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Question about a scene

posted 12 years ago by lynno_94
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Actually, it's not just a scene but a line in it that I didn't get.

At some point in the movie, Maria drives all the workers back at their homes and they're stopped by the child soldiers, and she gets out of the truck and starts asking some Africans how she can get back home.

So one of the African women takes her to some people on motorcycles or something like that and speaks to them. And then, after that, Maria tells that African woman something before bursting into tears.

Can anyone tell me what it is that Maria said to the other woman? There wasn't any subtitle when I watched the movie and I'm worried that what she said is an important line in the story that will help us understand better the plot or her character.

[–] arochom-2 12 years ago

I wondered about that too, but I assumed (since I don't know French too) it wasn't what was said -- but that she just lost control of her nerve. She does a pretty good job at holding it all in until the final scenes of the movie.

[–] harrowe 12 years ago

she said 'i have to get back, my son is there'

[–] henrimaine 12 years ago

She said something about her son: he (the son) is lost without me.

[–] MagicSlim 9 years ago

I feel so alone

[–] churchr-1 9 years ago

She said "can't YOU take me, " speaking to the woman. My impresion is that she knew the young men on the motorcycles would rape her rather than take her home.

[–] Keely 9 years ago

Churchr is right. To the first woman, after telling her where she lived, she said, "My son is there." To the second woman, who led her to the guys on the bikes, she said, "Can't YOU take me?" and then, after collapsing into the woman's arms, she said, "I'm tired." (She didn't say "I feel so alone.")