I Dreamed of Africa (2000) - full transcript

Wonderful meal.

Yes, dancing.
I want to go dancing!

And now?
Where shall we go?

Great job. Oh, no,
I know where we'll go.

Yeah, what?
Let's go to Harry's Bar.

Yeah, come on.
Come on!

I'll buy you all
a drink at Harry's Bar.

There's
no room for Kuki.

Kuki.
Come on, Kuki.

Come in our car.
Hurry now.

I'll take Gabriella.
She won't fit in the Alfa anymore.



Come here. Come in.

Come on. Let's go!

Can you
believe that?

What are you gonna
call it, this bump here?

If it's a girl, Valentina.

Nice.
It won't be long now, Gabriella.

I know.
Eleven weeks, three days.

Not that she's counting.
Do you have children, Kuki?

Emanuele. He's seven.

Oh, Emanuele.
What a lovely name.

Hey, look at that truck.
What's he doing?

He's coming straight at us!
What's he doing?

Paolo!
He's gonna hit us!

My baby! Help me!



Please, God, help us!

Help me.

Someone!

Marina. Marina!

Oh, my God. Marina!

Marina!

Gabriella!

Gabriella!

Kuki!
I don't see Kuki!

- I'll stop the bleeding.
- Help!

Someone!

No! No!

Nurse Marini to Pathology, please.

Nurse Marini to Pathology.
Thank you.

Dr. Furi
in Emergency, please.

Dr. Furi in Emergency.

Dr. Ricci to Radiology.
Dr. Ricci to Radiology.

Hi, Pep.

What happened to it?

Does it
look frightful?

It looks like this,
only bigger.

Remember when your friend Christian broke his leg?

That's what happened to your mother.

Well, when will you be home?

It won't be long.

Not for a few
weeks, though.

You can come
see me every day.

Even school days?

Sure.
We can do your homework together.

Are you in pain?

Not too bad.

Paolo, I'm so sorry.

It was...

This shouldn't have happened to you.

I don't
know how to help or...

It's nobody's fault.

It's nobody's fault.

Nurse.

She's in pain.
Please do something.

Paolo, you should
go home.

Is there someone there with you?

Yes. Thank you.

For a while,
I couldn't remember who else was in the car.

Paolo. Go home.

"Gravity. Gravity
holds objects on the ground.

"It is called gravity.
Gravity is very important.

"If there was no gravity..."

That's not the way
I heard it.

Oh, lookit, Kuki.
That's the blanket your mother gave her.

Sweet, huh?
She is so beautiful.

I know, I know.
Well, she's not so beautiful at 3:00 in the morning.

Emanuele must miss you.

Mmm-hmm. He's been
here almost every day.

Oh, that's his snake.

It's a full moon tonight.
Can you see it?

No.

May I?

Of course.

May I turn
off the light?

Have they found the driver?

The police

have given up.

Can you see it now?

Not quite.

There.

It's beautiful.

It's 4:00 in the morning.

I can hear the traffic in the street below.

The doctors say that
next week I'll be leaving,

but for now I do nothing but lie here and think.

I'm divorced,
raising a child on my own.

I feel a terrible sense
of failure.

Everyone tells me
I'm lucky to be alive.

I know this is a chance to find meaning in my life,
to give it value.

But I'm afraid that I'm only a dreamer who hasn't the courage to change.

Hey!
Hey.

But there's always Ema.

At least I got that right.

Hey. Ciao.

Hello.
Hi.

I was nearby.
A bridge repair in Treviso.

Come in.

If it's no trouble.

No, no,
of course not.

It must be great to be home at last.

He remarried.
I think they're in the States.

And he keeps
in touch with Emanuele?

Not even when
we were married.

So you came back to live here?

It seemed easiest.

I run things here for my mother.

She's too busy between the museum and the university,

and I like to
be home for Ema.

You know, when he gets out of school.
Mmm-hmm.

That's Lake Rudolph.
And is that you?

That's me.

My father spent a lot of time
in Africa when he was younger.

He wanted me to see
all the places he loved.

I was managing a ranch there with my brother.

Really?
Yeah.

Near Kilimanjaro.

He had an accident
out there.

What happened?

I'll tell you one day.

Anyway, the idea was to learn the ropes,
buy a place.

I felt I belonged there.

I was at peace.

After the accident,

I told myself
all the usual things.

How lucky I was to be alive.

Pep!
Pep, come quickly!

Excuse me.

Bad dream.

You know how to get rid of bad dreams?

You draw it.

Now tear it up.

And again. Yes.

Now give it to me.

Wow. Don't set
fire to the bed.

Bye.

That's how you get rid of bad dreams.

Says who?
Says me.

You think you're the only one who has them?

Night.
Night.

If you're out this way...
Thank you.

Thank your mother for me.
Of course.

No more cast.

No more cast.

This man has
come into our lives,

and for the first
time in many years

I feel a sense of hope,
of life returning.

Now can I have a kiss?
He loves Emanuele

and my son adores him.

But there's
a restlessness in him.

He's afraid
I won't understand.

But I do.
I understand that most of all.

These last few months, you,
me and Paolo, we've been happy, right?

Mmm-hmm.

Paolo's selling his house.
He's giving up his job.

He wants you and I to go
to Africa and live with him.

He wants to
take care of us.

You mean leave here?
Leave Nona and Grandpapa?

Wouldn't it be fun to make
a new start in a new place?

Yeah.

You see...
Ema, look at me.

I've stopped growing.

Out you go.

Well?

Will there be
elephants where we live?

There might be.
Go to bed.

And giraffes?
- Bed! Now!

I'll never go
to bed in Africa.

It's Paolo.

I'm not surprised.

We're talking about
going to Kenya to live,

after we're married.

Kuki!

I know it seems sudden
to you.

Oh, Kuki,
it's not Venice.

I mean,
have you given any thought at all

to how it would be for you and Ema actually living in Africa?

I mean, it's
so unpredictable.

You were always the one that said I was afraid of a challenge.

Well, not all challenges are worth accepting.

I'm not afraid.
Well, then you should be.

You're not thinking about the hardship and the risks.

You are responsible for a child now.

It's the experience
of a lifetime for Ema.

He'll find happiness
and freedom.

Oh, freedom.
You say freedom to make it sound noble.

It's just your willfulness.
And you never think things through.

Listen to me, Kuki,
because I love you.

Because you're afraid of being lonely

and you don't want
me to take Ema away.

I am afraid.
And who isn't?

And I don't want you to take...

Madam.
Not now, Gregorio.

I don't want you to take Ema away.

But just listen to me.

I adore Paolo.

But now you're planning to...

You are planning to go off to Africa with a man you hardly know.

I love him, Mother.

I really do.
Do you?

We're not easy people,
you and I.

I haven't gone out of
my way to make it easy.

Bye, Nona.
I love you. Bye!

Bye!
Bye. Come and see us!

Bye!

Zebras! Down there!

Africa!

Look! Vultures!

Vultures.

What kind of
people do this?

Poachers,
for the ivory.

They probably did this
while it was still alive.

Butchers.

Paolo.

They'll destroy everything.

Let's get Ema
away from here.

Come into my tent.

Your son seems so happy.

Why the tents?

Oh, everyone lives so far away,
when we have a party, they seem to stay for days.

You'll get used to it.
Life has a different rhythm here in Kenya.

Whoa, look at that plane!

I tell them
not to do that!

Duncan! Duncan!

...held back.

This is
a precision instrument.

Here.

You might want to try looking at the Cameron place, eh?

Old Harry's getting tired of fighting with the poachers.

Come on, Mike, give it a go.
All right.

Well, there's another place at Kipini,
near Ras en Nogomeni.

It's...
On the coast.

Yes.
I'd rather be above 4,000 feet.

Ready, Duncan?
Yeah. Let's give it a go.

Yeah.
Right.

Damn.
There's another at Laikipia.

Good cattle country.
Yes.

Ol Ari Nyiro.
That's right.

It's owned by a consortium of bankers.
It's in terrible condition.

It's been on the market a month or so.
Ready?

Yep. Go!

Oh, good shot!

God, it's good to be back.

Ol Ari Nyiro.

Ol Ari Nyiro.

Look, Ema,
over there, behind those hills.

That's the Great Rift Valley.

It's almost derelict.
- I'll say.

That's why it's
such a good price.

The work it needs!

Oh, what a view!

Hey, look. Wildebeest.
Wildebeest.

Look.

- Impalas.
- Yeah.

Very good.

I'm going to explore.

What a view.

Wow!

Paolo says there's a waterhole.
Mmm.

Mimi Kuki Gallmann.

Emanuele.

Mimi Simon.

Simon. Asante.

I am Mrs. Gallmann.

Mimi Wanjiku.

Wanjiku?

Second ball.
All right? I'll come in.

It's there.
And she's good!

That must be Declan,
the ranch manager.

Morning.
- Morning.

Paolo Gallmann.
How are you doing?

Fine.

Are you Declan?
Yeah. This is Mirimuk.

Hi.

My wife and son.

Can you help me with that?
- Sure. Come in.

Can you put the map here?

It's an old map.

Cattle stations are
marked here and here.

I think he wants us to come with him.

Let's go see.

No one's put any cattle in the place for years.

Kuki?

Hurry.

We've arrived.

So how many other places have you seen?

We looked at
the place at Kipini.

Oh, yes,
the Stroud place.

I think so.

Well, it's,
uh... It's quite a sad story.

Why?

They were a young English couple.

They got into a lot of debt.
Things got very bad.

They shot their two children
and then they shot themselves.

Look, you're... You're lucky to have Simon.
He's a Turkana.

He turned up four years ago
out of the blue.

Something makes him stay.

This just isn't
a place for amateurs.

Looking
into the night,

I can see eyes
staring back at me.

In the dark,
something is moving.

I am afraid,
but I am also happy.

I've never been here before and yet I feel like I've returned.

I am at peace.

I heard noises.

Come in.

Come on.

Listen.

We call that
the go-away bird.

And that...

Nightjars.

Elephant.
Elephant.

Hey, Pep! Snake!

Ema, no!

What? What is it?
Get away from it!

Oh, it's only a python.
It's not poisonous.

Can I
keep it? Please, Pep.

I'll call him Kaa,
like in the Kipling story.

- Yeah.
- Remember, Pep?

Touch it.
He'll like it.

Paolo,
you be careful.

I'm fine.
We'll have fresh water soon.

Oh, boy.

Good.
You got up.

Finally.

You're looking very
godlike this morning.

Gordon.
Me?

Come on, now.

...by my beautiful wife.
Kiss me!

Yeah. Yeah, Simon.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's Duncan.
I'll go and meet him.

I packed a couple of crates of Scotch.

Should be enough for a week.

Hey, Duncan,
don't forget my .375.

We won't keep him long.
Anyway, it's not him we want.

It's Luka.
He's the best tracker in the country.

You'll be okay,
won't you, Kuki?

Of course.
We'll be fine.

Thanks for all the
supplies you brought us.

It's the way
life's lived here.

It's a different rhythm.

Take care of
your mom, okay?

Takes some getting used to.

Simon and Wanjiku will take good care of us.

Mmm.

Well,
let's get going.

Come on, Romeo.

Easy, boy.

We'll be back
in a few days.

I'm going to catch
some frogs for Kaa.

Luka, come on!

This is Kaa, my python.

Simba. Simba where?
Simba where?

Ema, stay there.

Tickler!

Tickler!

Tickler, come back!
Tickler!

No, Ema!

He was just trying to protect us.

Ema,
go to bed. I'll be there soon.

Paolo's been
gone five days now

and there is still no word from him.

Ema keeps asking where he is and I keep making excuses.

What have I gotten
myself into?

What have I gotten
my son into?

What happened?

Ema. Ema, don't.

No. No.

And then
you shot the warthog.

Mmm. Two shots to the back of the head.
Bam, bam.

Coffee.

And where did you go after that?

Up north to Lake Turkana.
We hired a boat and did some fishing.

Paolo caught some Nile perch.

Huge great things.
Hundred pounds, maybe more.

Don't start, please.

The meat,
do we hang it like venison?

Not in this climate.
Vincenzo?

Oh, yes, thank you.
Wonderful coffee.

Great food, Kuki.
Just the job.

Hear, hear.
Magnificent.

You're
a lucky man, Paolo.

Next time,
you and Emanuele must come with us. Hmm?

Mmm.
Yeah, please?

Bye. Bye-bye.

You were gone
10 days, Paolo.

I'm sorry.

What happened to checking out the ranch,
like you talked about?

Oh, come on. Look.

What?
No watch.

Took it off when the plane landed in Nairobi and I haven't put it on since.

Things have a different rhythm here.
You'll get used to it.

So I keep hearing.
There are things to do here!

This isn't Italy.

It takes time.

You can't just pick up
a phone and make it happen.

I didn't know
where you were.

Fine. I'm sorry.

Next time,
I'll get word to you.

I'm sorry.

You have two minutes to get dressed.

We're going fishing.
Yeah.

We'll go down to the coast.
Fishing?

All right.
- How many did we lose?

About four this week.

And six last week.

They're picking up infections somewhere.
I'll check the waterholes.

I'll tell you what.
We'll dip them tonight.

Okay,
that's a good idea.

Wow! Look at the
size of those horns.

Hey, let's go!

You must be especially careful of Kaa.

Okay.

Mapengo will help you.
You mustn't overfeed them.

I wish I could
take them with me.

Ema, are you going to be all right?

Sure! And you
know what else?

Charlie says
there's a lake for rowing.

You'll be great at that.

I'm gonna miss you, too.

I hate it.
I hate it.

I know Ema has to go off to school.

I understand we can't give him the education he needs on the ranch.

I've known it from the time we decided to come to Africa.

But that doesn't
make it any easier.

Ema, come here.

He is my son.
He is my friend.

Just be
the person you are.

Choose your friends.
Don't let them choose you.

Emanuele,
come on!

Hey, Charlie.

He has been the one constant in my life.

Bye. I love you.
What makes it worse is...

Bye, big boy.
...he wants to go.

Bye, Paolo.
- Let's go!

Why does love cost us so much?
Charlie, wait for me.

Why won't they let us visit on the weekends?
It's inhuman.

Hmm. It's the British way.
Makes a better man, apparently.

It's ridiculous.

Got to go.
I'll see you later, boys.

Delta 2-8.
Same problem as last year.

Yeah, only worse.

I'll speak to you on
the sked again tonight.

Delta 2-8 out.

I was gonna bring those over for you later.

Thanks.

Um, look, Paolo sent word.
He's gonna be another couple of days.

I saw some Pokots today with their cattle,
near the waterhole.

Yeah, well, they're
welcome to the water.

Or they were.

It's just that their water supply dries up sooner than our lake.

Your lake.

So, it's not a problem?

Well, it is.
Their cattle are carrying diseases.

They're
infecting ours.

We're losing about 10 head a week.

Mimi ni
Kuki Gallmann.

European?

Yes. From Italy.

When I was a boy,
the missionaries taught me your language

and told me many stories about European people.

Now at night, I tell my
children the same stories.

My father did the same with me as a child,

except his stories were of Africa.

My people know Ol Ari
Nyiro for a long time.

Without its water,

our cattle will
sicken and die.

Ol Ari Nyiro cattle pick
up disease from your cattle.

Without water,
the diseases will become much worse.

We have to solve this problem.

What is she doing?

Hey, Kuki! Kuki!

What are you doing?

Hey, it's
a deep hole, huh?

Building a dam.
That's quite an undertaking, Kuki.

In a couple of days,
you should be done.

You don't want us to stay over and help finish the job,
do you?

We're fine.

It's quite something
you did for them, Kuki.

It was for us all.

You don't have
to do everything yourself.

Apparently I do.
I never know if you'll be here.

So I better know how to light lamps,
drive tractors, speak Swahili,

fix everything in the house,
fight off lions, shoot our dog!

It's not what you expected.

What?
Africa.

You regret it, don't you?

Coming here.

Is that what you think?

It was just a fantasy.
My fantasy.

I love it here.
I've never seen Ema so happy.

I've never been more alive in my life.

I just want a piece of you,
away from the hunting and your friends.

We have a child

who needs a father.

What was that?

No! Get out now!

Kuki, wait! Wait!

Paolo, he's out there again!
Get out of my garden! Get out!

Be careful!
Get the hell out of my garden.

Move!

Move! Clear off!

Clear off right now!

Go!

Go! Move! Move!

Get the hell away!

You maniac.
You're insane.

Ruined! No!

We'll put it right tomorrow.
Months of work!

A different rhythm.

No!
Say it! A different rhythm!

No!

Paolo,
I chased away an elephant.

Yes, you did. A big elephant.
Did you see him?

Yep. Big one, isn't it?

The generator is
off for the night.

Hello, Kuki, Simon.

I picked this up
at a farm auction.

Paolo asked me to keep
an eye out for one for you.

Being on your own so much,
I think he thought, uh...

I'll pop it inside, eh?

Sure.

We need a Christmas tree, Pep.

It won't be Christmas without a tree.

We'll get one.
There's plenty of time.

Pep,
Nona's here! Pep!

Nona!

Nona!

I'll get the bag.

Oh, it's so good
to see you.

Quick, to the house!
It's so good to see you.

It's been a long time.
Watch your step.

Come see my room.
Come on.

So, this is Africa.

Oh, we haven't had rain in six months.
Let's go to my room.

Thank you.
Come on.

Happy Christmas.

Mother, how
can you part with it?

And you've loved
it all this time.

It's beautiful.
It's beautiful.

It'll look wonderful
here in Africa.

Shouldn't we go
back? We might get stuck.

Don't
worry so much.

The heavy rains don't come until April.

Careful,
there's a hole.

Kuki, what is that?
What is that? Is it a dog?

That is not a dog.

No,
it's a warthog.

Are you sure
this is the right road?

I've lived
here a year, Mother.

I should know
the roads by now.

Are we stuck?

Well, we're stuck.

All right.
I'll walk back and get Paolo to help pull us out.

You two can
stay in the jeep.

Alone?

It's easier, Mother,
if I go alone...

We are staying together and we'll walk back together.

But it's easier if I go alone.

I am not...
It's only a few kilometers.

I don't care.
I don't care.

We are not
staying here alone.

It's going to get dark.
They'll be back soon to tow us out.

Well, I'm not staying here alone.
All right, okay.

Okay, Mother,
but be quiet.

What do you mean,
"Be quiet"?

The animals.

Oh, Kuki!
My new Guccis!

I'm stuck, I'm stuck.

I can't get out!

I told you
we'd get stuck.

I stop, you stop.

What's that?
What's that noise?

Don't talk.

Gordon,
come back, boy.

Come on, let's sing.

* Good King Wenceslas
looked out

* On the
feast of Stephen

* When the snow lay round about

* Deep and crisp and even

* Brightly shone the moon
that night

* On the sixth
day of Christmas

* My true love sent to me

* Six geese a-laying Five golden rings *

Thank God!
There's the house!

Mother, don't run.

Thanks for
pulling us out, Declan.

Hey, Franca.
Hello.

Kuki, may I have
a word with you?

Look.

You, Ema, your mother,

Gordon and one,
two lions, very big.

From the tracks,
they were stalking you the whole way.

You're lucky to be alive.

Hey, thank you, darling.
Just what I wanted.

Did you see
the frangipani?

Look, just about to blossom.

Oh, what is it called?

Frangipani.
Beautiful tree, isn't it?

These three weeks have gone so fast.

You will make the cricket team this year, right?

Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah?

That's wonderful.

I'm gonna miss you.

Next time we'll take you to Kilifi on the coast.
We'll go fishing.

Ah, if the sun comes out!

Don't forget
your Guccis next time.

Oh, what a tease. Guccis!

Yeah.
Could you bring me like 20 packs of Brewsters?

Great.
Have a good flight.

Bye, darling.
You be sure to write.

Careful
on the road.

From the western
border of Ol Ari Nyiro,

the land falls away
into the rift valley.

I look out and back across all of human time on Earth.

I am alone.

Over the years,
I've become good at being alone.

And yet
I am never alone.

I'm surrounded by Africa.

I'm surrounded by life.

It is a gift
I did not expect.

Kuki, buffalos gored Paolo!
We'll take him to the house.

Oh, son of a bitch.
Buffalo just came out of nowhere.

Come, quickly.
Pressure, here.

Hold him.

Water!

A buffalo took a shot in the shoulder,
then gored him.

Kuki,
get back here.

Hold the two together.
That's it.

Another inch, would
have got his artery.

- Fettuccine.
- Fettuccine.

Bravo.
Asante.

Right.

What's going on?

Luka tracked the wounded bull to the Mukutan.

We've got to get him before he gets someone else.

Declan can do it.

He's in Mombasa.
Cattle auction.

Luka can't go alone?

That old bastard won't
get away from me again.

Let's go.
Nothing will stop you.

Go ahead, kill yourself!

Hey...

Let's go.

That's so I don't hit you with it.

Listen.

What if one day
you don't come back?

But I always do!

And you'll always
go, again and again.

I can't be in one place every day,
not even this place.

Out there,
there's just the moment.

One error of judgment,
one lapse in concentration

and it's your last!
I need that!

I can't explain it.

And it's not fair to you,
but I need it.

We came here to change things,
to change our lives.

I'm doing the best I can,
Kuki, but...

Go.

Go.

* ...through the years

* We do our best
to serve the rest

* And cast aside our fears

Choir practice on Saturday will be postponed until Monday at 4:00

to allow time
for exam revision.

And the Atticus Thursday Evening Meeting Club

will not now take place in the clubhouse

due to an infestation of cockroaches.

You will convene in the gymnasium instead.

And finally,
this afternoon's cricket match with the second eleven...

Hit 'em for six, Pembroke!

Hit 'em for six,
Pembroke!

Over here!

Declan, lift the...

Wanjiku! Wanjiku!

Over here!

Be careful!

When did he grow up,
this son of ours?

When did he become
a young man?

He must've grown three inches since I saw him at Easter.

I hold him and try to
remember the little boy

who ran wild when we first came to Africa.

Bye, Charlie.

Ema is more
like Paolo every day.

The same smile,
the same gestures.

The same need
for excitement.

And like his father,
he can talk me into anything.

* By the rivers of Babylon

* Where we sat down

* And there we wept

* When we remembered Zion

There's an auction
next week in Nairobi.

I really want that bull.

* Carried us away in captivity

* Required from us a song

Emanuele. For you.

Thanks, Paolo. Pep, look!

Nice, huh?
We'll try it tomorrow.

All right.

Huh? Do you like it?

* How can we sing
King Alpha's song... *

Poachers!

It's a snare.
It gets buried in their leg

and cuts off the blood supply till the animal can't walk.

And then the poachers,
they just come along and pick it off.

The last
one, he's Pokot.

Isn't he?
Yeah.

Bastards!
Bastards!

It's over.

It's not.
It's getting worse.

Butchers.

I am looking
for the Gilgil road.

Well, on the left,
back at the last...

Get out of the car!
Hey!

I said, get out of the car!
Out of the car!

Okay, okay!

Out of the car!

Okay! Okay.

Hello, you.

Mrs. Gallmann?

Mr. Gallmann?

Some people don't like you and your wife chasing poachers off your land.

I've put a message
in it for you.

But to get the message,
you must first break the egg.

Open it whenever you want.

The message will be there waiting for you when the time is right.

You'll know when that is.

I had a dream last night.

I dreamt we had
a baby daughter.

Everyone was here
to celebrate.

The baby was a dream
about life.

It's why we came here,
isn't it?

To make a new life.

Move them along!

Move them along!

When I'm through in Mombasa,
I'll pick up her cradle.

It should be ready by now.

It will be beautiful.
I promise.

Like she will be.

You're so sure it's a girl.

You'll see.
You'll see.

She'll be asleep.
We'll have to wake her.

Oh, no.

There was an accident on the Shimoni road.

A truck. They say
it was all over in...

...go around again.

Paolo
always said...

Paolo always said,

"We cannot choose
where we are born,

"but we can choose where we live and where we die."

I wrote this for you,
Paolo.

"Your eyes were
the color of water.

"Yes, you are the water.

"They were transparent,
like the air.

"You are the air now.

"You are the sky.

"Your skin was
baked by the sun,

"like the Kenyan earth you loved so much.

"You are this red,
dry dust now.

"Forever, Paolo.

"You have become everything."

She is very happy.

He's lit a fire there every night since Paolo died.

Kuki, for once in your life,
just hear us out, please.

When I go back to Italy,

I want you and the
children to come home.

You've the baby to think of now, Kuki.

As well as Emanuele.

Now, I know you think that I didn't believe in you

when you and Paolo came out here.

I was afraid for you.

And maybe I didn't believe in you,
but I was wrong.

And coming here has brought out the best in you

and I love seeing it.

But how could you run this place alone,
now with a new baby...

And Paolo gone.

Soon Ema will
go away to college.

You'll have no one.
Please.

Let me take
care of you.

* Carried us
away in captivity

* Required from us a song

See the egg?
Paolo put a secret in it, a message.

Sveva, look.

Poachers are coming into Ol Ari Nyiro.

They're killing the animals.

This is not my concern.

The animals on my land are my concern.
They are my responsibility.

Children of my people who go without food are mine.

Of course your children
must be fed.

That's the most important thing.
But this killing must stop.

Your people
are great warriors.

I need men like them to
help us keep guard at night.

Okay, boys,
let's try again.

Load.

Aim!

Pick your target.

Fire!

Don't insult my intelligence with excuses, Emanuele.

There is no excuse.

I said no poisonous snakes!
I've said it a dozen times!

They're only dangerous if you don't know how to handle them.

I don't care!

No more! Look at me!
Look at me when I'm talking to you!

Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?

I know what I'm doing.

I'm not afraid like you are.

How can you say that to me?

There are risks and
then there's stupidity.

Dear God, you've got
a little sister here.

Nothing will
happen to Sveva.

Paolo would say what I'm
saying. You know he would.

Ema, please,
don't do this.

Stanford.

I'm in!

Oh, Paolo would
be so proud of you.

I'm not going.

I'm not leaving you.

When we first came here,
I put a plant in the soil.

I was lucky if it grew.

I didn't know how.
I didn't know anything.

We think we run this place,
but we don't.

It runs us.

Any farm's like that,
I guess.

We solve each problem,
but we never get ahead.

Stanford's not gonna teach me how to run a ranch in Kenya.

You want to do more
than run this ranch,

a lot more
and you know it.

You have to go away
so you can come back,

or we'll have
no future here.

It's Karen's birthday.

In a few days,
there will be a going-away party for Ema.

He leaves for Stanford
next week.

Since Paolo's death,
just having Ema here has been a great comfort

and now he is going
halfway around the world.

Hey, everyone,
it's a python. A big one.

Python?

It's only a python.
It's harmless.

Oh, yes. Right. They
squeeze you to death.

Quick! We need to measure it.
We have to measure it.

You get the tape.

God, it's enormous.

Get a tape measure.

Dad, get a tape measure.

Look at it.
Isn't it beautiful?

Here's the tape
measure. You grab that end.

Thirteen and a half feet.

Thirteen
and a half feet!

* I know you told me

* That you'd always love me

* And I believed it was true

* So I saved the best

* And I'm ready

* My love only just for you

* Come back here

* Come back real quick

* My heart is aching

* And my body's feeling weak

* I'll be all right

* Yes, I'll be okay

* Come on now, baby

* Listen to what I say

* Don't want your money, baby

* Don't need your car

* I'm givin' it up for
your love, everything

* Givin' it up for
your love right now

* I'm givin' it up for
your love, everything *

Good boy.

Good boy.

What are you doing?

Just borrowing this book.

You going to
Charlie's today?

Yeah.
The party's not until 6:00.

Bye, Sveva. Bye, Mom.

Bye.

Ma'am!

What?

Emanuele...
What?

He's bitten by a snake.
What kind?

A puff adder.

Declan, can you hear me?

Can you hear me, Declan?

Ema's been bitten by a puff adder!

I'll bring him
to the airstrip.

Declan, come in!

Emanuele. Emanuele.

Get the serum!

Serum! Serum!

Emanuele? Emanuele,
what do I do?

Do I cut your hand?

Do I cut your arm?
Tell me what to do.

Tell me what to do.
Tell me.

Mama.

Tell me!

Mama.
Tell me.

I'm dying.

No! No!

What do I do?

What do I do?
What do I do?

Tell me what to do!
Tell me what to do!

Do I cut your arm?
Do I cut your hand? Tell me!

Oh, God!
Simon, what do I do?

God!

Oh, God.

God, help us!

God!

God, oh, God. God, please!

Anything but this, please,
God!

Check his mouth,
quickly, check his mouth.

Quickly, breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe.

Okay.

Go on.

Go, go, go!

Okay!

No! No!
Come on!

Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

He's gone.

Kuki, he's gone.

Oh...

"Only yesterday morning,

"we were laughing together.

"Today I am here with
your friends to bury you.

"To bury a husband was hard.

"To bury my son
is against nature,

"and a pain which
words cannot tell.

"You died knowing you were dying,
but you were not afraid.

"You were 17, but
wise beyond your age.

"And now you know the answer to all questions.

"I will look for you.

"I will look
for you always.

"I will...
I will see you in every flower,

"in every bird,

"in every sunset,

"in every crawling snake.

"Everything of beauty will forever be you, Emanuele.

"Anything young and proud,

"anything good and strong.

"For us who are left

"remains to wonder at
the reason for such waste.

"Where has all
this love gone?

"I hope your journey has been good

"because you have already
arrived.

"Fly for me,
bird of the sun.

"Fly high.

"I love you so."

* By the rivers of Babylon

* Where we sat down

* And there we wept

* When we remembered Zion

* But the wicked carried us away in captivity

* Required from us a song

Load.

Aim. Fire.

Load.

Aim.

Fire.

Okay.
Goodbye. I love you.

I love you.

May I come back soon?

I wish you would.

Bless you.

Bye!

Finally,
all we can do is to let the days instruct us,

and know that the only gift worth having is the grace to go on

with the job to be done,
the people to love,

and knowing what we
love, we can never lose.

There is no holding on in this world.

We came to this
extraordinary place

and Africa let us lead extraordinary lives.

Then Africa claimed
an extraordinary price.

That was
Africa's privilege.

And now it is my privilege
to look after Africa herself.