The Last Supper (1976 film)

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This is for you. This isn't just any day. It's special. Written in the Book of God. On a day like this Christ called in his friends his disciples, who were his slaves to depart from them. He was going to die. My master can't die! He's good! I'm talking of Christ. He went to heaven. His father called Him. Somebody had to be sacrificed for mankind. A lamb to take God's punishment in silence. To pay for all the evil of men. Eat now. Eat and drink. Master... ...you gonna send me back to those dirty slaves? What's wrong? I'm not from here. I'm from the Count's house. Why you here? To fix up the Count's room. Overseer's angry. He says I don't work. I say my work's finished. He asks me where I go. I say to Church to thank Christ... ...for the good master I have. And then? He sent me to cut cane! Don't cry any more. I'll take you back to the house. I'll fix it up. Thank you! My master's good. What are you doing? To the master's right, eh? There was no other empty seat. What are you? Lucumi. Your name? Bangoche, name of king. A king's name, yet you're a slave. Kings win or lose wars. You lost. I was sold in Guinea. I came in a ship, but not like everybody eIse. Captain was my friend. As king I used to sell him plenty slaves. -How much they sell you for? -Plenty money. On the ship I was the only one with no chains. I could go anywhere. I even ate at the captain's table. The master and the captain are alike. Which do you prefer Africa or the mill? I'm a slave. -Where you work? -At the mill. -With Don Gaspar? -Yes. He beat you? Gaspar isn't Manuel. He taIk much with the slaves? Not any. He just says: ''More fire! More fire!'' Bring him here! I want him near. Let's see now. Sit down. You see where pride has taken you? You're stubborn, you don't learn. When you get an order, be quiet and obey. You're stupid, so the overseer gets mad. He'll catch you if you run away... ...and punish you hard so you won't do it again. Drink. This will make you feel better. Sebastian... ...who am I? Come on, answer. Who am I? Answer me' come on! In the name of God who am I? -I'll look for the overseer. -No' don't. One day... ...Christ humbled himself before his discipIes... ...so a master can humble himself to his slaves. Come on... ...drink! Drink! More wine! Drink some. I've washed all. Perhaps some haven't been cIeaned compIeteIy. What can I do? Some of you are good very good but others are traitors' bad. Traitors like Judas who sold his master... ...for 30 coins' the price of a master then. Judas thought he was deceiving... ...his master' but Christ knew... ...who the traitor was. He knew He wouId carry the heavy cross' that the evil wouId spit in His face' and beat Him! He was stoned... ...and crowned with thorns. He drank vinegar and gall. He knew it' but He couIdn't prevent it. He accepted His fate. Come on! Before He died' He called in... ...His disciples' His saints. He gave them to eat and to drink' and said' ''This is My body... ...and this is My bIood''. -Did they eat? -Of course! They ate Christ? -No' the wine and the bread. -Master. Carabali men eat people. I thought... Master' that's what... ...the Carabalis are like. Understand well that the friends of Christ... ...did not eat Him. I don't understand. Do they or don't they eat? They eat... See' Christ wouIdn't tell a lie. You don't understand me. Sit down here. Be patient. The disciples didn't understand our Lord' either. It took time. When they saw Him suffering' then they understood. Come on' now' eat and drink. -You know something? -What master? I feeI good here' with my slaves. Who're you? I'm from the mill' Encarnacion's son. Your father? Encarnacion say she don't remember. You happy? In the milI' yes' not in the barracks. Why don't you like it? It's too big. I like huts. The barracks is all cIosed in' no air. ManueI shuts the door early' Everything gets quiet' not even the dogs bark. At Ieast you can sIeep. When I come here... ...the dogs and crickets keep me awake. A hut is better. But there must be some good things in the mill. What do you like? Freedom! Yes master Holidays... ...food... ...cock fights... ...and ''ndoko''. What? Cock over the hen. The sIave is cursed by God' born to suffer. When you see a bIack laugh' ask him' ''Who's crying?'' If a sIave's singing. Brymba is crying... In Africa bIack man hungry for many days' his whoIe family hungry. One father' good father' had nothing to feed his family. He called his best son' the one he Ioved the most' and said' ''Tomorrow we wilI get food''. EarIy... Morning a star' we traveI far. The father feIt like crying. He waIked and cried' and when he came to the sand... ...and water... The beach! The son asked the father' ''Why you waIk and cry?'' The father said... ...he cried because he soId the son for food' and the son waIked and cried. When they got to the pIace of business' the son spoke first... ...and soId his father. Then he bought food for the family. But the story's not finished yet! When the family saw the son... ...and not the father... ...they asked: ''Where's your father?'' He answered: ''He's the food''. For selling his father' the family took him... ...to the authorities. The son was tried and soId to a white man. So the family ate twice. Morning star! The bIacks are crying don't know why. OnIy a bIack sIave knows. You don't know why. Master! -Yes? -A favor' pIease. -Favor? -Yes. -How much it cost? -Not much. Pascual's an old man who's going to die soon. He can't work... ...to buy his freedom from Master. -One of them' eh? -Yes. He wants to buy freedom. How much time you got Ieft? A littIe. How much is ''a little''? I counted and counted and counted... ...onIy a year left. You're free. Thank you' Master! Things are Iooking good now. Things are Iooking good now. PascuaI' sit down here. How do you feeI? Happy? Yes' Master. -What'll you do now? -Don't know. He's got his freedom and doesn't know what to do. -I'm old. -Will you stay at the mill? Do you like the mill? -No. -Then why stay? No pIace to go. You can go back to Africa. -You're free. -No pIace to go. You're not happy' then. See what I mean? Freedom can't bring you happiness. You know why? True happiness is something eIse' not just being free. I'll tell you a story. You know of St. Francis? Yes' the saint who's in the Church. OruIa! A Iong time ago' St. Francis and his discipIe' Brother Leon' went on a Iong trip... ...it was the middle of winter and very coId. Not like here' but a real cold winter... ...with ice and snow. As they were waIking and waIking' like you say St. Francis said to Brother Leon' ''Brother' if you couId heaI the blind' the deaf and the Iame' and raise men from the dead' even this would not be perfect happiness''. They went on. Later St. Francis called him again: ''Brother... ...if you knew all languages and sciences... ...and couId read the future... ...and the secrets of men's souls... ...even this would not be perfect happiness''. They went on. Later St. Francis called him again: ''If you knew the Ianguage of the angels' and the course of the stars' the secrets of herbs' the treasures of the earth' the secrets of birds' fish' beasts and men'