44:04both lights.
00:44:06That should fit.
00:44:07You reckon?
00:44:08Let's try it.
00:44:11Come on, Mike.
00:44:16Come on, Mike.
00:44:17Give me a hug.
00:44:30Are you okay?
00:44:31I'm fine.
00:44:39Where are you?
00:44:42I can help.
00:44:47Let me help you.
00:44:50Let's...
00:44:51I don't need your help!
00:45:09Don't need your help.
00:45:11Oh, my God.
00:45:40Where were you?
00:45:46I thought I'd left the washing out.
00:46:04Your place is here with me, not with those coffers.
00:46:31Oh, my God.
00:46:38Where was my purpose?
00:46:39Yes.
00:46:39That's all.
00:46:39Where is my purpose?
00:46:49Oh, you found them.
00:46:51Books, madam.
00:46:52You forgot them?
00:46:53Yes, until somebody reminded me.
00:47:21Robert, take this.
00:47:22Take it to the post office.
00:47:43Good morning, Jacob.
00:47:44Morning, Madeline.
00:47:46Walmart today, isn't it?
00:47:47You can say that again.
00:47:49Hey, boy, get me some water.
00:47:54You understand English, do you?
00:47:55There's a jug over there.
00:47:58Listen, I'm the employee here, and I'll get you the water if you are incapable of getting
00:48:04it yourself.
00:48:08What's the matter with you, lady?
00:48:10That'll be sixpence for the stamps.
00:48:29You're all of us losing our dignity as human beings in this place, aren't we?
00:48:32Some of us more quickly than others.
00:48:34Oh, no.
00:48:36Don't you believe that for a second?
00:48:38It's men like him who lose the most.
00:48:42Perhaps.
00:48:45I've got a parcel here for you.
00:48:47Rather for young Miss Harjan.
00:48:49And, yeah, there's no other post.
00:48:55There's no return address.
00:48:57No.
00:48:59Perhaps it's from a secret paramoy.
00:49:06I'd better get back.
00:49:09I'll see you soon.
00:49:13Jacob, you sure that you do?
00:49:28This came for you today.
00:49:35It's not my mother's handwriting.
00:49:59She's not going to work all the time.
00:50:02This is too difficult because he's too young.
00:50:07What are you doing?
00:50:08It's the Ali's.
00:50:10They've come to give their reply.
00:50:13Even my mother must realise there's going to be no.
00:50:16Oh.
00:50:17Oh.
00:50:19Won't you have some tea?
00:50:21Send that girl to me at once.
00:50:24Who, Amina?
00:50:25Of course.
00:50:26She needs discipline now.
00:50:30Send me the doctor.
00:50:31I'm dying.
00:50:33She'll be fine.
00:50:53I'm dying.
00:50:55she wants to ask you to tell me.
00:51:05Ma.
00:51:08Ma.
00:51:10Dinner is ready.
00:51:18Ma.
00:51:19Your tea must be ice cold.
00:51:25I don't have time to go driving around the countryside for some old woman we didn't even know.
00:51:31That family don't mix with any of us.
00:51:33Yet when it suits them, they expect all of us to just come running?
00:51:35I don't expect it.
00:51:37I don't owe those people anything!
00:51:38Yes, you do.
00:51:40Amina Harjan saved your sister.
00:51:44After Farah betrayed her.
00:51:56I don't know.
00:52:20I don't know.
00:52:23I don't know.
00:52:33Aunty, is Amina here?
00:52:35I'd like to offer my condolences.
00:52:39She's in the next room.
00:52:41Please see if she will join us.
00:53:07I'm reading your book.
00:53:09I'd forgotten.
00:53:10I even had them.
00:53:11And...
00:53:11I didn't know you knew my parents.
00:53:13I don't.
00:53:14We came to see you.
00:53:16The murderous.
00:53:18Apparently my work and my trousers caused a heart attack.
00:53:27I can't tell whether you approve of my clothes or not.
00:53:36They're nice.
00:53:39It's a nice outfit.
00:53:42I mean that.
00:53:44You look nice in it.
00:53:46So you prefer me in traditional clothes?
00:53:48No.
00:53:50You look very nice in this.
00:53:53But you don't look like yourself.
00:53:56I don't feel like myself.
00:53:59But I have to please a person who, God rest her soul, is not even able to see me.
00:54:11It sounds silly when you put it like that.
00:54:13It is silly.
00:54:15But no one else seems to think so.
00:54:21Does it matter what people think?
00:54:25Doesn't it?
00:54:27Why did you get married?
00:54:29Did you fall in love and know you wanted to be with him for the rest of your life?
00:54:35No.
00:54:38He saw me a few times and proposed and my family accepted.
00:54:45And that's what you want to hear, isn't it?
00:54:47That it never occurred to me to question it.
00:54:50It occurs to me to question it.
00:54:52I know.
00:54:59What happened to your face?
00:55:01Nothing.
00:55:10Your mother wants to see you downstairs.
00:55:12My husband wants to see you too.
00:55:15To thank you.
00:55:16For what?
00:55:17For Raymoth.
00:55:19Anyone would have done the same.
00:55:21I didn't.
00:55:23Did they hurt you?
00:55:26The police?
00:55:27Yes.
00:55:28They were taking my children away.
00:55:31Then you did the right thing.
00:55:36Come.
00:55:38I want to change back into my own cloth.
00:55:54Why should you take that risk?
00:55:57Because I hate apartheid.
00:56:01Because I hate aggressive policemen.
00:56:04I wish I could be more like you.
00:56:17Be careful what you wish for.
00:56:22Yeah.
00:56:37Yeah.
00:56:38Mm-hmm?
00:56:38I have an idea.
00:56:40You haven't had a bad one yet.
00:56:42What is it?
00:56:45Indian food.
00:56:47All sorts of things.
00:56:49Samosas, biryanis.
00:56:51Okay.
00:56:53But you know, our girls don't know the first thing about making a proper Indian curry.
00:56:58So who's gonna do the cooking?
00:57:00Don't worry.
00:57:02I've already thought of that.
00:57:34Well, you're just passing through.
00:57:37No offense to your fair town, but I...
00:57:40It's okay.
00:57:41I don't think anybody just passes through.
00:57:44I came to see you.
00:57:46Will you have some tea?
00:57:48Cold drink?
00:57:49I want to talk to you.
00:57:51About the cafe.
00:57:53Thinking about something new, Indian food, maybe a few days a week.
00:57:57It's a good idea.
00:57:59I want you to cook for the cafe.
00:58:02Me?
00:58:07You haven't even had my cooking.
00:58:09I ate here, remember?
00:58:11Potato curry and dal.
00:58:19Besides, I couldn't do it.
00:58:22Why not?
00:58:23Because I have to take care of the shop.
00:58:28We'd pay you well.
00:58:31My children?
00:58:33Okay, then we'll make it one morning a week to start with.
00:58:41My husband wouldn't like it.
00:58:42I'm offering the job to you, not your husband.
00:58:47You surprised me.
00:58:51Thought you had a fearless streak.
00:58:56How would you know whether I have a fearless streak or not?
00:59:03Wasn't it you who went out in the middle of the night to help an African who was hit by
00:59:06a guard?
00:59:09How could you know?
00:59:11There were only two people, myself and my husband.
00:59:17Three.
00:59:18I know this government would like us to think they're savages, but Africans can speak as well as we can.
00:59:38Is it a baby?
00:59:40Has it been busy?
00:59:41No.
00:59:42I came to see if Miriam would go for the cafe.
00:59:47What did you say?
00:59:49I said that I have to mind the shop and the children.
00:59:54My wife doesn't need to work.
00:59:57Look, I'm sorry, it's not a question of need.
00:59:59No!
01:00:03My wife doesn't know how to drive.
01:00:05I've told her time and again to take lessons, but she doesn't want to.
01:00:10If only she had.
01:00:11Oh, but I teach driving myself.
01:00:14Miriam, if you want me to come for a couple of hours a week, I'd be happy to come teach
01:00:19you.
01:00:21Yes, I'd like that.
01:00:23My husband has been telling me I should learn how to drive for some time now.
01:00:30Good.
01:00:32Then it's settled.
01:00:34I'll see you next week.
01:00:54Why did you do that?
01:00:55You know eggs are expensive.
01:00:57You have a long day in Cape Town.
01:01:01I may be staying the night.
01:01:17You're early.
01:01:22Very early.
01:01:24What happened?
01:01:27The market's closed.
01:01:29Closed?
01:01:30Why closed?
01:01:32They have action by the blacks.
01:01:35Bloody blacks?
01:01:37Thanks.
01:01:42Thanks.
01:01:44Thanks.
01:01:49Thanks.
01:02:52Everything okay?
01:02:53My God.
01:02:53Bye.
01:02:56Were you just going to surprise us like this?
01:02:58How good to see you.
01:03:00How did you know Sadru was back?
01:03:03I finished early today, so I thought I'd stop in to say hello.
01:03:08I also finished early today.
01:03:11Demonstration.
01:03:12Oh.
01:03:15Family, you okay?
01:03:16Come on.
01:03:32Are you ready for me?
01:03:34Who else is going to teach me how to drive?
01:03:37Okay.
01:03:48Okay.
01:04:12Okay.
01:04:12Let's start with the pedals first.
01:04:15This is the gas pedal, the accelerator.
01:04:18Yeah.
01:04:18And this is the brake.
01:04:20Right.
01:04:21And this is the...
01:04:24Do you know how to drive?
01:04:25No.
01:04:26Why would I ask for lessons if I knew how to drive?
01:04:28I don't know.
01:04:29Maybe you wanted to see me.
01:04:33You're right.
01:04:35I don't know how to drive, but my husband showed me all the pedals once when he tried to teach
01:04:41me how to learn.
01:04:43But there's only three, so it's not difficult.
01:04:48Do you know the gears still?
01:04:53No.
01:04:55I'll show you.
01:05:03Is Madam inside?
01:05:04No.
01:05:04She's having a driving license, sir.
01:05:10See?
01:05:12Sorry.
01:05:52We were having a driving lesson.
01:05:54I'm not finished yet.
01:05:57Get out of the truck.
01:06:03Miriam, we'll finish another time.
01:06:12How was your day?
01:06:14What?
01:06:15How was your day?
01:06:16Not good.
01:06:17Oh, sorry to hear that, but things could get better.
01:06:35I want to talk to you.
01:06:39Where's Robert?
01:06:41Inside property.
01:06:43I was angry with him right now.
01:06:45Why were you angry with all of us?
01:06:49I should be angry with you.
01:06:55It's finished.
01:06:58I won't be seeing her anymore.
01:07:02Why did you do it, Omar?
01:07:07I don't know.
01:07:12There's Ruby.
01:07:14I'll be seeing you.
01:07:17You heard me.
01:07:19Come on, Bobby.
01:07:23Come, come, come.
01:07:25Go, go, go, go, go.
01:07:33It won't be a stylish marriage.
01:07:36We can't afford a carriage.
01:07:39I've asked Madeline to have dinner with me.
01:07:43She accepted.
01:07:46Do you know what you're doing?
01:07:48I believe I do, yes.
01:07:49Where will you take her for dinner?
01:07:55I'm not fit to take her anywhere, am I?
01:07:59Only good enough to serve her a plate of food,
01:08:01but not to sit and eat with her.
01:08:07You could bring her here.
01:08:12Think of something.
01:08:16I have lived my entire life in this place.
01:08:19By their rules.
01:08:21I do not want to end my life alone because of them.
01:08:26I know.
01:08:28I know, but lately I've been wondering
01:08:32whether it's worth going after certain people,
01:08:35no matter how strongly you feel about them.
01:08:38You, more than anyone,
01:08:41has taught me that it is worth it.
01:08:45Don't start changing now.
01:08:47I mean that.
01:09:06Hello.
01:09:09Hello, Robert.
01:09:10Yes?
01:09:11Are you ready?
01:09:29Robert, take care of the shop, please.
01:09:43You didn't come to give me a driving lesson, did you?
01:09:53Why did you come?
01:10:07I can't.
01:10:12I'm married, and you're a woman.
01:10:16Those are not good reasons.
01:10:20They are my reasons, and they matter to me.
01:10:26Don't you care for me?
01:10:36Of course I care for you.
01:10:43What am I doing to you?
01:10:48What am I doing to you?
01:10:52Every time I look at you, I want you to stay forever.
01:11:20Will you do something for me?
01:11:24Close your eyes.
01:11:28I can trust you.
01:11:31I'm not afraid of you.
01:11:41Will you just imagine, just for now, just for now?
01:11:48Please, mom and dad.
01:11:53Nothing exists except for you and me.
01:11:58I can't wait.
01:11:58I can't wait.
01:12:21I can't wait.
01:12:26I can't wait.
01:12:30I can't wait.
01:12:36What happens now?
01:12:41I can't wait.
01:12:53I can't wait for you.
01:13:05and I'll look after you and the children.
01:13:08Amina?
01:13:11Amina, please.
01:13:12Miriam, I know that you would think
01:13:14that I don't know what I'm talking about.
01:13:16But I've lived this way, Miriam.
01:13:18I've lived my own way my whole life, and it can be done.
01:13:21It can be done, Miriam.
01:13:22Amina.
01:13:27Not for me.
01:13:49Amina.
01:13:52Amina.
01:13:56Amina.
01:14:39Oh, Jacob.
01:14:41You need a hand.
01:14:42Oh, you wouldn't mind. I'm struggling with this lock.
01:14:45Here, let me do it.
01:14:50Hello?
01:14:52Hello?
01:14:54Fleece here, ma'am.
01:14:55Postmistress here, sir.
01:14:57Oh, you're right.
01:14:58I was driving by and I saw the door ajar.
01:15:01Oh, I'm fine. Thank you. Just locking up.
01:15:03Sorry to trouble you.
01:15:05No trouble.
01:15:10Who's there?
01:15:15This is Jacob.
01:15:15The section where you're standing is for whites only.
01:15:18He was just helping me lock up.
01:15:20He shouldn't be there.
01:15:21Who is he anyway?
01:15:23He's my driver.
01:15:34Why doesn't your driver keep the keys?
01:15:36Because I prefer to keep them myself.
01:15:38Yeah, I know what you mean.
01:15:40Better to be safe than sorry.
01:15:41Quite.
01:15:42You're taking it.
01:15:47But the thing is.
01:15:49No.
01:15:53Yeah.
01:15:57Yeah.
01:15:58Yeah.
01:15:59Yeah.
01:16:02Yeah.
01:16:11I thought I told you not to disturb me.
01:16:16Yes, but that was when you were six years old, no?
01:16:23Dad, I'm sorry.
01:16:25I thought that, um, you come.
01:16:28I thought that you were Doris or one of the girls.
01:16:31No, just me.
01:16:40Can I get you something to eat?
01:16:42Some tea?
01:16:44No, no, I'm fine.
01:16:47No, we just, we haven't heard from you for three weeks,
01:16:50and you're...
01:16:52So your mother's worried,
01:16:54and I just came to check to see you're okay.
01:16:59I'm fine.
01:17:01Good.
01:17:06Things have been, um...
01:17:11It's hard to explain.
01:17:12No need.
01:17:15You see, people like to make sure your mother and I know everything that is happening with you.
01:17:21They wouldn't like us to miss out.
01:17:26Only this time people are...
01:17:30I mean, the people are talking about her, not just you.
01:17:35They know her as well.
01:17:36No, they have no right.
01:17:38It's only because she's friends with me that they make any assumptions.
01:17:43Don't people have anything better to do?
01:17:45No, they don't.
01:17:48That's why I try to avoid them.
01:18:15That's why I try to avoid them.
01:18:18Jacob, I'm so terribly sorry about what happened.
01:18:23I'm ashamed to say that I was afraid of that young policeman and what he might do to you if
01:18:27he suspected.
01:18:28It's all right.
01:18:30They'd only have thrown me in jail if they'd guessed.
01:18:33Jacob, come inside.
01:18:35I'll make us some supper.
01:18:38I can't.
01:18:42I hope you understand.
01:18:47Yes, I understand.
01:18:51I am sorry.
01:18:56I want to drive you home.
01:18:58No.
01:19:04Goodbye, Madeleine.
01:19:11Goodbye, Jacob.
01:19:14Goodbye.
01:19:36So you're running away?
01:19:37No, I just need some time.
01:19:39I just need some time away to think, Dad.
01:19:42Ah.
01:19:47Do you need money?
01:19:48No.
01:19:57You shouldn't go.
01:20:02I wish you'd know where to find you.
01:20:17What a day.
01:20:22What a day.
01:20:23Did you have your driving lesson today?
01:20:25no good that's over then no I have to learn how to drive I'm going to work you
01:20:39work here you don't need to work I do it's just for two mornings just let me learn how to
01:20:57drive
01:20:58you will not be my wife and work do you want to divorce me what about the children what is
01:21:08it Omar
01:21:09tell me what you're thinking it's all right my love everything's okay go back to sleep it's all right
01:21:47I don't like it if I don't like it that should be enough
01:21:56it's not enough it never has been
01:22:03I just didn't know what to tell you until now
01:22:11you'll have to find a better way to speak
01:22:26not again
01:22:48I may still need some lessons
01:22:54you drove all the way from Delo do you still have that vacancy
01:23:02two days a week
01:23:14if it works out even more
01:23:29come on then
01:23:33I'm Miriam
01:23:35I'm Miriam
01:24:20would you draw a timeline across my face
01:24:26you could read my palm
01:24:30would you share with me your remaining grace
01:24:36like the last few drops of a bomb
01:24:41would you speak in voice of fire and ice
01:24:47crush their words with a stone
01:24:51would you dare to move
01:24:54would you dare to move