10 Songs for Charity (2021) Movie Script
1
[light music playing]
[distant chatter, shouting]
[rustling]
[zipping]
[zipping]
[rustling]
[plastic crinkling]
[Charity sighs]
[zipping]
[rustling]
[soft thud]
[plastic crinkling]
[door clicks open]
-[Happy] Auntie, good afternoon.
-[Auntie] Good afternoon.
[Charity] No, no, no,
don't change. Pack, pack, pack.
We don't need socks.
And we're already late.
[Happy] Okay. Now ready.
Auntie...
-Auntie, bye-bye you.
-[Auntie] Bye-bye.
-God, he protects you.
-Amen.
-God is safe.
-Mm-hmm.
[speaking foreign language]
Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
-Goodbye to you.
-Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
-God, he protects you.
-Mmm.
God, he protects you.
Safe journey.
-Bye-bye.
-I'll call you.
-Call me. Especially call.
-Okay.
-Thank you for everything.
-Bye-bye.
Safe journey. Safe journey.
Bye-bye.
[village din]
-Bye-bye. Call me.
-Bye-bye.
-I'll call you.
-[Auntie] Call me.
-I'll call you.
-Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
-Bye, Jamie!
-Okay!
-Bye-bye!
-Bye.
[goats bleating]
[overlapping chatter]
-[Happy] Bye-bye!
-[Charity] Bye-bye.
Bye-bye, okay.
[chickens clucking]
-[squawking]
-[medicine man speaking
foreign language]
[chicken squawks loudly]
[medicine man speaking
foreign language]
[fire crackling]
Your armpit.
[rhythmic drumming in distance]
[drumming intensifies]
Let me have your bras.
Okay, now give me
your underwear.
[medicine man speaking
foreign language]
"I no go tell anybody
anything we do for here."
[both] We won't go telling
anybody anything we do for here.
[medicine man]
"I will obey my madam."
[both] I will obey my madam.
-"I will pay the money."
-[both] I will pay the money.
"If anybody want to do us harm,
this shrine will kill 'em."
[both] If anybody want to do us
harm, this shrine will kill 'em.
[medicine man]
"If I tell police,
this shrine will kill me."
[both] If I tell police,
this shrine will kill me.
[medicine man] Very good.
Go on, drink.
[speaking foreign language]
[man] Hold on, hold on, hold on.
You come.
Why didn't you tell us before
you want to take
your sister with you?
Please, sir, don't be upset.
She's my only sister.
You know our mum is dead.
You know I had to pay extra, eh?
You think it's easy to
just get a new passport?
-Look at me when I talk to you!
-Sorry, sir.
-[man] Did you bring money?
-[Charity] All my money
is finished.
Go back inside.
Uh-huh. So...
Okay.
No, tell them to wait for me.
[laughing]
-Okay.
-[unzipping]
Tell-- tell-- tell them...
[chuckles] ...tell them...
Hold on.
Come on.
I'm making you a European. Hmm?
[Charity humming softly]
[humming continues]
[distant thunder rumbling]
[car horns honking]
[car alarm chirps]
[men shouting]
[traffic din]
-[camera shutter clicks]
-[radio host] All right!
Good morning, Lagos!
Wake up, wake up, wake up.
How you all doing this
beautiful, rainy morning?
Welcome to the Draft Time Show!
We are expecting a lot
more rain, and as usual,
a lot of traffic.
But don't forget to cheer up
and keep your head up,
-because we are...
-Thank you, sir.
-Guess what your name is.
-What?
-Happy.
-Happy. [giggles]
And yours?
-Charity.
-[chuckles] Charity.
-I like it.
-Nice.
[upbeat music playing on radio]
[man] You know the number?
Ye-- yes, sir.
-[man] She know the story?
-Yes, sir.
[man] You've gotta make it
be convincing, you know?
-You hear me?
-[Charity] Yes, sir.
Cry, if it fits.
Everybody like sad, sad stories.
I like your car.
What-- what model
of Toyota SUV is this?
Sequoia.
-[Charity] How much?
-[scoffs]
You wanna buy?
I just want to know
how much it is.
[man] 15 million.
Well, I prefer Mercedes.
[car horns honking]
[traffic din]
[passersby arguing]
[vendors chattering]
Auntie! Good afternoon. Auntie.
You still go well.
God bless you, Auntie.
[overlapping chatter]
[tapping]
-[overlapping chatter]
-[car horns honking]
[rhythmic tapping, drumming]
-[tapping]
-[woman] Buy bread.
-Buy bread. Buy bread.
-[knocking rhythmically]
-[horns honking rhythmically]
-Buy bread. Buy bread.
["God's Will Car Limited"
playing]
Buy bread
Buy bread
Buy bread
Buy bread
Look at these poor bastards
Crawling in the dirt
Like cockroaches
Like they're born to get hurt
And life's hopeless
And the Lord up above
He don't take notice
Look at these poor bastards
Crawling in the dirt
Like cockroaches
Like they're born to get hurt
And life's hopeless
And the Lord up above
He don't take notice
Ey, ah
Me no want
No more misery, oh
We deserve better
Than poverty, oh
Me no want no misery, oh
Me no want, no
Me no want, no
Me no want no misery, oh
We deserve better
Than poverty, oh
Me no want no misery, oh
Me no want, no
Me no want, no
[]
Welcome to my shop
God's Will
Car Dealer Limited
-Welcome to my shop
-In the heart of Lagos
Welcome to my shop
God's Will
Car Dealer Limited
-Welcome to my shop
-In the heart of Lagos
Come and get your wheels
Your shop?
Who do you think you are?
See here, the Jeep Renegade
For the lover, rebel
And apostate
And for people with guts
The Jeep Wrangler for
Sweet braggers going nuts
It's thousands of dollars
Where is your cash?
[]
It's true
In this world of the sinners
Get a chance
To become winners
Then for sure
That's what we'll choose
'Cause, damn it
We got nothing to lose
This is God's Will
Car Limited
Our own God's Will
-Car Limited
-The Lord giving us bread
This is God's Will
-Car Limited
-Car Limited, hey
Our own God's Will
-Car Limited
-God giving us bread
[]
This is the latest
Mercedes car
For the lady
To love her man
Or the yellow Chrysler
For you, Happy, because I can
-[plane engine roaring]
-[laughing]
[refugees chattering]
Smoke in your mouth!
-It's the smoke!
-[both giggle]
-It's the cold.
-Yeah!
[laughing]
The air is now cold,
like freezer.
[indistinct PA announcement]
[male agent] Men to the right.
Passports, please.
-[female agent] All the women
this way.
-[male agent] Thank you.
-To the right.
-[female agent] All the women.
Passports.
[male agent] Thank you.
Passport, please.
Thank you, to the right.
-[female agent] Thank you.
-[male agent] Thank you.
[agent 1] Friends? Family?
Um, sisters, sir.
[agent 1] How old is she?
Fifteen, sir.
[bag unzipping]
[agent 1] And how old are you?
I'm 17, sir. We're minors.
[bag unzipping]
-[agent 2] Student?
-Yes, sir.
Let me guess.
Terrorists killed
all your family?
You walked for weeks
in the desert.
A priest helped you...
and then you came here
in a big silver bird, right?
It was gold. Gold bird, sir.
[agent 1 chuckles]
Okay. Mouth open.
Okay.
[Charity gulps]
Hello, hello, hello!
Good afternoon, ladies.
[Marjolein]
Wakey, wakey, wakey, wakey!
[Johan] Welcome to Belgium.
My name is Johan.
I'll write it down for you.
"Jo...
han."
I'm a police officer,
but don't worry,
I'm here to help you.
And this is my colleague,
Marjolein.
She's also here to help you.
She's a listening ear
if you need someone to talk to.
You've all applied
for asylum as minors.
That means that
during the procedure,
you're allowed to stay here
in this center.
You won't be locked up.
But in the evening and night,
we want you to
stay inside, okay?
Most of you come here
to have a better life,
and I hope you will succeed.
However, I have to warn you.
You are vulnerable.
You are an easy target.
There are bad people outside
who wanna use you to make money.
They wanna use you
in the sex industry as whores.
Do you understand
what I'm trying to say?
I'm sorry, sir.
We don't understand.
What kind of industry?
What are you talking about?
We are refugees.
[rhythmic banging]
["Win Win" playing]
Da, da, da
Da, da
Da, da, da
Da, da
Da, da, da
Da, da
Dear Mr. Officer
Listen to what
We got to offer ya
Dear Mr. Officer
Listen to what
We got to offer ya
Every one of us
Had to run for our lives
Now won't you lend your ear
Listen to our cry
We can work and cook
Make your hair look good
We can clean your shit
We do all of it
Everybody happy
It's a win-win situation
Everybody happy
Don't keep us
In the station
Everybody happy
It's a win-win situation
Everybody happy
Just trying to warn you.
I have heard that you
Like us Black ladies
And they say that you
Like our chocolate skin
So Officer
Won't you let us in?
It is obvious
This is a win-win
-Just trying to explain.
-Shh!
Everybody happy
It's a win-win situation
Everybody happy
Don't keep us
In the station
You name it
We fix it
You name it, we fix it
-You name it, we fix it
-Dear Mr. Officer
-You name it
-Dear Mr. Officer
See all we have to offer
Okay, okay, okay, ladies.
Before you go to your rooms,
I got something for you.
A little help from your friend.
It has credit.
If you have any problems,
my number is in the phone.
We can help you.
[dial tone droning]
[dialing]
[line ringing]
[Sam] Uh, hello?
[Charity] Hello, sir.
This is Charity from Nigeria.
[Charity] Quick, quick, quick.
The man said they wait outside.
Yeah?
All right.
Oh, yeah. Take this.
[hip-hop song playing on radio]
[]
[Henk] Welcome to Belgium.
It's just a bit sad
you didn't bring the sun
from Africa, but...
you're welcome anyway.
Thank you.
[]
Their trees don't have leaves.
Yeah, because it is winter.
[]
[car horn honks]
[Henk speaking foreign language]
[]
-[camera shutter clicking]
-'Kay, girls, come on.
Let's go, girls.
-Hello, good morning.
-[both] Good morning, ma'am.
-[Madam] How are you girls?
-Fine, ma'am.
[Henk] There you go.
Thank you, sweetie.
-And what are your names?
-My name is Charity, ma'am.
-[Madam] Charity. And you?
-Happy.
[Madam] Happy. Okay.
Can I? I wanna take a look.
Can you come forward
a little bit?
-Yes, ma'am.
-[Madam] Okay.
Can you turn around for me?
Nice.
Okay.
Mm-hmm.
Can you give me a smile?
No, I wanna see the teeths.
Voil. Beautiful.
Oi. What a nice color.
-Thank you, ma'am.
-[Madam] Good.
And you.
Loosen up.
Come on. Good.
Can you turn around?
Nice.
Mmm, 'kay.
Give me a smile.
[Charity] Thank you, ma'am.
[Madam] Start your day
with prayer,
and put God first.
Make sure you're always clean.
Look good.
Take good care of your physique.
Put on nice perfumes.
No chewing of gums.
Your debt is 60,000 each.
Uh, how much per client?
[Madam] Twenty euro.
In one year,
you'll be done with it.
That is, if you work well.
[Charity] Thank you, ma'am.
[distant hip-hop music playing]
[baby crying]
You lied to me.
Don't tell me you didn't know.
I know you're not stupid.
Don't worry.
It's not a big deal.
I mean, you wanna earn money?
I asked you a question.
You no wanna earn money?
-[Happy] Yes...
-[Charity] Uh-huh. This the way.
-How do you think I raised you?
-Do I care?
-I resent you.
-[Charity chuckles]
Let me tell you,
every girl in Nigeria does it.
-I'm not everybody!
-It's not a big deal.
I will teach you what to do.
It's not a big deal.
I'm not everybody.
I want to go to school
and become somebody.
I'm not like you,
where they open legs for a man.
-I resent you.
-[Charity scoffs] Okay.
Hey! What--
What do you think you do?
Where do you think you go?
-Where do you think you go?
-I don't want to do this job.
Are you mad?
You no get a choice.
That woman, we come here,
we and her get deal,
and we go do that deal.
Whether you like it or not.
And thank God she even did nice.
[water running]
[Charity humming]
I'll put cream
and make it like an afro.
[muttering]
[coughs]
As I told you,
there's nothing to worry about.
It's a normal thing
that everybody does.
So don't go lie about
saying everybody don't.
Don't think too much, yeah?
-Yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
You just follow the man
into the room, open your legs.
Let them have their way,
and before you know it,
it's over.
Yeah?
-You've never done before?
-No.
-Never slept with a man before?
-No.
Okay.
I'll give you, um--
I'll give you something
for you to rub for there.
You rub on for your vagina.
It will make everything
easy and smooth.
[Happy clicks tongue]
Don't worry, I don't like that.
-I don't need it to use it.
-You need it.
If not, it will pain you.
[Charity scoffs]
Don't say no. Open your hand.
-Open your hand!
-Did you use it?
[Charity]
I'm a pro. Now open your hand.
[speaking foreign language]
On your area. Rub it.
Rub it on your vagina.
You know what a blow job is?
You know?
Okay, I show you.
They put their penis
into your mouth like this.
Hmm? Mmm, mmm.
Just spit.
You do it, do it,
do it, they will cum.
-[knocking on door]
-Don't worry, they'll finish.
Don't you worry.
It won't be big deal, yeah?
-Go dress up.
I'll do your makeup.
-[knocking continues]
-[girl] I need bathroom too.
-[Charity] We're coming.
[Madam] Girls.
Don't forget to clean your room.
Eh? Empty your dustbins.
-Hear me?
-[girls] Yes, ma'am.
[Madam] Here, take some.
All right. Nice.
-Beautiful. I like it.
-Thank you, ma'am.
What a horrible dressing
is this?
Okay, do fast.
Don't waste my time.
[clock ticking]
Mm-hmm.
Men will adore you.
[faint pop music
playing over speakers]
-[Destiny] First time in Europe?
-Mm-hmm.
[Destiny] You like it?
[Charity]
We're here to work, so...
[Destiny] If I was you,
I would take the white guys.
I like the white men.
Their dicks are not as strong
as the black dicks.
-[Charity] Really?
-Mmm.
You can take more than ten
in one day. You won't feel it.
Their way is easy.
-They cum quickly. Eh?
-Okay.
And the white guys, eh?
They pay extra.
-[Charity] Oh?
-Mm-hmm.
And you know, white men like us.
They like us of our skin.
And we are better and stronger
than white women.
-[chuckles]
-[Destiny] It's true.
They like it when
we are strong, eh?
When we act wild.
-[laughs] Really?
-Mm-hmm.
[Precious] "Hey,
go faster, faster, faster."
-[Charity laughing]
-"Break it."
["Little Brown Fucking Machine"
playing]
[men whistling]
Let's skip the talking
Yeah, we should go
Straight to the work
I'll do the walking
I know
You're enjoying me twerk
[men cheering, whistling]
So keep your eyes on me
While I get busy
[men whistling]
Tell me your fantasy
I'll take you up with me
I make it happen, sit back
Watch this booty clappin'
I can see
That's what you like
This brown skin of mine
Is what you like
I'm wetter than an ocean
Make it rain
We can get closer
We'll be fuckin'
Then I'll empty
Both of your pockets
Ooh, ooh
Come and follow me
Ooh, ooh
Tell me what you need
Keep calling me
Your little brown
Fucking machine
Ooh, ooh
Put your hands on me
Ooh, ooh
I've got what you need
Oh, I want to be
Your little brown
Fucking machine
I'll make you say
[man] Hey, come on,
let's get the goods!
[men cheering, whistling]
[]
You want a taste
Baby
You should get in between
I'm so much wilder
Than what you're used to
In your dreams
So keep your eyes on me
While I get busy
[man laughing]
I'll get on top of you
You won't know what to do
Lay down, relax,
And I'll make sure you reach
Your climax
That's what you like
This brown skin of mine
Is what you like
[men cheering]
Ooh, ooh
Come and follow me
Ooh, ooh
Tell me what you need
Keep calling me
Your little brown
Fucking machine
Ooh, ooh
Put your hands on me
-[man grunting, moaning]
-[Charity, moaning]
Yes! Give it to me!
-Oh, yeah! Yes! Yes! Oh!
-[man] Oh! Oh, yeah!
-[Charity] Yes! Yes!
-[man moaning] Oh, yeah!
-Oh, oh, yeah!
-[moaning] Yes, yes, big guy!
Thank you.
[distant dance music thumping]
Hey. Not so fast.
-Hmm?
-[man] Yeah, I'll come back.
Okay, yeah.
Ooh. Okay. [giggles]
-Come again, okay?
-[man] Yeah, very soon.
Put this away. Put this away.
Yeah.
Give it to me.
We don't need this.
Here. Let's come closer. Yes.
Shh, shh.
Trust me. Trust me.
I'm the good guy here.
I'm a good man. Come.
Trust me. Shh, shh, shh.
Yeah, just go easy. Go easy.
So very nice to you. Hmm?
[Happy breathing shakily]
Beautiful.
Hey. I'll help you. I'll help.
[clock ticking]
-[Happy weeping]
-[Charity] It's okay.
Take water.
-I want to go home!
-[glass shatters]
I hate this job!
I hate you! I hate Madam!
I want to go home!
[sobbing]
Why don't you listen to me?
What did I tell you?
I said when you are having sex,
just focus.
Take your mind off it.
Think about money.
Think about the cars.
Think about the money,
think about the business
we'll open with the money.
That's what I told you!
Be constructive, now!
-Huh?
-[sobbing] That is your problem.
You only think about
yourself and yourself,
and you never think about me!
I want to go to school
and become somebody.
I don't wanna be a harlot.
I'm tired of this.
-[sobbing]
-Go back to Nigeria?
You want to go back and
start hawking bananas?
Is that what you want to do?
What's wrong with you?
I've explained and explained and
explained! You will not hear.
-[sobbing]
-Now you wanted to follow me,
come here. Now what you want?
What do you think you were
gonna do? Gonna do modeling?
You're going to fuck and make
money. That's why we're here.
I will not allow you
to ruin the plan.
[Auntie] Hello?
-Hello?
-[Auntie] Hello?
-Auntie, good evening.
-[Auntie] How you doing?
Yeah, we good.
How are you, Auntie?
[Auntie] How your sister?
We're fine. She's fine.
She just sleep.
[Auntie] Don't forget me.
[Charity] I'll try to
send money next week.
You'll get some money.
[Auntie] God, he saves you.
[Charity] Okay.
We'll talk later.
This is my number.
I will call you.
[Auntie] Okay, bye-bye you.
-Bye-bye.
-[Charity] All right, bye.
[birds chirping]
[distant chatter]
[goat bleating]
[Charity chuckles]
See-- see that man and the
child?
They're trying to pet the goat.
[laughing]
[Patience singing indistinctly]
[Skype call ringing]
-Hola, mi amor!
-[Rico] Hola!
[speaking Spanish]
-[kids speaking Spanish]
-[speaking Spanish]
[kids speaking Spanish]
[Esperanza speaking Spanish]
[kids speaking Spanish]
[Esperanza speaking Spanish]
-Hello.
-Hello.
Patience,
can I get my food, please?
[Patience] Of course.
[Rico speaking Spanish]
[Esperanza speaking Spanish]
[Esperanza kisses, chuckles]
Here you go.
Thank you.
[Esperanza and Rico
speaking Spanish]
Bye.
[pleasant guitar music playing]
[singing in Spanish]
[Esperanza singing in Spanish]
[both singing in Spanish]
[]
[song ends]
[Madam] Happy.
Come back here.
I want you to smile tonight.
See, you know they say
you fine when you smile.
Happy! Look my eye
when I talk to you.
[Charity] Ma'am.
-[Madam] Nice. I like that.
-Thank you, ma'am.
Ma'am, I can braid your hair
for you Niger-style.
When you get a chance.
Madam, careful. You don't
want to look like a fool.
Ah, Felicia. African braid...
a hotcake.
-My dear?
-Yes, ma'am.
[Madam] Come try for my hair.
You know how long I got
to wait for African braids?
-You get attachments?
-I get some extensions here.
-Ah, correct.
-But Felicia does
this white style.
[laughs] Ah, don't worry.
I'll have you covered in long.
-Ah, I see your hair texture.
Very nice.
-Thank you.
[clock ticking]
Are you happy here?
Ah. Yes, ma'am.
[Madam] Are you sure?
Very happy.
[Madam]
I know it's not always easy.
But I can see you are
doing well for yourself.
Thank you.
-I'm proud of you.
-Thank you.
I know what I'm talking about.
I've been there.
I remember when
my madam hurt me.
-She would beat me.
-Yeah?
And if she no do it for herself,
-she would send somebody,
make them do it for her.
-[disgusted scoff]
And sometimes she would
leave me without food,
and leave me outside
without a jacket in the cold.
-Wow.
-[knocking on door]
Hello, Ali.
[keys jingling]
[Madam] Some girls are
very dishonest, you know.
They will keep money
from the client,
do all kinds of things.
Even run away
to another country.
Hmm.
-[keys clank]
-[Ali] Bye, boss.
[Madam] I can see
you are a good girl.
[door opens, closes]
And I feel you
will not be like them.
Ah, me? I wouldn't do
that kind of thing, no.
[sultry dance music playing]
[]
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[sighs]
[]
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-[Charity moaning]
-[man grunting]
Show me how you like it.
Come on. Come on!
Come on,
show me how you like it!
-[man grunting, groaning]
-[Charity moaning] Yeah!
-Come on. Yeah.
-[groans, coughs]
So what have you got
in your pockets?
Hmm?
-Tell me. I'm just curious.
-Mmm... [clicks tongue]
What's that? [gasps]
-BMW?
-Yeah. [chuckles]
-You are one rich guy.
-Mmm.
Hmm. So what else
you got in here, hmm?
-I love BMWs.
They're my favorite cars.
-Mmm.
-You know, you could take me
for a ride any time you want.
-Mm-hmm.
Hmm? Hmm?
Today? Whenever?
Ooh. [laughs]
[unzipping]
[man breathing heavily]
Take it.
No. Here. In your mouth.
[man panting]
[moaning]
-[moaning loudly]
-[Happy gags, coughs]
[man speaking foreign language]
[clock ticking]
[uplifting piano music playing]
People of God,
I'm here to let you know
that poverty is a disease.
-[all] Amen.
-You were not created
to be poor.
The Bible tells me that
God desires above everything
else that you should prosper.
-Amen!
-So get ready
and open up your hearts.
The demon of poverty is
oppressing you.
But I'm here to deliver you.
[applause, cheering]
["Poverty Is A Disease" playing]
Stand firm in the faith
Submit yourself to God
Sing joy with the angels
You shall reap the reward
All the riches
Will be yours
Let the God of peace
Crush the Devil's spirit
Under your feet
I know your afflictions
And your poverty
We see the Devil has diseased
All your hopes and dreams
But don't you know, God turns
Your dirt into gold
Don't you know the cure
Is right in front of you
-Oh
-I'm here to set you free
from the spirit of poverty.
God has given me that power.
But for you to be delivered,
you've got to give.
Giving to God is receiving.
Can somebody shout "Amen"?
[all] Amen!
[upbeat music playing]
You've got to
Give to receive
So put your faith in me
He can provide prosperity
Poverty is a disease
You've got to
Give to receive
So put your faith in me
He can provide prosperity
Poverty is a disease
You've got to
Oh, my God!
You've got to
Give to receive
-[Precious screams]
-So put your faith in me
He can provide prosperity
Poverty is a disease
You've got to
Give to receive
So put your faith in me
He can provide prosperity
Poverty is a disease
You've got to
Give to receive
So put your faith in me
He can provide prosperity
Poverty is a disease
You've got to
Give to receive
So put your faith in me
Let's go. Throw this thing
in the corner there.
Hey.
Can you throw away the trash?
In the container?
Downstairs next to the elevator?
-Gracias. Thank you.
-[girls giggling]
-[glass breaking]
-[man exclaiming]
[Charity laughs]
-[Happy] Is that you?
-[Precious] Yeah.
[camera shutter clicking]
-Do you like it?
-Mm-hmm.
[R&B music playing]
[clock ticking]
-[dog whining]
-This is Tommy.
Tommy, this Charity.
[whimpering]
[whining continues]
[whining]
Oh, yeah.
Good, good, good. Yeah.
[Tommy whines loudly]
Don't stop, please. Don't stop.
[moans] Oh, yeah. Good.
[moans loudly]
[Tommy whining]
Charity.
-Can you do him a favor as well?
-What?
I'll give you 100 euros extra if
you would give the dog his turn.
-Get out!
-[man grunts]
"If thy heart was as strong
as a stone, it would have
been easy to be rigid.
Life is a friend.
Not all is real.
Those real will
someday hurt you,
just as the moon will
one day hurt the sun
and occur as an eclipse.
But at the end,
you'll grow, and maybe not.
If we say the animals
prey on each other,
who are we to trust?
We shall say our creator
is the master of trust,
not our blood nor friends."
-You like it?
-Wow!
-That's really deep.
-Thank you.
-I love it.
-Thank you.
I want to become a writer.
[Precious] Yeah, you should.
You should.
Happy, I had a complaint
from one of your clients.
That you did not cooperate well.
Now, what is it that worry you?
That they're crazy?
I invest so much on
you and your sister.
See, your sister,
she do work fine.
But you. You dare act like
the whole world have
come fall on your head.
Hey, don't play with me, now.
Your life is in my hands.
[mutters]
[Madam] What do you talk?
Nothing, ma'am.
-[Madam]
Repeat what you just talk.
-Nothing, ma'am.
[Madam]
Don't play that game with me.
Go now, leave my office.
Sorry, ma'am.
-Sorry, ma'am.
-Thank you, ma'am.
[kids chattering]
[women giggling]
Hey, thanks!
[instrumental
"Jingle Bells" playing]
How's that smell? [indistinct]
-You like?
-Mm-hmm.
[Happy indistinct]
[Happy chuckles]
[both laughing]
-Okay.
-I'm gonna buy this for you.
-Are you gonna buy this for me?
-Yes.
-Are you for real?
-Yeah, I'm serious.
[cheering, laughing]
[]
Here.
The next time you do this,
you take me with you, okay?
[indistinct]
my own partner in crime.
[both chuckling]
["We Wish You
a Merry Christmas" playing]
["Hail Mary, Full of Grace"
playing]
Hail, Mary
Full of grace
Hail, Mary
Full of grace
Hail, Mary
Full of grace
Our light is with you
Not with us
Mother of God
Pray for us
'Cause we're down
On our bended knees
Mother of God
The Lord is with thee
For we endure all this pain
Full of grace
'Cause it be like, say
Oh, today
We stay inside [indistinct]
Now, so, so, so, so,
[indistinct]
[indistinct]
Oh, yeah
Mama Mary
Mary
Make you pray for us
'Cause we stay inside
This prison, yeah
They capture us
They take our stuff
They insult us
They abuse us
They do us like this
They do us like that, yeah
Won't you save
Save, save, save us
God, you say save the rest
Save the rest
Save the rest of us
Oh, Mary
Make you pray for us
'Cause we [indistinct]
Make you pray for us
'Cause we [indistinct]
Make you pray for us
Make you pray for us
Make you pray for us
'Cause we [indistinct]
[plastic bag rustling]
[Happy humming]
[Happy indistinct]
[Happy humming]
Perfume.
-[Charity] This one...
-[Happy] Heh?
[Happy humming]
Where did you find the money
to buy all these things?
So you like buying things?
You like buying things?
With the money I make?
You steal my money, are you mad?
If you want money,
you work for it.
You're gonna open your legs
and not steal my money.
Beat me, so I won't
be able to work.
I swear to God,
don't try to come back here.
[indistinct]
["Problem Solved" playing]
To let you know
That I need your love
That connection
We can take our time
Have you guys seen Precious?
Pay attention
Hold the line
She's gone.
Ali came to pick her up.
I heard Madam sold her to Italy.
Let me come on over
You won't even notice
I was gone
Is there a problem here?
Let me sum it for you...
She was crying when she
came to pick up her things.
I think Ali had to beat her up.
You won't even notice
I was gone
I need a drink.
-Por favor.
-Gracias.
[footsteps approaching]
-Felix.
-Hey.
-How are you?
-Good.
Hey, for you
Show me all of...
[music stops]
What's your-- what's your name?
Happy, sir.
Uh, I'm-- I'm Dennis.
Help me, sir.
I don't want to do this job.
They abuse me here.
What-- what do you mean?
Please.
Please, I beg you, I beg you.
I can't go to the police.
They'll put me in jail. Please.
Please, I beg you.
[door clicks open]
What are you doing?
[phone ringing]
Hello?
-[auntie] Hello.
-Auntie.
-How are you?
-Ah, we're fine.
How are you?
What's happening there?
They say your sister
doesn't work.
I beg. Help me beg her,
so she's works.
I'll tell her. I'll tell her.
That woman send boys
every day to beat me.
Help me beg your sister.
Hello Auntie.
It's me, Asa. I miss you.
Do your work. You don't work.
That woman send boys.
They beat me in the house.
I beg. Every day
they come. I beg you to work.
Auntie, I don't want to
do this job. I want to go home.
Auntie.
Don't mind her.
It's just laziness.
How's your money now?
How's your money?
I'll try and send the money.
-Goodbye.
-[phone beeps]
You see yourself?
You see what you done cause?
Because of you,
they came to threaten Auntie.
Are you happy now?
Because you don't work here.
What is it you don't understand?
Mind yourself, fool.
Do you like these threats?
Do your work. Don't you get it?
[camera clicking]
There is this client,
who wants
to spend time with you.
The man a gentleman.
I believe you deserve it.
You work well.
And I tell you,
if you continue like this,
you'll go make
a bright future for yourself.
Thank you, ma'am. Thank you.
Anyway, me too.
I did do
some thinking, you know.
I got plan for you.
I want to make you my assistant.
-Ah!
-For my business.
Ah, Madame, thank you.
I promise,
-I will not disappoint you.
-I believe you.
From the first day,
when I set my eyes on you,
-I knew you're a good girl.
-Thank you.
My dear,
I got this dress for you.
Oh! For me?
[indistinct]
[laughing] Ma'am-- go--
ah, my go-go, bless you.
Thank you, ma'am. I appreciate,
this dress is fine.
Another thing.
About your sister.
She's ruining my reputation
and my business.
If she doesn't change,
I plan to get rid of her.
I think I'll send her to Italy.
That place not as comfortable
as here.
Madam, I beg you.
Give me some time,
let me talk to her.
Charity. You talked, I talked.
We see no changes. No
improvement. We can't just talk.
Someone should
give her small beating.
Maybe that will make her change.
She'll improve.
[camera clicking]
[camera clicking]
[Patience]
Good evening, Charity.
[bell dings]
Felicia.
[Felicia] Hmm.
[Patience] You still think
he's gonna call you?
Really?
[loud bangs]
[men shouting]
It's police. Keep quiet.
[woman screaming, sobbing]
[indistinct shouting]
[Felicia] It's the neighbors
from upstairs.
[siren wailing]
["Straat Soldaat" playing]
[phone ringing]
[Felicia] Hello?
[Felix] Hello, Felicia,
how are you?
How are you, Felix?
Good, I want to take you
to Paris on Sunday.
-[laughs] What?
-Paris. Sunday.
Yes. Yes, I want.
Okay. Sunday, then.
And darling...
thank you.
[chuckles]
-Why are you so happy?
-He takes me to Paris.
For a whole week!
I've been dreamin'
'Bout this moment
But I never thought
I'd see the day
That all
Of the certain pain
I've faced
Finally be washed away
I been there
Down and out
Clueless, he lied
I've lost my pride
I've been through
The valley
Of sorrow [indistinct]
Please, love, rescue me
I hope to be
The perfect, perfect, perfect
Perfect woman, yeah
I hope to be
The one you lived for
Oh, I hope that one is me
He who loves me
And wants a future to be
The beauty of loving
And what we can see
Yearning for love
That is legal and free
In true paradise
We can finally be
Is this really not
Just a dream
Check inside I'm scared
To give you all of me
Please don't hurt me
Like the others did
And left me
Here behind in tears
But hold me, please me
And never let go
Show me
That I am not another beau
I'm tired
Of being unhappy, alone
I want you to take me
To have and to hold
I hope to be
I hope to be
The perfect,
perfect, perfect
Perfect, yeah, woman
Hope to be, I hope to be
I hope to be, hope to be
The perfect, hope to be
Hope to be
The perfect woman
[Patience] Thanks, sweetie.
[Charity] Thank you.
[speaking Spanish] Asshole.
[sniffles]
You have to dump this dog Felix.
He's no good for you.
-[glass shatters]
-[Esperanza] Oh, God.
[Happy] He's not worth it.
[Charity]
He's not worth it at all.
[Patience] Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy.
-[chicken clucking]
-[Charity] Catch him, catch him.
Catch him. Catch him. Catch him.
[chicken squawking]
[Charity] It's okay, it's okay.
Two! Two for the price of one.
You know I want
The money on the side
Takin' pictures
When I get into the ride
Yeah, yeah
Get all the pussy on the side
I was over, [indistinct]
The way you move your body
You're the life of the party
Girl, it's so loving
If I had nobody
Get me
[indistinct] something
[singing in Spanish]
[indistinct]
Baby, why you do that
Like I don't know
Enough is enough so
Every day [indistinct]
[indistinct]
Baby, why you do that
Like I don't know
Enough is enough so
Every day [indistinct]
[indistinct]
Baby, why you do that
Like I don't know
Enough is enough so
Every day [indistinct]
[club music playing]
[Charity] What are you doing?
Are you chatting with a man?
Happy,
you're chatting with a man?
After the warning Madam gave us.
Still you chat with a man.
We're not allowed to
have boyfriends. Are you mad?
Why are you being stubborn?
Happy, I beg you.
If this woman catches you,
she can do anything.
I won't be able to help you.
I beg you in the name of God...
I can't do anything...
This man is a common cleaner.
Not even a rich man.
You don't have any sense.
Of all the men
that come here, idiot!
[]
-Hi.
-Hey.
-How are you?
-I'm fine.
Are you sure?
[sniffles]
Hey, I'm gonna help you,
okay? Yeah.
I'm gonna get you
out of here, I promise.
Sir, please, it's painful.
Please don't do that, please.
-Please--
-Shh.
Please, no.
[crying out in pain]
Please don't do that.
Please, please. I beg you.
[man] Come here.
[Charity grunting]
[screaming, groaning]
Please, please, stop.
[crying] Stop. Stop.
Stop, please.
[man moaning]
[Charity whining]
[man moaning]
[Charity sobbing]
[man panting]
[Patience humming]
You need to hurry,
we're running late.
I'm sick. I have the flu.
I can't work or the customers
will get the flu too.
[Charity sighs]
Okay. I'm off.
[footsteps departing]
[door shuts]
[zipper closes]
[]
Charity, where is Happy?
-She's not feeling fine.
-She's not feeling fine?
-Yeah.
-What is wrong with her?
-She's not well.
-She's not well?
-Is that all you can say?
-What do you want me to say?
She's not feeling fine.
I don't do business
like this, eh?
Why don't you give her
something like paracetamol,
or Panadol, or whatever?
So if she infects the clients?
What do you mean that
she's gonna infect the clients?
Madam, it's just one day.
I think I will talk about that
with you later.
[people laughing]
[man strumming guitar,
singing indistinctly]
[train honks]
[dog barking]
Asa, where are you?
If you get this call,
call me back.
Madam...
You don't see Happy?
I haven't seen her
around here for a while.
I guessed.
Madam, I beg you,
if you know where she is,
tell me, I beg.
I never see her since Mon--
I have no idea.
Perhaps with
her fucking shitty boyfriend.
Madam.
I beg in the name of God.
If-- if you know
anything, I beg,
Please, tell me, I beg-- fuck.
-[Charity] Seen her?
-[man] No, no, sorry.
[Charity] Yeah?
You-- sorry, sorry.
Have you seen her? No?
[phone ringing]
Hello?
[car door shuts]
-Charity.
-Have you seen my sister?
-How are you?
-Fine.
Please, have you seen my sister?
Happy is in the hospital.
[gasps] What happened?
She's hurt.
She's okay, but she's hurt.
She's been beaten up.
Hmm.
Please, let's go.
Please, take me to her, please.
Please take me to her.
I think you know who did it, no?
What are you--
what are you talking about?
I know you know who did it.
Come on. Tell me.
Hmm?
Tell me who did it.
Come on, Charity.
Madam Dolores is a criminal.
We have to bring her to justice,
so you need to testify.
Come on, I help you,
you help me.
Gonna help me?
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
All right.
[engine starts]
[machines beeping]
[door creaks open]
[whistling]
[Charity] Thank you.
[singing in foreign language]
[]
[]
[]
[engine rumbling]
[dog barking]
[electric buzzing]
[woman] You want tea?
-Yes.
-No, just-- ah, yeah, for sure.
-Make yourself at home.
-Thank you.
Hi.
-Hey!
-Hello. Hello!
-See, new people.
-[woman 3] Hey, yeah.
[woman]
Guess where they come from.
-Niger.
-Niger.
[woman 3] Hey, there you go.
Pleased to meet you.
-Which state are you from?
-Edo State.
-We Benin.
-Nice to meet you.
So what are
you girls doing here?
[chuckles] My sister.
They brought us here
so that we testify.
About trafficking and our work.
They investigate...
So. [chuckles]
-What are you going to say?
-What we're gonna say?
I'm going to make up a nice
story, what do you expect?
-And then get out of here.
-Exactly. Escape quickly.
And if you talk to
your Madam boys from Niger,
they will finish your family,
kill all of them.
How it works,
is that after the trial,
you get deported straight away.
If they don't need you anymore,
they will put you on a plane.
Let me ask you...
Those policemen waiting
outside, why you think
they're there?
To protect us?
[all laughing]
I knew you would say that.
Where is she going?
What's wrong with her?
[dog barking]
[footsteps approaching]
Let me put your eye drops.
Here?
[Happy sighs]
Move your head.
Oh, sorry. Sorry.
That's-- sorry.
[Happy sighs]
I hope you slept well.
I know the beds
are not always that good,
but you can ask for a new bed.
Have a seat.
I know it's not easy,
but we will help you.
Okay?
I've invited John
to join us this morning.
John is a priest.
That's Happy,
and that's Charity.
He can undo
the voodoo, the juju.
So you don't need
to be afraid anymore.
No, we're not afraid,
we're fine.
Thank you.
Are you sure
you don't want some counseling?
Maybe it's hard for you to talk
about all that happened to you?
No. You don't have to do this.
I can handle
my own business myself.
[Johan] We can give you
the support you need.
She just said no.
[Johan] Do you want Madam
to be punished?
[both]
Sure, we want her punished.
[Johan] Then you both
have to testify.
[both] We'll see
if we both testify.
So we can have a trial!
You mean
you can have your trial!
So that we'll both disappear
in your file?
-Two ladies with a sad smile?
-I can ask for a residence.
-As a reward
for our performance?
-On humanitarian ground.
We will be humanitarian drowned.
We're doing this for you.
We're trying to do good.
-Don't you want that, too?
-No.
You are doing this for you.
That's exactly the whole clue.
Nothing in it for us two,
say, officer, "That's true."
You want
these criminals set free?
At the end of the trial,
where will you be?
At the airport,
at terminal three?
Waving us goodbye,
and let us free.
So that we carry it on,
back to our misery.
I do something for you,
you do something for me.
Think about your testimony.
[both] We will,
officer, we will.
And by the way, my name is Kemi.
And my name is Asa, not Happy.
[train rumbles]
[thudding]
Nobody fucks with me!
Sit, sit, now, pay the--
sit, sit, sit, sit, sit.
-[crashing]
-[screams]
[speaking in Spanish]
[door shuts]
What happened to you?
[Happy] God.
[speaking Spanish]
Fuckin' Madam Dolores.
Who took this?
-[speaking Spanish]
-[Charity] Who do you think?
[Madam] Where are they?
Where is this stupid,
nothing for good,
ungrateful woman?
I want my rent.
Pay me my rent.
Or you leave
this building today.
And you,
what are you doing here?
I don't see what you are doing
with all this low class here.
Charity.
Where the hell
have you been all this while?
Where have you been?
I want you and your sister
to follow me to the office.
I said to the office!
Am I not talking to you?
What the fuck is going on here?
You want to dare me?
Madam Dolores?
Oh, you think you are big now.
You small ungrateful
human being I raised up.
You dog, prostitute.
[Madam groans]
Hey, somebody help me!
Help me, Ali! Ali!
[muffled screaming]
[whimpers]
[Happy] Hey, Dennis.
-Hey. How are you?
-[Happy] Fine.
Come. Roll.
Roll her. Roll her over.
[Dennis] Once again, yeah.
Okay. Yep.
There we go.
[man] There's the human slider.
See, it's slide and a half.
-[man 2] Yeah.
-[man indistinct]
[keys jingling]
[Felicia speaking in Spanish]
Just act-- act normal.
-Get it in the car. Oh, come.
-[Dennis] Yes, let's get it in.
Police. Downstairs.
Come to the roof.
-[officer] Police!
-[officer 2] Freeze!
[officer] On the ground!
On the ground.
-[all yelling]
-[officer] On the ground!
-Come. Let's-- quickly, quickly.
-[Happy] Go, go, go, go, go.
-[Dennis] Go, go.
-[Patience] Yes, yes.
[sirens wailing]
[indistinct shouting]
[police whistle blowing]
[]
[indistinct chatter]
-[Charity] Go for my--
-[Happy] You came.
[Charity] Oh, yeah.
[Charity] Call me.
Don't show it to anybody. Here.
Right.
Take it.
Use it for whatever you want.
Any school, or anything.
Uh-huh?
Follow Dennis.
-I'll call you. Yeah?
-Okay.
Don't forget to take
the drugs for your face, yeah?
I'll call you.
[sighs] Thank you.
It's okay. Good luck.
Okay.
-Take care of her.
-Of course.
Uh-huh.
Go, be safe. I'll call you.
-I'll be in touch.
-Okay.
[drumming]
[overlapping conversations]
[indistinct yelling]
-[Felicia] Oh, my God.
-God, saving me.
[indistinct yelling]
No, no, no, why?
No, you're not taking
them anywhere.
You're not gonna fight 'em back,
what are you gonna do?
[officer] Oh, come on! There!
[shouting]
[drummer] No good, no good.
-What is this?
-It doesn't go.
[Femi screams]
[thudding]
[Charity gasping, sobbing]
[Patience sobbing]
[shouting]
[]
Ah
We are
We are standing here
Black men
Black skin, Black future
We are
We are standing here
Look at us, look at us
We are
We are standing here
Black men
Black skin, Black future
We are
We are standing here
Look at us, look at us
Ah
Look at us, look at us
Look at us, look at us
Oh
Look at us, look at us
Look at us, look at us
Where do we go?
Where to escape?
Blood, blood, blood, blood
I am human, open my veins
Blood, blood, blood, blood
Where do we go?
Where to escape?
Blood, blood, blood, blood
I am human, open my veins
Blood, blood, blood, blood
Deep in the night
Blood from the sky
You let her down
She chose here, no lie
Cousin of mine
Too young to die
Open my eye
And see her on
[rapping in Spanish]
Where do we go?
Where to escape?
Blood, blood, blood, blood
I am human, open my veins
Blood, blood, blood, blood
Where do we go?
Where to escape?
Blood, blood, blood, blood
I am human, open my veins
Blood, blood, blood, blood
[Felicia
and Patience vocalizing]
Who will stand with me? Ah
Let us rise
What's my destiny?
Ah
Where do we go?
Where to escape?
Blood, blood, blood, blood
I am human, open my veins
Blood, blood, blood, blood
Where do we go?
Where to escape?
Blood, blood, blood, blood
I am human, open my veins
Blood, blood, blood, blood
Where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where can we go?
Where to escape?
There's no escape,
there's no escape
Blood, blood, blood, blood
Yeah
[sirens wailing]
[thunder rumbling]
Ooh
It's a new day
I've seen the new day
In this land
It's a new day
I have seen goodness
Divine dove, divine dove
The dove
Which flies up in the sky
Come descend on me
It's a new day
I have seen goodness
It's a new day
I've seen the new day
In this land
It's a new day
I have seen goodness
Divine dove, divine dove
The dove
Which flies up in the sky
Come descend on me
It's a new day
I have seen goodness
Oh, divine dove
Divine dove
Dove, a dove
Which shines from above
Come descend on me
It's a new day
Oh, Lord knows
I've seen goodness
Oh, divine love
Divine love
The dove
Which shines from above
Come descend on me
It's a new day
Lord knows
I've seen goodness
It's a new day
And I have seen goodness
[indistinct lyrics]
It's a new day
And I've seen goodness
[light music playing]
[distant chatter, shouting]
[rustling]
[zipping]
[zipping]
[rustling]
[plastic crinkling]
[Charity sighs]
[zipping]
[rustling]
[soft thud]
[plastic crinkling]
[door clicks open]
-[Happy] Auntie, good afternoon.
-[Auntie] Good afternoon.
[Charity] No, no, no,
don't change. Pack, pack, pack.
We don't need socks.
And we're already late.
[Happy] Okay. Now ready.
Auntie...
-Auntie, bye-bye you.
-[Auntie] Bye-bye.
-God, he protects you.
-Amen.
-God is safe.
-Mm-hmm.
[speaking foreign language]
Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
-Goodbye to you.
-Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
-God, he protects you.
-Mmm.
God, he protects you.
Safe journey.
-Bye-bye.
-I'll call you.
-Call me. Especially call.
-Okay.
-Thank you for everything.
-Bye-bye.
Safe journey. Safe journey.
Bye-bye.
[village din]
-Bye-bye. Call me.
-Bye-bye.
-I'll call you.
-[Auntie] Call me.
-I'll call you.
-Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
-Bye, Jamie!
-Okay!
-Bye-bye!
-Bye.
[goats bleating]
[overlapping chatter]
-[Happy] Bye-bye!
-[Charity] Bye-bye.
Bye-bye, okay.
[chickens clucking]
-[squawking]
-[medicine man speaking
foreign language]
[chicken squawks loudly]
[medicine man speaking
foreign language]
[fire crackling]
Your armpit.
[rhythmic drumming in distance]
[drumming intensifies]
Let me have your bras.
Okay, now give me
your underwear.
[medicine man speaking
foreign language]
"I no go tell anybody
anything we do for here."
[both] We won't go telling
anybody anything we do for here.
[medicine man]
"I will obey my madam."
[both] I will obey my madam.
-"I will pay the money."
-[both] I will pay the money.
"If anybody want to do us harm,
this shrine will kill 'em."
[both] If anybody want to do us
harm, this shrine will kill 'em.
[medicine man]
"If I tell police,
this shrine will kill me."
[both] If I tell police,
this shrine will kill me.
[medicine man] Very good.
Go on, drink.
[speaking foreign language]
[man] Hold on, hold on, hold on.
You come.
Why didn't you tell us before
you want to take
your sister with you?
Please, sir, don't be upset.
She's my only sister.
You know our mum is dead.
You know I had to pay extra, eh?
You think it's easy to
just get a new passport?
-Look at me when I talk to you!
-Sorry, sir.
-[man] Did you bring money?
-[Charity] All my money
is finished.
Go back inside.
Uh-huh. So...
Okay.
No, tell them to wait for me.
[laughing]
-Okay.
-[unzipping]
Tell-- tell-- tell them...
[chuckles] ...tell them...
Hold on.
Come on.
I'm making you a European. Hmm?
[Charity humming softly]
[humming continues]
[distant thunder rumbling]
[car horns honking]
[car alarm chirps]
[men shouting]
[traffic din]
-[camera shutter clicks]
-[radio host] All right!
Good morning, Lagos!
Wake up, wake up, wake up.
How you all doing this
beautiful, rainy morning?
Welcome to the Draft Time Show!
We are expecting a lot
more rain, and as usual,
a lot of traffic.
But don't forget to cheer up
and keep your head up,
-because we are...
-Thank you, sir.
-Guess what your name is.
-What?
-Happy.
-Happy. [giggles]
And yours?
-Charity.
-[chuckles] Charity.
-I like it.
-Nice.
[upbeat music playing on radio]
[man] You know the number?
Ye-- yes, sir.
-[man] She know the story?
-Yes, sir.
[man] You've gotta make it
be convincing, you know?
-You hear me?
-[Charity] Yes, sir.
Cry, if it fits.
Everybody like sad, sad stories.
I like your car.
What-- what model
of Toyota SUV is this?
Sequoia.
-[Charity] How much?
-[scoffs]
You wanna buy?
I just want to know
how much it is.
[man] 15 million.
Well, I prefer Mercedes.
[car horns honking]
[traffic din]
[passersby arguing]
[vendors chattering]
Auntie! Good afternoon. Auntie.
You still go well.
God bless you, Auntie.
[overlapping chatter]
[tapping]
-[overlapping chatter]
-[car horns honking]
[rhythmic tapping, drumming]
-[tapping]
-[woman] Buy bread.
-Buy bread. Buy bread.
-[knocking rhythmically]
-[horns honking rhythmically]
-Buy bread. Buy bread.
["God's Will Car Limited"
playing]
Buy bread
Buy bread
Buy bread
Buy bread
Look at these poor bastards
Crawling in the dirt
Like cockroaches
Like they're born to get hurt
And life's hopeless
And the Lord up above
He don't take notice
Look at these poor bastards
Crawling in the dirt
Like cockroaches
Like they're born to get hurt
And life's hopeless
And the Lord up above
He don't take notice
Ey, ah
Me no want
No more misery, oh
We deserve better
Than poverty, oh
Me no want no misery, oh
Me no want, no
Me no want, no
Me no want no misery, oh
We deserve better
Than poverty, oh
Me no want no misery, oh
Me no want, no
Me no want, no
[]
Welcome to my shop
God's Will
Car Dealer Limited
-Welcome to my shop
-In the heart of Lagos
Welcome to my shop
God's Will
Car Dealer Limited
-Welcome to my shop
-In the heart of Lagos
Come and get your wheels
Your shop?
Who do you think you are?
See here, the Jeep Renegade
For the lover, rebel
And apostate
And for people with guts
The Jeep Wrangler for
Sweet braggers going nuts
It's thousands of dollars
Where is your cash?
[]
It's true
In this world of the sinners
Get a chance
To become winners
Then for sure
That's what we'll choose
'Cause, damn it
We got nothing to lose
This is God's Will
Car Limited
Our own God's Will
-Car Limited
-The Lord giving us bread
This is God's Will
-Car Limited
-Car Limited, hey
Our own God's Will
-Car Limited
-God giving us bread
[]
This is the latest
Mercedes car
For the lady
To love her man
Or the yellow Chrysler
For you, Happy, because I can
-[plane engine roaring]
-[laughing]
[refugees chattering]
Smoke in your mouth!
-It's the smoke!
-[both giggle]
-It's the cold.
-Yeah!
[laughing]
The air is now cold,
like freezer.
[indistinct PA announcement]
[male agent] Men to the right.
Passports, please.
-[female agent] All the women
this way.
-[male agent] Thank you.
-To the right.
-[female agent] All the women.
Passports.
[male agent] Thank you.
Passport, please.
Thank you, to the right.
-[female agent] Thank you.
-[male agent] Thank you.
[agent 1] Friends? Family?
Um, sisters, sir.
[agent 1] How old is she?
Fifteen, sir.
[bag unzipping]
[agent 1] And how old are you?
I'm 17, sir. We're minors.
[bag unzipping]
-[agent 2] Student?
-Yes, sir.
Let me guess.
Terrorists killed
all your family?
You walked for weeks
in the desert.
A priest helped you...
and then you came here
in a big silver bird, right?
It was gold. Gold bird, sir.
[agent 1 chuckles]
Okay. Mouth open.
Okay.
[Charity gulps]
Hello, hello, hello!
Good afternoon, ladies.
[Marjolein]
Wakey, wakey, wakey, wakey!
[Johan] Welcome to Belgium.
My name is Johan.
I'll write it down for you.
"Jo...
han."
I'm a police officer,
but don't worry,
I'm here to help you.
And this is my colleague,
Marjolein.
She's also here to help you.
She's a listening ear
if you need someone to talk to.
You've all applied
for asylum as minors.
That means that
during the procedure,
you're allowed to stay here
in this center.
You won't be locked up.
But in the evening and night,
we want you to
stay inside, okay?
Most of you come here
to have a better life,
and I hope you will succeed.
However, I have to warn you.
You are vulnerable.
You are an easy target.
There are bad people outside
who wanna use you to make money.
They wanna use you
in the sex industry as whores.
Do you understand
what I'm trying to say?
I'm sorry, sir.
We don't understand.
What kind of industry?
What are you talking about?
We are refugees.
[rhythmic banging]
["Win Win" playing]
Da, da, da
Da, da
Da, da, da
Da, da
Da, da, da
Da, da
Dear Mr. Officer
Listen to what
We got to offer ya
Dear Mr. Officer
Listen to what
We got to offer ya
Every one of us
Had to run for our lives
Now won't you lend your ear
Listen to our cry
We can work and cook
Make your hair look good
We can clean your shit
We do all of it
Everybody happy
It's a win-win situation
Everybody happy
Don't keep us
In the station
Everybody happy
It's a win-win situation
Everybody happy
Just trying to warn you.
I have heard that you
Like us Black ladies
And they say that you
Like our chocolate skin
So Officer
Won't you let us in?
It is obvious
This is a win-win
-Just trying to explain.
-Shh!
Everybody happy
It's a win-win situation
Everybody happy
Don't keep us
In the station
You name it
We fix it
You name it, we fix it
-You name it, we fix it
-Dear Mr. Officer
-You name it
-Dear Mr. Officer
See all we have to offer
Okay, okay, okay, ladies.
Before you go to your rooms,
I got something for you.
A little help from your friend.
It has credit.
If you have any problems,
my number is in the phone.
We can help you.
[dial tone droning]
[dialing]
[line ringing]
[Sam] Uh, hello?
[Charity] Hello, sir.
This is Charity from Nigeria.
[Charity] Quick, quick, quick.
The man said they wait outside.
Yeah?
All right.
Oh, yeah. Take this.
[hip-hop song playing on radio]
[]
[Henk] Welcome to Belgium.
It's just a bit sad
you didn't bring the sun
from Africa, but...
you're welcome anyway.
Thank you.
[]
Their trees don't have leaves.
Yeah, because it is winter.
[]
[car horn honks]
[Henk speaking foreign language]
[]
-[camera shutter clicking]
-'Kay, girls, come on.
Let's go, girls.
-Hello, good morning.
-[both] Good morning, ma'am.
-[Madam] How are you girls?
-Fine, ma'am.
[Henk] There you go.
Thank you, sweetie.
-And what are your names?
-My name is Charity, ma'am.
-[Madam] Charity. And you?
-Happy.
[Madam] Happy. Okay.
Can I? I wanna take a look.
Can you come forward
a little bit?
-Yes, ma'am.
-[Madam] Okay.
Can you turn around for me?
Nice.
Okay.
Mm-hmm.
Can you give me a smile?
No, I wanna see the teeths.
Voil. Beautiful.
Oi. What a nice color.
-Thank you, ma'am.
-[Madam] Good.
And you.
Loosen up.
Come on. Good.
Can you turn around?
Nice.
Mmm, 'kay.
Give me a smile.
[Charity] Thank you, ma'am.
[Madam] Start your day
with prayer,
and put God first.
Make sure you're always clean.
Look good.
Take good care of your physique.
Put on nice perfumes.
No chewing of gums.
Your debt is 60,000 each.
Uh, how much per client?
[Madam] Twenty euro.
In one year,
you'll be done with it.
That is, if you work well.
[Charity] Thank you, ma'am.
[distant hip-hop music playing]
[baby crying]
You lied to me.
Don't tell me you didn't know.
I know you're not stupid.
Don't worry.
It's not a big deal.
I mean, you wanna earn money?
I asked you a question.
You no wanna earn money?
-[Happy] Yes...
-[Charity] Uh-huh. This the way.
-How do you think I raised you?
-Do I care?
-I resent you.
-[Charity chuckles]
Let me tell you,
every girl in Nigeria does it.
-I'm not everybody!
-It's not a big deal.
I will teach you what to do.
It's not a big deal.
I'm not everybody.
I want to go to school
and become somebody.
I'm not like you,
where they open legs for a man.
-I resent you.
-[Charity scoffs] Okay.
Hey! What--
What do you think you do?
Where do you think you go?
-Where do you think you go?
-I don't want to do this job.
Are you mad?
You no get a choice.
That woman, we come here,
we and her get deal,
and we go do that deal.
Whether you like it or not.
And thank God she even did nice.
[water running]
[Charity humming]
I'll put cream
and make it like an afro.
[muttering]
[coughs]
As I told you,
there's nothing to worry about.
It's a normal thing
that everybody does.
So don't go lie about
saying everybody don't.
Don't think too much, yeah?
-Yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
You just follow the man
into the room, open your legs.
Let them have their way,
and before you know it,
it's over.
Yeah?
-You've never done before?
-No.
-Never slept with a man before?
-No.
Okay.
I'll give you, um--
I'll give you something
for you to rub for there.
You rub on for your vagina.
It will make everything
easy and smooth.
[Happy clicks tongue]
Don't worry, I don't like that.
-I don't need it to use it.
-You need it.
If not, it will pain you.
[Charity scoffs]
Don't say no. Open your hand.
-Open your hand!
-Did you use it?
[Charity]
I'm a pro. Now open your hand.
[speaking foreign language]
On your area. Rub it.
Rub it on your vagina.
You know what a blow job is?
You know?
Okay, I show you.
They put their penis
into your mouth like this.
Hmm? Mmm, mmm.
Just spit.
You do it, do it,
do it, they will cum.
-[knocking on door]
-Don't worry, they'll finish.
Don't you worry.
It won't be big deal, yeah?
-Go dress up.
I'll do your makeup.
-[knocking continues]
-[girl] I need bathroom too.
-[Charity] We're coming.
[Madam] Girls.
Don't forget to clean your room.
Eh? Empty your dustbins.
-Hear me?
-[girls] Yes, ma'am.
[Madam] Here, take some.
All right. Nice.
-Beautiful. I like it.
-Thank you, ma'am.
What a horrible dressing
is this?
Okay, do fast.
Don't waste my time.
[clock ticking]
Mm-hmm.
Men will adore you.
[faint pop music
playing over speakers]
-[Destiny] First time in Europe?
-Mm-hmm.
[Destiny] You like it?
[Charity]
We're here to work, so...
[Destiny] If I was you,
I would take the white guys.
I like the white men.
Their dicks are not as strong
as the black dicks.
-[Charity] Really?
-Mmm.
You can take more than ten
in one day. You won't feel it.
Their way is easy.
-They cum quickly. Eh?
-Okay.
And the white guys, eh?
They pay extra.
-[Charity] Oh?
-Mm-hmm.
And you know, white men like us.
They like us of our skin.
And we are better and stronger
than white women.
-[chuckles]
-[Destiny] It's true.
They like it when
we are strong, eh?
When we act wild.
-[laughs] Really?
-Mm-hmm.
[Precious] "Hey,
go faster, faster, faster."
-[Charity laughing]
-"Break it."
["Little Brown Fucking Machine"
playing]
[men whistling]
Let's skip the talking
Yeah, we should go
Straight to the work
I'll do the walking
I know
You're enjoying me twerk
[men cheering, whistling]
So keep your eyes on me
While I get busy
[men whistling]
Tell me your fantasy
I'll take you up with me
I make it happen, sit back
Watch this booty clappin'
I can see
That's what you like
This brown skin of mine
Is what you like
I'm wetter than an ocean
Make it rain
We can get closer
We'll be fuckin'
Then I'll empty
Both of your pockets
Ooh, ooh
Come and follow me
Ooh, ooh
Tell me what you need
Keep calling me
Your little brown
Fucking machine
Ooh, ooh
Put your hands on me
Ooh, ooh
I've got what you need
Oh, I want to be
Your little brown
Fucking machine
I'll make you say
[man] Hey, come on,
let's get the goods!
[men cheering, whistling]
[]
You want a taste
Baby
You should get in between
I'm so much wilder
Than what you're used to
In your dreams
So keep your eyes on me
While I get busy
[man laughing]
I'll get on top of you
You won't know what to do
Lay down, relax,
And I'll make sure you reach
Your climax
That's what you like
This brown skin of mine
Is what you like
[men cheering]
Ooh, ooh
Come and follow me
Ooh, ooh
Tell me what you need
Keep calling me
Your little brown
Fucking machine
Ooh, ooh
Put your hands on me
-[man grunting, moaning]
-[Charity, moaning]
Yes! Give it to me!
-Oh, yeah! Yes! Yes! Oh!
-[man] Oh! Oh, yeah!
-[Charity] Yes! Yes!
-[man moaning] Oh, yeah!
-Oh, oh, yeah!
-[moaning] Yes, yes, big guy!
Thank you.
[distant dance music thumping]
Hey. Not so fast.
-Hmm?
-[man] Yeah, I'll come back.
Okay, yeah.
Ooh. Okay. [giggles]
-Come again, okay?
-[man] Yeah, very soon.
Put this away. Put this away.
Yeah.
Give it to me.
We don't need this.
Here. Let's come closer. Yes.
Shh, shh.
Trust me. Trust me.
I'm the good guy here.
I'm a good man. Come.
Trust me. Shh, shh, shh.
Yeah, just go easy. Go easy.
So very nice to you. Hmm?
[Happy breathing shakily]
Beautiful.
Hey. I'll help you. I'll help.
[clock ticking]
-[Happy weeping]
-[Charity] It's okay.
Take water.
-I want to go home!
-[glass shatters]
I hate this job!
I hate you! I hate Madam!
I want to go home!
[sobbing]
Why don't you listen to me?
What did I tell you?
I said when you are having sex,
just focus.
Take your mind off it.
Think about money.
Think about the cars.
Think about the money,
think about the business
we'll open with the money.
That's what I told you!
Be constructive, now!
-Huh?
-[sobbing] That is your problem.
You only think about
yourself and yourself,
and you never think about me!
I want to go to school
and become somebody.
I don't wanna be a harlot.
I'm tired of this.
-[sobbing]
-Go back to Nigeria?
You want to go back and
start hawking bananas?
Is that what you want to do?
What's wrong with you?
I've explained and explained and
explained! You will not hear.
-[sobbing]
-Now you wanted to follow me,
come here. Now what you want?
What do you think you were
gonna do? Gonna do modeling?
You're going to fuck and make
money. That's why we're here.
I will not allow you
to ruin the plan.
[Auntie] Hello?
-Hello?
-[Auntie] Hello?
-Auntie, good evening.
-[Auntie] How you doing?
Yeah, we good.
How are you, Auntie?
[Auntie] How your sister?
We're fine. She's fine.
She just sleep.
[Auntie] Don't forget me.
[Charity] I'll try to
send money next week.
You'll get some money.
[Auntie] God, he saves you.
[Charity] Okay.
We'll talk later.
This is my number.
I will call you.
[Auntie] Okay, bye-bye you.
-Bye-bye.
-[Charity] All right, bye.
[birds chirping]
[distant chatter]
[goat bleating]
[Charity chuckles]
See-- see that man and the
child?
They're trying to pet the goat.
[laughing]
[Patience singing indistinctly]
[Skype call ringing]
-Hola, mi amor!
-[Rico] Hola!
[speaking Spanish]
-[kids speaking Spanish]
-[speaking Spanish]
[kids speaking Spanish]
[Esperanza speaking Spanish]
[kids speaking Spanish]
[Esperanza speaking Spanish]
-Hello.
-Hello.
Patience,
can I get my food, please?
[Patience] Of course.
[Rico speaking Spanish]
[Esperanza speaking Spanish]
[Esperanza kisses, chuckles]
Here you go.
Thank you.
[Esperanza and Rico
speaking Spanish]
Bye.
[pleasant guitar music playing]
[singing in Spanish]
[Esperanza singing in Spanish]
[both singing in Spanish]
[]
[song ends]
[Madam] Happy.
Come back here.
I want you to smile tonight.
See, you know they say
you fine when you smile.
Happy! Look my eye
when I talk to you.
[Charity] Ma'am.
-[Madam] Nice. I like that.
-Thank you, ma'am.
Ma'am, I can braid your hair
for you Niger-style.
When you get a chance.
Madam, careful. You don't
want to look like a fool.
Ah, Felicia. African braid...
a hotcake.
-My dear?
-Yes, ma'am.
[Madam] Come try for my hair.
You know how long I got
to wait for African braids?
-You get attachments?
-I get some extensions here.
-Ah, correct.
-But Felicia does
this white style.
[laughs] Ah, don't worry.
I'll have you covered in long.
-Ah, I see your hair texture.
Very nice.
-Thank you.
[clock ticking]
Are you happy here?
Ah. Yes, ma'am.
[Madam] Are you sure?
Very happy.
[Madam]
I know it's not always easy.
But I can see you are
doing well for yourself.
Thank you.
-I'm proud of you.
-Thank you.
I know what I'm talking about.
I've been there.
I remember when
my madam hurt me.
-She would beat me.
-Yeah?
And if she no do it for herself,
-she would send somebody,
make them do it for her.
-[disgusted scoff]
And sometimes she would
leave me without food,
and leave me outside
without a jacket in the cold.
-Wow.
-[knocking on door]
Hello, Ali.
[keys jingling]
[Madam] Some girls are
very dishonest, you know.
They will keep money
from the client,
do all kinds of things.
Even run away
to another country.
Hmm.
-[keys clank]
-[Ali] Bye, boss.
[Madam] I can see
you are a good girl.
[door opens, closes]
And I feel you
will not be like them.
Ah, me? I wouldn't do
that kind of thing, no.
[sultry dance music playing]
[]
[]
[]
[sighs]
[]
[]
[]
-[Charity moaning]
-[man grunting]
Show me how you like it.
Come on. Come on!
Come on,
show me how you like it!
-[man grunting, groaning]
-[Charity moaning] Yeah!
-Come on. Yeah.
-[groans, coughs]
So what have you got
in your pockets?
Hmm?
-Tell me. I'm just curious.
-Mmm... [clicks tongue]
What's that? [gasps]
-BMW?
-Yeah. [chuckles]
-You are one rich guy.
-Mmm.
Hmm. So what else
you got in here, hmm?
-I love BMWs.
They're my favorite cars.
-Mmm.
-You know, you could take me
for a ride any time you want.
-Mm-hmm.
Hmm? Hmm?
Today? Whenever?
Ooh. [laughs]
[unzipping]
[man breathing heavily]
Take it.
No. Here. In your mouth.
[man panting]
[moaning]
-[moaning loudly]
-[Happy gags, coughs]
[man speaking foreign language]
[clock ticking]
[uplifting piano music playing]
People of God,
I'm here to let you know
that poverty is a disease.
-[all] Amen.
-You were not created
to be poor.
The Bible tells me that
God desires above everything
else that you should prosper.
-Amen!
-So get ready
and open up your hearts.
The demon of poverty is
oppressing you.
But I'm here to deliver you.
[applause, cheering]
["Poverty Is A Disease" playing]
Stand firm in the faith
Submit yourself to God
Sing joy with the angels
You shall reap the reward
All the riches
Will be yours
Let the God of peace
Crush the Devil's spirit
Under your feet
I know your afflictions
And your poverty
We see the Devil has diseased
All your hopes and dreams
But don't you know, God turns
Your dirt into gold
Don't you know the cure
Is right in front of you
-Oh
-I'm here to set you free
from the spirit of poverty.
God has given me that power.
But for you to be delivered,
you've got to give.
Giving to God is receiving.
Can somebody shout "Amen"?
[all] Amen!
[upbeat music playing]
You've got to
Give to receive
So put your faith in me
He can provide prosperity
Poverty is a disease
You've got to
Give to receive
So put your faith in me
He can provide prosperity
Poverty is a disease
You've got to
Oh, my God!
You've got to
Give to receive
-[Precious screams]
-So put your faith in me
He can provide prosperity
Poverty is a disease
You've got to
Give to receive
So put your faith in me
He can provide prosperity
Poverty is a disease
You've got to
Give to receive
So put your faith in me
He can provide prosperity
Poverty is a disease
You've got to
Give to receive
So put your faith in me
Let's go. Throw this thing
in the corner there.
Hey.
Can you throw away the trash?
In the container?
Downstairs next to the elevator?
-Gracias. Thank you.
-[girls giggling]
-[glass breaking]
-[man exclaiming]
[Charity laughs]
-[Happy] Is that you?
-[Precious] Yeah.
[camera shutter clicking]
-Do you like it?
-Mm-hmm.
[R&B music playing]
[clock ticking]
-[dog whining]
-This is Tommy.
Tommy, this Charity.
[whimpering]
[whining continues]
[whining]
Oh, yeah.
Good, good, good. Yeah.
[Tommy whines loudly]
Don't stop, please. Don't stop.
[moans] Oh, yeah. Good.
[moans loudly]
[Tommy whining]
Charity.
-Can you do him a favor as well?
-What?
I'll give you 100 euros extra if
you would give the dog his turn.
-Get out!
-[man grunts]
"If thy heart was as strong
as a stone, it would have
been easy to be rigid.
Life is a friend.
Not all is real.
Those real will
someday hurt you,
just as the moon will
one day hurt the sun
and occur as an eclipse.
But at the end,
you'll grow, and maybe not.
If we say the animals
prey on each other,
who are we to trust?
We shall say our creator
is the master of trust,
not our blood nor friends."
-You like it?
-Wow!
-That's really deep.
-Thank you.
-I love it.
-Thank you.
I want to become a writer.
[Precious] Yeah, you should.
You should.
Happy, I had a complaint
from one of your clients.
That you did not cooperate well.
Now, what is it that worry you?
That they're crazy?
I invest so much on
you and your sister.
See, your sister,
she do work fine.
But you. You dare act like
the whole world have
come fall on your head.
Hey, don't play with me, now.
Your life is in my hands.
[mutters]
[Madam] What do you talk?
Nothing, ma'am.
-[Madam]
Repeat what you just talk.
-Nothing, ma'am.
[Madam]
Don't play that game with me.
Go now, leave my office.
Sorry, ma'am.
-Sorry, ma'am.
-Thank you, ma'am.
[kids chattering]
[women giggling]
Hey, thanks!
[instrumental
"Jingle Bells" playing]
How's that smell? [indistinct]
-You like?
-Mm-hmm.
[Happy indistinct]
[Happy chuckles]
[both laughing]
-Okay.
-I'm gonna buy this for you.
-Are you gonna buy this for me?
-Yes.
-Are you for real?
-Yeah, I'm serious.
[cheering, laughing]
[]
Here.
The next time you do this,
you take me with you, okay?
[indistinct]
my own partner in crime.
[both chuckling]
["We Wish You
a Merry Christmas" playing]
["Hail Mary, Full of Grace"
playing]
Hail, Mary
Full of grace
Hail, Mary
Full of grace
Hail, Mary
Full of grace
Our light is with you
Not with us
Mother of God
Pray for us
'Cause we're down
On our bended knees
Mother of God
The Lord is with thee
For we endure all this pain
Full of grace
'Cause it be like, say
Oh, today
We stay inside [indistinct]
Now, so, so, so, so,
[indistinct]
[indistinct]
Oh, yeah
Mama Mary
Mary
Make you pray for us
'Cause we stay inside
This prison, yeah
They capture us
They take our stuff
They insult us
They abuse us
They do us like this
They do us like that, yeah
Won't you save
Save, save, save us
God, you say save the rest
Save the rest
Save the rest of us
Oh, Mary
Make you pray for us
'Cause we [indistinct]
Make you pray for us
'Cause we [indistinct]
Make you pray for us
Make you pray for us
Make you pray for us
'Cause we [indistinct]
[plastic bag rustling]
[Happy humming]
[Happy indistinct]
[Happy humming]
Perfume.
-[Charity] This one...
-[Happy] Heh?
[Happy humming]
Where did you find the money
to buy all these things?
So you like buying things?
You like buying things?
With the money I make?
You steal my money, are you mad?
If you want money,
you work for it.
You're gonna open your legs
and not steal my money.
Beat me, so I won't
be able to work.
I swear to God,
don't try to come back here.
[indistinct]
["Problem Solved" playing]
To let you know
That I need your love
That connection
We can take our time
Have you guys seen Precious?
Pay attention
Hold the line
She's gone.
Ali came to pick her up.
I heard Madam sold her to Italy.
Let me come on over
You won't even notice
I was gone
Is there a problem here?
Let me sum it for you...
She was crying when she
came to pick up her things.
I think Ali had to beat her up.
You won't even notice
I was gone
I need a drink.
-Por favor.
-Gracias.
[footsteps approaching]
-Felix.
-Hey.
-How are you?
-Good.
Hey, for you
Show me all of...
[music stops]
What's your-- what's your name?
Happy, sir.
Uh, I'm-- I'm Dennis.
Help me, sir.
I don't want to do this job.
They abuse me here.
What-- what do you mean?
Please.
Please, I beg you, I beg you.
I can't go to the police.
They'll put me in jail. Please.
Please, I beg you.
[door clicks open]
What are you doing?
[phone ringing]
Hello?
-[auntie] Hello.
-Auntie.
-How are you?
-Ah, we're fine.
How are you?
What's happening there?
They say your sister
doesn't work.
I beg. Help me beg her,
so she's works.
I'll tell her. I'll tell her.
That woman send boys
every day to beat me.
Help me beg your sister.
Hello Auntie.
It's me, Asa. I miss you.
Do your work. You don't work.
That woman send boys.
They beat me in the house.
I beg. Every day
they come. I beg you to work.
Auntie, I don't want to
do this job. I want to go home.
Auntie.
Don't mind her.
It's just laziness.
How's your money now?
How's your money?
I'll try and send the money.
-Goodbye.
-[phone beeps]
You see yourself?
You see what you done cause?
Because of you,
they came to threaten Auntie.
Are you happy now?
Because you don't work here.
What is it you don't understand?
Mind yourself, fool.
Do you like these threats?
Do your work. Don't you get it?
[camera clicking]
There is this client,
who wants
to spend time with you.
The man a gentleman.
I believe you deserve it.
You work well.
And I tell you,
if you continue like this,
you'll go make
a bright future for yourself.
Thank you, ma'am. Thank you.
Anyway, me too.
I did do
some thinking, you know.
I got plan for you.
I want to make you my assistant.
-Ah!
-For my business.
Ah, Madame, thank you.
I promise,
-I will not disappoint you.
-I believe you.
From the first day,
when I set my eyes on you,
-I knew you're a good girl.
-Thank you.
My dear,
I got this dress for you.
Oh! For me?
[indistinct]
[laughing] Ma'am-- go--
ah, my go-go, bless you.
Thank you, ma'am. I appreciate,
this dress is fine.
Another thing.
About your sister.
She's ruining my reputation
and my business.
If she doesn't change,
I plan to get rid of her.
I think I'll send her to Italy.
That place not as comfortable
as here.
Madam, I beg you.
Give me some time,
let me talk to her.
Charity. You talked, I talked.
We see no changes. No
improvement. We can't just talk.
Someone should
give her small beating.
Maybe that will make her change.
She'll improve.
[camera clicking]
[camera clicking]
[Patience]
Good evening, Charity.
[bell dings]
Felicia.
[Felicia] Hmm.
[Patience] You still think
he's gonna call you?
Really?
[loud bangs]
[men shouting]
It's police. Keep quiet.
[woman screaming, sobbing]
[indistinct shouting]
[Felicia] It's the neighbors
from upstairs.
[siren wailing]
["Straat Soldaat" playing]
[phone ringing]
[Felicia] Hello?
[Felix] Hello, Felicia,
how are you?
How are you, Felix?
Good, I want to take you
to Paris on Sunday.
-[laughs] What?
-Paris. Sunday.
Yes. Yes, I want.
Okay. Sunday, then.
And darling...
thank you.
[chuckles]
-Why are you so happy?
-He takes me to Paris.
For a whole week!
I've been dreamin'
'Bout this moment
But I never thought
I'd see the day
That all
Of the certain pain
I've faced
Finally be washed away
I been there
Down and out
Clueless, he lied
I've lost my pride
I've been through
The valley
Of sorrow [indistinct]
Please, love, rescue me
I hope to be
The perfect, perfect, perfect
Perfect woman, yeah
I hope to be
The one you lived for
Oh, I hope that one is me
He who loves me
And wants a future to be
The beauty of loving
And what we can see
Yearning for love
That is legal and free
In true paradise
We can finally be
Is this really not
Just a dream
Check inside I'm scared
To give you all of me
Please don't hurt me
Like the others did
And left me
Here behind in tears
But hold me, please me
And never let go
Show me
That I am not another beau
I'm tired
Of being unhappy, alone
I want you to take me
To have and to hold
I hope to be
I hope to be
The perfect,
perfect, perfect
Perfect, yeah, woman
Hope to be, I hope to be
I hope to be, hope to be
The perfect, hope to be
Hope to be
The perfect woman
[Patience] Thanks, sweetie.
[Charity] Thank you.
[speaking Spanish] Asshole.
[sniffles]
You have to dump this dog Felix.
He's no good for you.
-[glass shatters]
-[Esperanza] Oh, God.
[Happy] He's not worth it.
[Charity]
He's not worth it at all.
[Patience] Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy.
-[chicken clucking]
-[Charity] Catch him, catch him.
Catch him. Catch him. Catch him.
[chicken squawking]
[Charity] It's okay, it's okay.
Two! Two for the price of one.
You know I want
The money on the side
Takin' pictures
When I get into the ride
Yeah, yeah
Get all the pussy on the side
I was over, [indistinct]
The way you move your body
You're the life of the party
Girl, it's so loving
If I had nobody
Get me
[indistinct] something
[singing in Spanish]
[indistinct]
Baby, why you do that
Like I don't know
Enough is enough so
Every day [indistinct]
[indistinct]
Baby, why you do that
Like I don't know
Enough is enough so
Every day [indistinct]
[indistinct]
Baby, why you do that
Like I don't know
Enough is enough so
Every day [indistinct]
[club music playing]
[Charity] What are you doing?
Are you chatting with a man?
Happy,
you're chatting with a man?
After the warning Madam gave us.
Still you chat with a man.
We're not allowed to
have boyfriends. Are you mad?
Why are you being stubborn?
Happy, I beg you.
If this woman catches you,
she can do anything.
I won't be able to help you.
I beg you in the name of God...
I can't do anything...
This man is a common cleaner.
Not even a rich man.
You don't have any sense.
Of all the men
that come here, idiot!
[]
-Hi.
-Hey.
-How are you?
-I'm fine.
Are you sure?
[sniffles]
Hey, I'm gonna help you,
okay? Yeah.
I'm gonna get you
out of here, I promise.
Sir, please, it's painful.
Please don't do that, please.
-Please--
-Shh.
Please, no.
[crying out in pain]
Please don't do that.
Please, please. I beg you.
[man] Come here.
[Charity grunting]
[screaming, groaning]
Please, please, stop.
[crying] Stop. Stop.
Stop, please.
[man moaning]
[Charity whining]
[man moaning]
[Charity sobbing]
[man panting]
[Patience humming]
You need to hurry,
we're running late.
I'm sick. I have the flu.
I can't work or the customers
will get the flu too.
[Charity sighs]
Okay. I'm off.
[footsteps departing]
[door shuts]
[zipper closes]
[]
Charity, where is Happy?
-She's not feeling fine.
-She's not feeling fine?
-Yeah.
-What is wrong with her?
-She's not well.
-She's not well?
-Is that all you can say?
-What do you want me to say?
She's not feeling fine.
I don't do business
like this, eh?
Why don't you give her
something like paracetamol,
or Panadol, or whatever?
So if she infects the clients?
What do you mean that
she's gonna infect the clients?
Madam, it's just one day.
I think I will talk about that
with you later.
[people laughing]
[man strumming guitar,
singing indistinctly]
[train honks]
[dog barking]
Asa, where are you?
If you get this call,
call me back.
Madam...
You don't see Happy?
I haven't seen her
around here for a while.
I guessed.
Madam, I beg you,
if you know where she is,
tell me, I beg.
I never see her since Mon--
I have no idea.
Perhaps with
her fucking shitty boyfriend.
Madam.
I beg in the name of God.
If-- if you know
anything, I beg,
Please, tell me, I beg-- fuck.
-[Charity] Seen her?
-[man] No, no, sorry.
[Charity] Yeah?
You-- sorry, sorry.
Have you seen her? No?
[phone ringing]
Hello?
[car door shuts]
-Charity.
-Have you seen my sister?
-How are you?
-Fine.
Please, have you seen my sister?
Happy is in the hospital.
[gasps] What happened?
She's hurt.
She's okay, but she's hurt.
She's been beaten up.
Hmm.
Please, let's go.
Please, take me to her, please.
Please take me to her.
I think you know who did it, no?
What are you--
what are you talking about?
I know you know who did it.
Come on. Tell me.
Hmm?
Tell me who did it.
Come on, Charity.
Madam Dolores is a criminal.
We have to bring her to justice,
so you need to testify.
Come on, I help you,
you help me.
Gonna help me?
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
All right.
[engine starts]
[machines beeping]
[door creaks open]
[whistling]
[Charity] Thank you.
[singing in foreign language]
[]
[]
[]
[engine rumbling]
[dog barking]
[electric buzzing]
[woman] You want tea?
-Yes.
-No, just-- ah, yeah, for sure.
-Make yourself at home.
-Thank you.
Hi.
-Hey!
-Hello. Hello!
-See, new people.
-[woman 3] Hey, yeah.
[woman]
Guess where they come from.
-Niger.
-Niger.
[woman 3] Hey, there you go.
Pleased to meet you.
-Which state are you from?
-Edo State.
-We Benin.
-Nice to meet you.
So what are
you girls doing here?
[chuckles] My sister.
They brought us here
so that we testify.
About trafficking and our work.
They investigate...
So. [chuckles]
-What are you going to say?
-What we're gonna say?
I'm going to make up a nice
story, what do you expect?
-And then get out of here.
-Exactly. Escape quickly.
And if you talk to
your Madam boys from Niger,
they will finish your family,
kill all of them.
How it works,
is that after the trial,
you get deported straight away.
If they don't need you anymore,
they will put you on a plane.
Let me ask you...
Those policemen waiting
outside, why you think
they're there?
To protect us?
[all laughing]
I knew you would say that.
Where is she going?
What's wrong with her?
[dog barking]
[footsteps approaching]
Let me put your eye drops.
Here?
[Happy sighs]
Move your head.
Oh, sorry. Sorry.
That's-- sorry.
[Happy sighs]
I hope you slept well.
I know the beds
are not always that good,
but you can ask for a new bed.
Have a seat.
I know it's not easy,
but we will help you.
Okay?
I've invited John
to join us this morning.
John is a priest.
That's Happy,
and that's Charity.
He can undo
the voodoo, the juju.
So you don't need
to be afraid anymore.
No, we're not afraid,
we're fine.
Thank you.
Are you sure
you don't want some counseling?
Maybe it's hard for you to talk
about all that happened to you?
No. You don't have to do this.
I can handle
my own business myself.
[Johan] We can give you
the support you need.
She just said no.
[Johan] Do you want Madam
to be punished?
[both]
Sure, we want her punished.
[Johan] Then you both
have to testify.
[both] We'll see
if we both testify.
So we can have a trial!
You mean
you can have your trial!
So that we'll both disappear
in your file?
-Two ladies with a sad smile?
-I can ask for a residence.
-As a reward
for our performance?
-On humanitarian ground.
We will be humanitarian drowned.
We're doing this for you.
We're trying to do good.
-Don't you want that, too?
-No.
You are doing this for you.
That's exactly the whole clue.
Nothing in it for us two,
say, officer, "That's true."
You want
these criminals set free?
At the end of the trial,
where will you be?
At the airport,
at terminal three?
Waving us goodbye,
and let us free.
So that we carry it on,
back to our misery.
I do something for you,
you do something for me.
Think about your testimony.
[both] We will,
officer, we will.
And by the way, my name is Kemi.
And my name is Asa, not Happy.
[train rumbles]
[thudding]
Nobody fucks with me!
Sit, sit, now, pay the--
sit, sit, sit, sit, sit.
-[crashing]
-[screams]
[speaking in Spanish]
[door shuts]
What happened to you?
[Happy] God.
[speaking Spanish]
Fuckin' Madam Dolores.
Who took this?
-[speaking Spanish]
-[Charity] Who do you think?
[Madam] Where are they?
Where is this stupid,
nothing for good,
ungrateful woman?
I want my rent.
Pay me my rent.
Or you leave
this building today.
And you,
what are you doing here?
I don't see what you are doing
with all this low class here.
Charity.
Where the hell
have you been all this while?
Where have you been?
I want you and your sister
to follow me to the office.
I said to the office!
Am I not talking to you?
What the fuck is going on here?
You want to dare me?
Madam Dolores?
Oh, you think you are big now.
You small ungrateful
human being I raised up.
You dog, prostitute.
[Madam groans]
Hey, somebody help me!
Help me, Ali! Ali!
[muffled screaming]
[whimpers]
[Happy] Hey, Dennis.
-Hey. How are you?
-[Happy] Fine.
Come. Roll.
Roll her. Roll her over.
[Dennis] Once again, yeah.
Okay. Yep.
There we go.
[man] There's the human slider.
See, it's slide and a half.
-[man 2] Yeah.
-[man indistinct]
[keys jingling]
[Felicia speaking in Spanish]
Just act-- act normal.
-Get it in the car. Oh, come.
-[Dennis] Yes, let's get it in.
Police. Downstairs.
Come to the roof.
-[officer] Police!
-[officer 2] Freeze!
[officer] On the ground!
On the ground.
-[all yelling]
-[officer] On the ground!
-Come. Let's-- quickly, quickly.
-[Happy] Go, go, go, go, go.
-[Dennis] Go, go.
-[Patience] Yes, yes.
[sirens wailing]
[indistinct shouting]
[police whistle blowing]
[]
[indistinct chatter]
-[Charity] Go for my--
-[Happy] You came.
[Charity] Oh, yeah.
[Charity] Call me.
Don't show it to anybody. Here.
Right.
Take it.
Use it for whatever you want.
Any school, or anything.
Uh-huh?
Follow Dennis.
-I'll call you. Yeah?
-Okay.
Don't forget to take
the drugs for your face, yeah?
I'll call you.
[sighs] Thank you.
It's okay. Good luck.
Okay.
-Take care of her.
-Of course.
Uh-huh.
Go, be safe. I'll call you.
-I'll be in touch.
-Okay.
[drumming]
[overlapping conversations]
[indistinct yelling]
-[Felicia] Oh, my God.
-God, saving me.
[indistinct yelling]
No, no, no, why?
No, you're not taking
them anywhere.
You're not gonna fight 'em back,
what are you gonna do?
[officer] Oh, come on! There!
[shouting]
[drummer] No good, no good.
-What is this?
-It doesn't go.
[Femi screams]
[thudding]
[Charity gasping, sobbing]
[Patience sobbing]
[shouting]
[]
Ah
We are
We are standing here
Black men
Black skin, Black future
We are
We are standing here
Look at us, look at us
We are
We are standing here
Black men
Black skin, Black future
We are
We are standing here
Look at us, look at us
Ah
Look at us, look at us
Look at us, look at us
Oh
Look at us, look at us
Look at us, look at us
Where do we go?
Where to escape?
Blood, blood, blood, blood
I am human, open my veins
Blood, blood, blood, blood
Where do we go?
Where to escape?
Blood, blood, blood, blood
I am human, open my veins
Blood, blood, blood, blood
Deep in the night
Blood from the sky
You let her down
She chose here, no lie
Cousin of mine
Too young to die
Open my eye
And see her on
[rapping in Spanish]
Where do we go?
Where to escape?
Blood, blood, blood, blood
I am human, open my veins
Blood, blood, blood, blood
Where do we go?
Where to escape?
Blood, blood, blood, blood
I am human, open my veins
Blood, blood, blood, blood
[Felicia
and Patience vocalizing]
Who will stand with me? Ah
Let us rise
What's my destiny?
Ah
Where do we go?
Where to escape?
Blood, blood, blood, blood
I am human, open my veins
Blood, blood, blood, blood
Where do we go?
Where to escape?
Blood, blood, blood, blood
I am human, open my veins
Blood, blood, blood, blood
Where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where can we go?
Where to escape?
There's no escape,
there's no escape
Blood, blood, blood, blood
Yeah
[sirens wailing]
[thunder rumbling]
Ooh
It's a new day
I've seen the new day
In this land
It's a new day
I have seen goodness
Divine dove, divine dove
The dove
Which flies up in the sky
Come descend on me
It's a new day
I have seen goodness
It's a new day
I've seen the new day
In this land
It's a new day
I have seen goodness
Divine dove, divine dove
The dove
Which flies up in the sky
Come descend on me
It's a new day
I have seen goodness
Oh, divine dove
Divine dove
Dove, a dove
Which shines from above
Come descend on me
It's a new day
Oh, Lord knows
I've seen goodness
Oh, divine love
Divine love
The dove
Which shines from above
Come descend on me
It's a new day
Lord knows
I've seen goodness
It's a new day
And I have seen goodness
[indistinct lyrics]
It's a new day
And I've seen goodness