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The
Death of a Nation
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America, 1780.
73-year old SAYENQUERAGHTA watches,
hidden in a hill, a crowd of
Hotinoshoni women, men and children
who attempt to cross the Susquehanna
River. Frozen cadavers cover its
shores. Sayenqueraghta blames himself
for their fate and takes out one of
his eyes.
Philadelphia, 1776. FRANKLIN,
WASHINGTON, MADISON and JEFFERSON
discuss the role of the Hotinoshoni in
their current fight for independence.
They have got so far the support of
two of the seven Hotinoshoni nations,
thanks mainly to the alliance of
African-Indian-American warrior
AKIATONHARONKWEN. Soon after they
attempt to gain the friendship of
Sayenquenaghta, Akiatonharonkwen,
30-year old Dutch-Native-American
GAIANTWAKE and 24-year old ONEKWA.
They say they will submit their
request to the Council of the League
of Nations.
One year later Sayenqueraghta arrives
to the Onaquaga city, carrying the
cadavers of near two hundred
Hotinoshoni warriors, dead in an
action against General SULLIVAN. He
punishes two warriors who broke their
neutrality, unaware that KANESTIE, a
beautiful Huron woman, is present. She
swears vengeance.
34-year old British-educated Mohawk
warrior THAYENDANEGEA and
Akiatonharonkwen dispute the ownership
of Kanestie. The Council of the League
of Nations gathers in Sayenqueraghta's
longhouse and decide to give Kanestie
to Thayendanegea . They also ask
Sayenqueraghta to share his command
with other leader. Finally, they
decide to support the British.
Akiatonharonkwen reacts angrily and
tries to kill Thayendanegea. He fails
and escapes with the help of JOGUES, a
40-year old Jesuit Priest who keeps a
Catholic congregation in Onaquaga.
Jogues is accused of witchcraft by
42-year old shaman GANIODAYO and tries
to tomahawk him. Gaiantwake,
nonetheless, intervenes and saves him.
Sayenqueraghta gives 14-year old OHEO,
his daughter, to Thayendanegea as his
wife. He ignores that Oheo loves
17-year old poet and singer ISAAC, who
happens to be Thayendanegea's son. At
the same time Kanestie fells in love
with JEREMIAS, an African-American
servant of Thayendanegea. The Council
chooses Gaiantwake as their second
commander. Soon after an assassin
tries to murder ISI, his 34-year old
wife and TECUMSEH, his 17-year old
son. That very day Jeremias saves
Sayenqueraghta of an attack by another
assassin.
Soon after, prompted by General
Burgoyne, they attack Fort Stanwix and
achieve a resonant victory. At the
same time Oheo and Isaac get married
in secret.
In France, Franklin takes advantage of
Washington's victory at Saratoga to
get Frances's official recognition of
America as a new nation. Washington,
who has just lost about three thousand
men at Valley Forge, prepares a
decisive attack against the
Hotinoshoni. CALDWELL, a British
commander, persuades the Hotinoshoni,
nonetheless, to go on battling the
Continental Army. That night Kanestie
tells Thayendanegea of Isaac's and
Oheo's wedding. Thayendanegea kills
his son.
Days later the Hotinoshoni attack and
defeat the colonists at Wyoming. A
series of massacres ensue the combat:
Isi and Tecumseh are scalped, and many
colonists are tomahawked. Washington
commissions General Sullivan to
destroy completely the crops and
granaries of the Hotinoshoni. Sullivan
scorches the nation, killing thousands
of Hotinoshon women and children.
Accused of sorcery once more, Jogues
is tomahawked.
The Hotinoshoni flee crossing the
Finger Lakes. While escaping, Kanestie
is accused of denouncing Isaac to his
father. Jeremias defends her killing
two Hotinoshoni. Kanestie and Jeremias
make their way out, killing
Sayenqueraghta's wife, ONIATARIO. They
fall in the hands of Sullivan, who
sells Jeremias as a slave. He attempts
to rape Kanestie, but she opposes him
and tries to kill him. He murders her.
Sayenqueraghta gives orders to fight
the Continental Army in an open
ground. They are defeated in the
battle of Newton. Sayenqueraghta is
removed from his post. He prompts then
the massacre of Cherry Valley, where
thirty Colonists, most of them women
and children, are scalped. As a result
he is exiled from the Hotinoshoni.
Most of the Hotinoshoni die on their
way to Niagara fort. They cross the
Susquehanna River just on time before
the arrival of Sullivan troops. They
meet Sayenqueraghta, who, consumed by
remorse, has taken out one of his
eyes. Sullivan shoots him.
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Hamlet Unbound
(2012)
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Hamlet Elsinor has died, leaving his
assets to Hamlet, his Colombian-born
adopted son. Hamlet meets his father's
ghost in a cemetery, where he learns
that Claudius, his uncle, murdered his
father in order to marry Gertrude,
Hamlet’s mother. Hamlet, who has
fallen in love with Ophelia -his
psychologist, turns ill-mannered as he
discovers her pregnancy. He suspects
that Polonius, her father, has
encouraged her to keep the baby in
order to force him to marry her.
Hamlet becomes distracted, as he
spends his time producing a
short-film.
Hamlet screens his film to his family
and friends. Claudius gets
particularly offended, as Hamlet's
short film alludes to him and
Gertrude. He hires then two of
Hamlet's ex-lovers -Rosencrantz and
Guilderstern, in order to find out the
cause of Hamlet's resentment.
Meantime, Polonius decides to
intervene, just to be brutally
murdered by Hamlet. Ophelia loses her
mind soon after. Hamlet is then sent
to Colombia, escorted by his
ex-lovers, who are secretly ordered to
execute Hamlet in order to impart
'justice'.
Hamlet, however, manages to get rid of
her bodyguards. Back in Philadelphia,
Hamlet learns of Ophelia's madness and
suicide, though there are rumours that
she has been strangled by Laertes.
Soon after, in a tennis court,
Hamlet's tragic fate unfolds...
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Dreamer |
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19-year-old Lucrecia
experiences prophetic dreams in
16th-century, Madrid (Spain.) Three
men approach her during the night to
warn her about a pest that will
decimate the population of Madrid.
As her dreams come true, Lucrecia is
called to the court of Phillip the
Second, «The Black King.»
Francisco Téllez, the royal
confessor, intends to control the
growing influence of Lucrecia over the
crowds of Madrid.
In a reckless impulse Lucrecia warns
the Spanish court of the dim
consequences of a war against England.
She falls in disgrace.
She joins then the secret dissident
faction of Héctor Mendoza.
There she meets Diego de Quiroga, with
who she starts a love affair that
challenges her followers belief that
her prophetic gifts are enhanced by
her virginity.
Lucrecia's dreams, which are secretly
published, prophesize the fall
of Phillip the Second and the raise of
a new Christian Kingdom, with one
single Popess and one single queen:
Lucrecia herself.
After de wreck of the Spanish Navy
before the English shores, a
conspiracy against the King is
orchestrated by Héctor Mendoza.
Lucrecia realizes too late that
Mendoza intends to murder the entire
Royal family. As she opposes his plan
with remorse, Lucrecia is confined in
a remote farm. Diego frees her days
later. Lucrecia reveals the conspiracy
to Francisco, who dies in a frenetic
attempt to save his King. Being
pregnant, Lucrecia is prosecuted by
the Inquisition. Under torture she
confesses to have committed lechery
with the Demon. She is lashed and
banished from Madrid. After several
years of poverty, she migrates to
South America, where she marries Diego
de Quiroga.
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Amongst
all the forms of lies, prophesy is
the most enjoyable, wrote
Carlyle. All human beings are
interested in metaphysics, but given
our epistemological limitations, we
are fallible to be fascinated, mislead
or enlightened by the dubious sciences
of foretelling and prophesy.
The Prophetess is a screenplay about
knowledge and superstition. I must
confess, though, that as a screenwriter
I have been more interested in the
psychology of prophesy, rather than in
the prophesies per se.
Sigmund Freud died in the belief that
after psychoanalysis people would not be
able to interpret dreams as oracles.
Nevertheless, such a belief denied the
question on dreams' raison d'être.
In other words, we cannot dismiss the
question on the existence of dreams by
merely pondering how they might be
triggered, in the same way that we
cannot dismiss the question on the
existence of the universe by giving a
fallible account of how it was created,
or on the complexity of a particular
man's existence by explaining his social
environment, his biology and his
psychology. Lucrecia de Leon, a humble
maiden who became the unofficial seer of
Spain for several years, was able to
display the metaphysical nature of
dreams in 16th-century Spain. |
| The Medium |
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Angola,
1959. Gagliostro exits a bar after
winning a hand of poker. He walks across
a cemetery. Two pairs of hands play the
Ouija. Gagliostro catches sight of the
back of a blonde walking away. She looks
briefly at him. He follows her. They
arrive to a bridge--bordered by an
abysm. Gagliostro touches the shoulder
of the woman. She turns around: the face
of a skull. Gagliostro staggers and
falls from the bridge.
Antonia, a 31-year old medium grasps the
Ouija and falls onto the floor as she
suffers a convulsion. A group of men and
women, amongst them Raimundo, a cold
flabby15-year old lad, look at her. With
a trembling voice Antonia announces that
the Demon of Lust has murdered
Gagliostro. She looks at Raimundo, who
smiles with scorn. She faces him in
horror. «You are praying to
them!» Antonia screams in fear.
She runs away from the house. Pushed by
invisible hands she slips and falls from
the bridge—her semi naked corpse lying
on the mud besides Gagliostro’s.
Oporto, Portugal, 1998. 55-year Raimundo
drives a BMW. He arrives to the main see
of the Community Bank, where he works as
the local Director. Assisted by his PA,
25-year old blonde baby-face Gerardo,
Raimundo interviews Bolivian-born
emigrant Sandro Cabargas for an
accountant position, asking him whether
he will be totally dependent of his job.
Sandro answers that he doesn't have the
right documents to work in the EU.
Raimundo hires him. As soon as Sandro
starts working Raimundo asks him whether
he would like to earn some extra money.
Sandro accepts. He is asked, then, to
sign several legal documents in
Portuguese, and to hand out a picture of
himself to Raimundo.
Sandro meets Italian accountant Dalila,
with whom he had had a romance two years
ago in Rome. After their first date they
decide to get married.
Sandro announces his engagement to his
co-workers. Antonia—one of them, reads
Sandro's hands. She tells him that he
will get marry twice in his life. Sandro
dismisses her claims with sarcasm.
Suddenly, Sandro gets involved in a
power crisis within the Bank. There is a
dispute between Monsignor Alba―the
Vice-President of the Bank, and
Raimundo. At first, Sandro sides with
Raimundo―he sincerely believes in his
innocence. But when he the Union
denounces the illicit dealings of
Raimundo, Sandro decides to confront
him. He enters his office, where he
discovers Raimundo engaged in sex with
7-month pregnant Paloma, daughter of his
secretary. Raimundo insults Sandro for
having entering into his office without
permission. Raimundo's secretary’s
daughter leaves the place. Then Sandro
asks him about the laundering affair.
Raimundo calms down. He promises Sandro
to give him a wonderful bonus for the
incoming year. Sandro rejects his
proposal. Raimundo reminds him that
Portuguese-illiterate Sandro has signed
a document that compromises him in a
money-laundering operation. Sandro says
he gives a damn if he goes to prison as
long as Raimundo goes with him. Raimundo
eases the situation by promising Sandro
to deliven himself to justice.
Things start to go wrong with Sandro's
life. He loses his savings in a
mysterious online scam. A car almost
hits him on the street. He is mugged and
badly beaten. Simultaneously he starts
finding strange objects in her
apartment—bones, hairs, and so on.
Advised by Dalila, Sandro goes to see
Monsignor Alba in private. Alba reveals
to Sandro Raimundo's uncanny past: a
series of deaths that have placed him
into power. Alba informs him that the
Bank has initiated a process against
Raimundo for laundering money. Alba asks
Sandro whether he is a spy at the
service of Raimundo. Raimundo leaves the
room with a humiliated countenance. At
the same time Dalila discovers that
Raimundo has taken a large amount of
money from the bank by forging he
signature of Sandro.
At night Dalila visits Raimundo and
confronts him. Raimundo replies
sarcastically that that was a ‘loan’ and
that soon he will return the money to
the Bank. He also threatens to take
revenge: «I have many powerful
friends in Hell». Dalila leaves.
Raimundo phones
Gerardo and asks him to bring newly born
Paloma's baby to a derelict church.
Dalila calls Sandro and asks him to come
back home immediately. Sandro meets
Gerardo as he exits the bank. Gerardo
asks him to finish a job for him.
«My mother is sick. She may die
this week», Gerard argues,
«I must go to get my flight
tickets to LA». Sandro accepts to
replace him at the bank until midnight.
Gerard goes to a hospital then, where a
somber nurse delivers him a newly born
baby. In the adjacent room a doctor says
to Paloma that her son have died. She
screams saying they are all liars. In
the meantime Dalila writes a letter to
the Board of the Bank in which she
denounces Raimundo.
Raimundo meets Gerardo and the baby in
front of the derelict church. Raimundo
officiates a black mass—in which the
baby is slay over the pictures of
Dalila, Sandro and Bishop Alba.
Dalila sudenly chokes in her own saliva.
At the same time Bishop Alba suffers a
heart attack. Sandro looses the control
of his car and crashes it against a
post. Nonetheless, Sandro miraculously
survives. When he gets out of his car he
faces the serene eyes of a statue of the
Virgen and baby Jesus. He kneels down
before her and cries.
During the burial of Dalila he meets
Antonia, who asks him about his future.
He says he’ll be back to Italy. Antonia
gives him an image of Our Lady of
Fatima: «Pray to her. She will
protect you day and night».
That night, on dreams, Dalila appears
happy, clothed in light. She asks him to
remain in Oporto.
Sandro contacts Antonia and asks her
about the meaning of her dream. Antonia
reveals him the truth; she is the
daughter of the medium Gerardo drove to
death many years ago. As her mother,
Antonia is a medium, but her principles
do not allow her to take revenge on
Gerardo. She contacts the spirit of
Dalila. «He has buried you
alive», Antonia says after a
while. She brings him then to Father
Maurice, an aged French priest.
Father Mauricio immediately starts an
exorcism. The furious voice of the demon
who hates babies insults Sandro and
father Maurice. He tortures Sandro by
revealing his most secret sexual
encounters. After a tenacious struggle,
the demons are defeated by the
intercession of Saint Euphrasia. Sandro
vomits a serpent, several insects and a
mouse. The floor opens up burping the
picture of Sandro covered by fresh blood
and maggots.
Raimundo, exiting a bar with Gerardo, is
suddenly attacked by a pack of dogs.
«We have been humiliated by
you», screams a mad beggar to him,
«Nobody plays with us».
Raimundo’s body is torn apart by the
dogs. Gerard runs away in horror, but he
suffers a car accident and enters in
coma.
Next day Sandro meets Antonia. He tells
her that she was right about his second
wedding. He has decided to spouse the
Church—as a monk.
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| Suicidal
Wedding |
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34-year-old
writer and ex-private detective Ricardo
Saint-André and his wife,
25-year-old Gabrielle come to Cheshire
to celebrate the wedding of Tracy
Baltimore, daughter of their old friend,
tycoon Mr. Baltimore.
They maintain a close relationship
with Sara Baltimore, the youngest
daughter of Mr. Baltimore. Sara
introduces them to her boyfriend, Mr.
Sousa, a famous Brazilian football
player, whom Mr. Baltimore and his
second wife, Petra Schreiber, dislike.
They are introduced to the groom, Sir
Weyden, an eccentric playboy who has
already gone through four marriages.
Chatting with Alfred-a dentistry
student, Rachel-a Key Property employee
and Mr. Lawn-a Bed & Breakfast
manager, Ricardo and Gabrielle are
informed of the last events in town.
Doctor Knox, a famous dentist, has been
accused of murdering hundreds of
patients for several years. Hours later
the party is interrupted by a colliding
sound. In the front yard, Mr. Sousa's
Mercedes has crashed into a wall. Sara
Baltimore's body hangs from a tree
nearby. Ricardo discovers a note signed
by her in her hand. Three words are
written on it: "Don't blame anyone."
After Sara's funeral, Ricardo
expresses to Mr. Baltimore his belief
that Sara didn't commit suicide. He
wants to investigate her death. To his
surprise, Mr. Baltimore hesitates.
Ricardo insists and Mr. Baltimore offers
him full support.
Ricardo and Gabrielle work closely
with Scotland Yard inspector F. Zayed,
who informs them about the private life
of the party guests. He tells them Sara
Baltimore underwent a miscarriage after
an intruder surprised her and beat her
at Sousa's house. They visit Old
Trafford stadium and talk to Mr. Bogle,
a player of the local football club, and
the closest friend of Mr. Sousa. He
informs them that Sara had continuous
arguments with her father. Mr. Baltimore
wanted to sign a contract to exploit
South-American oil fields. Sara,
influenced by her boyfriend, wanted to
be sure that such contract was for the
benefit of the local communities, rather
than for the mere benefit of few South
American politicians.
Gabrielle gets notice of the
mysterious vanishing of Monsieur Dupin,
a businessman who lived in Mrs. Lawn's
Bed & Breakfast. They visit, then,
an International Consultant Company,
where Dupin used to work. They interview
Mr. Perry, the manager-a Mr. Lancaster's
employee who bears a deformed face. Mr.
Perry doesn't know Dupin's whereabouts.
Ricardo is interested, nonetheless, in
the character of Mr. Perry, who hates
human beings and picks up strays. His
former wife, Rachel, abandoned him for
his best friend, Doctor Knox. Ricardo
discovers in his office several editions
of R. L Stevenson's "New Arabian
Nights."
Meanwhile Gabrielle visits Tracy
at a Tennis Club, where she plays with
Alfred. Tracy excuses for being absent
at her sister's funeral. Alfred flirts
with Gabrielle and invites her to a
date.
Sir Weyden meets Ricardo several
times and prevents him to go on with his
investigation. Ricardo, in response,
irritates him even more with remarks
about his previous marriages. Tracy
supports their investigation,
nonetheless, and drives Gabrielle's
suspicions on Petra, her gold-digger
stepmother.
Ricardo and Gabrielle visit
Rachel's Key Property Agency. They want
to hire an apartment. They also ask her
about the Baltimore family, for whom
Rachel worked as a baby sitter several
years ago. Rachel answers them with
reluctance. She thinks Sara really
committed suicide and accuses Ricardo
and Gabrielle of creating Havoc in their
small community. Gabrielle reminds her
of her 1974 trip to Egypt with the
Baltimore family and asks her whether
she remembers any extraordinary event.
She asserts that nothing happened at
all.
In their way to their hotel,
Gabrielle tells Ricardo that something
extraordinary happened in that trip.
4-year-old Sara fell from a boat into
the Nile River waters and was rescued by
Mr. Perry and Doctor Knox. Mr. Perry,
nonetheless, was badly injured-his face
got disfigured and Rachel left him
shortly afterwards.
Ricardo visits Mr. Sousa at the
hospital. Mr. Sousa explains him how he
hit his car against the wall. He had an
argument with Sara about their future
plans-Sara wanted to go to study in the
US, but Sousa wanted to continue his
Football career in Europe. He left Sara
at the party, went to a pub for fifteen
minutes and, haunted by remorse,
returned to the party. To his arrival he
saw Saran kicking the air. He got
distressed and pressed the accelerator
against his own wish. Based on his
testimony, Ricardo persuades Zayed that
Sara didn't commit suicide.
Gabrielle goes out with Alfred. She
finds out Alfred proposed Sara to marry
him, several months ago, but was bluntly
rejected. Ricardo, meanwhile, goes to
dine with Mr. Baltimore and Petra. They
both seem irritated by Ricardo's belief
that Sara was murdered.
Ricardo questions Mr. Baltimore about
his personal relationship with his
daughter. Mr. Baltimore abandons the
dinning room visibly upset. Petra,
showing better understanding, is ready
to answer to his questions. Ricardo asks
her about Eleutheria. Petra is shocked,
but still she answers him. Eleutheria is
a pro-choice local organisation that
believes the world is overpopulated, and
animals, rather than children, should be
protected.
Zayed informs Ricardo and Gabrielle he
has found Mr. Dupin, dead, in a Salford
Hotel. His real name was Doctor
Philippe, whom Ricardo recognises as a
conspicuous French abortion doctor.
Ricardo finds a playing card close to
his body-the ace of diamonds. He relates
the card to the book of R. L. Stevenson.
Ricardo and Gabrielle visit Eleutheria's
headquarters: a Victorian mansion on the
outskirts of Manchester. Gabrielle
enters by the main door. She is received
by a group of men and women, Rachel,
Perry and Petra amongst them. Gabrielle
pretends she is pregnant. They treat her
with compassion.
Meanwhile, Ricardo sneaks into the
second floor. He searches several filing
cabinets, until he discovers a piece of
paper, where several people wrote and
signed "Don't blame anyone." He hears
steps approaching and discovers Perry.
Ricardo follows him and enters to an
immense abortion room, where hundreds of
foetuses lie in glass bottles.
Ricardo takes out a gun and
surprises Perry. He asks Perry about the
murder of Doctor Philippe. Perry
confesses that Philippe used to perform
illegal abortions for Eleutheria, until
someone caught him selling children's
organs to pharmaceutical companies from
the continent. Eleutheria sentenced him
to death. The executor was chosen in
secret, through a card game inspired by
R.L. Stevenson's short story "The
Suicide Club." Next morning Ricardo
visits Mrs. Lawn while Gabrielle
interviews Sir Weyden. They both have an
alibi. In the afternoon Ricardo solves
the mystery and asks Zayed to protect
Doctor Knox. Too late. Knox has
"committed suicide" in jail.
Next day Gabrielle, Ricardo and
Zayed attend a community reception
organised to celebrate Mr. Sousa's
return to the football playground.
Ricardo interrupts the celebration to
explain the murder of Sara Baltimore...
After solving this case, Ricardo and
Gabrielle decide to open a Detective
office in Manchester. |
| Al
Qaeda's Wedding Room |
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22-year
old
FATIMAH
studies
in
Manchester, where PROFESSOR JOYO
proposes her. He harasses her assuring
her he will pass her without having to
present her final test. Fatima rejects
him first. However, Fatimah's friends,
21-year old ANNIE and 22-year old SEAN,
snatch her sheet during the test. P.
Joyo discovers her and Fatimah decides
to marry him for her grade's sake.
Back home 65-year old MAHMET, her
stepfather, reminds her that unless she
marries him she won't get her Mum's
inheritance. YASMIN, Mahmet’s
secret lover, and 60-year old SALIM,
Yasmin’s husband, then visit them.
Salim, who already filtered with
Fatimah, proposes her. He assures
her he will divorce Yasmin on account of
her infidelities and of her recent
dealings with Al Qaeda.
Fatimah visits P. Joyo and discovers him
partying with Sean, Annie and two blonde
girls. She is upset and rejects his
wedding proposal. She goes then to
Salim and accepts his proposal. She
seals her commitment by giving a medal
to Salim. Salim lifts Fatimah, suffers a
heart attack and gets into coma.
Soon after, Yasmin and Mahmet contact
Annie and Sean, who wish to work for Al
Qaeda, and order them to bring two bags
in the US. P. Joyo comes then after
Salim, who has just come back from Coma.
They fight and P. Joyo gets the worst
part, falling from a second floor onto
Mahmet, who instantly dies. Yasmin
seduces then P. Joyo, and sends him to
the US with an Al Qaeda suitcase.
Two weeks later Fatimah, who studies
Opera in Philadelphia, goes with 22-year
old DIANE to an audition. Yasmin and
65-year old IMAN OSAMA wait for her. I.
Osama has planned to marry Fatimah to a
Muslim, and then to use them both to die
as martyrs while bombing City Hall.
Yasmin asks Fatimah whether she wants to
be the singer of a jazz group conformed
by 30-year old TERRY, 35-year old MARTIN
and 40-year old STEVE. As she hesitates,
Yasmin manages to dismiss Diane. Being
brought home by Terry, she discovers on
his neck the medal she gave to Salim
before. Asked about it, Terry says he
got it from a pole dancer. He invites
Fatimah her for a date. She accepts.
Annie and Sean arrive then to the US,
where they are arrested after customs
find cocaine in their luggage. In the
meantime P. Joyo smuggles the Al Qaeda
suitcase with the help of I. Osama.
55-year old INSPECTOR MACULAY induces
Annie to speak. She blames Fatimah and
betrays Sean, who goes into prison.
Annie gets free and goes straight to
Hawaii.
P. Joyo is obliged then to deliver a
load of cocaine to the Cancino family,
and to switch it in return for a
suitcase full of money. Having
succeeded, Virginia takes P. Joyo to a
hotel. I. Omar takes then P. Joyo's
clothes, wears them on and manages to
murder 45-year old SEPULVEDA, a gangster
from the Cancino family. P. Joyo is
wanted then as the main suspect.
Fatimah's date with Terry goes badly, as
he brings her to a dangerous place and
proposes her. Still Terry manages to
save her life from an apparent robber's
attack (the robbers are in fact Martin
and Steve) and Fatimah, who by then has
a liberal view on polygamy, accepts to
marry him.
90-year old MRS. CANCINO sets the escape
of Sean from prison. Sean is asked to
provide then for Fatimah's address. The
Cancino family plans to revenge the
killing of Sepulveda. They first find P.
Joyo, who is saved by a robust NURSE.
Salim agrees with Fatimah's plan to
marry two men. Diane, however, opposes
to the idea, introducing Martin to
Fatimah as a double agent and then
revealing her true identity as an FBI
agent. At that very moment I. Maculay
launches an assault on the house of
Fatimah and gets everybody arrested,
including the Cancino family.
While questioning Martin, I. Macaulay is
informed he has made a mistake by
torturing a double FBI agent. I.
Macaulay is demoted.
The wedding day arrives and Samantha and
Terry step into the upper floor of City
Halls' main tower. There they are thrown
out from a window by Imam Osama, who
runs then and tries to escape with
Virginia. They are however captured by
the common effort of the FBI, the local
police and the Cancino family.
Samantha, who has survived for the
moment, hangs from the tower of City
Hall. Terry hangs from her dress. P.
Joyo tries to save her, but is drawn by
the weight. They are saved nonetheless
by the Nurse, who after hearing that P.
Joyo wants to marry her, takes everybody
up to safety. Terry deactivates then the
explosive by accident.
Samantha marries Salim and Diane marries
Martin.
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Samuel Field is a
55-year old Colombian-American,
veteran of the Vietnam War, who lives
in Philadelphia, PA. He shares his
life with Beatriz, his mother, who
snaps at him continuously for having
brought her to the US from her native
country.
Samuel gets a
visit from Tom, a mysterious man, who
proposes him to do a «fine
work»: to kill Don Adriano, a
gangster of the Puerto-Rican area of
the city. Samuel will get money as
retribution. But Field is not
interested in doing dirty work
anymore. He wants to comeback to the
battlefield. Tom promises that if he
does the killing he will do his best
to help him.
As Samuel
plans the killing of Don Adriano he
meets Mrs. Monica Tailor, a widow who
falsifies documents. Samuel invites
her to a date. As he gets ready to go
out, his mother nags at him. She is
afraid Samuel will forsake her.
Beatriz beats him as he leaves the
house. That night, Samuel sleeps with
Monica.
As Monica gets
acquainted with Samuel, she discovers
his past. Patricio, Samuel’s father,
committed suicide when he was 6-year
old. Samuel, then, went to a seminary,
where he was raped by a priest. The
priest died in an accident days later.
Encouraged by his
mother, Samuel decided to learn
English and to immigrate to the US. He
did so, working as a pizza deliverer
for three years. During the Vietnam
War he was sized by the emigration
authorities, who asked him to choose
between deportation or enlistment. He
accepted to go to Vietnam for a
resident card.
Mrs. Tailor is
surprised his country can offer a
citizenship in such a way. She wants
to write to some journals about it.
Samuel asks her to shut up. Certain
morning they both go to a n amusing
park. A man tries to step over in the
row and Samuel beats him with
incredible violence. Mrs. Tailor flees
in horror.
Samuel goes
to her house, but she rejects her.
Back to her house her mother tells him
off, asking him to do something with
his life. She tells him she was
expecting a good son, but instead she
got a killer. Samuel leaves her and
goes to a bar, where he has sex with a
prostitute. He comes back to his house
and sleeps on the door hallway, but
her mother appears with a belt and
whips him. He cries like a child.
Samuel wakes up
and wears policeman clothing. He takes
a taxi to West Philly and gets out on
Chesnut Street with 43rd. He enters to
a park, where several dogs run
unlashed. A car approaches. An old man
goes out with two bodyguards and a
dog. While the dog pisses, Samuel
greets the bodyguards. They smile at
him without suspicion. Samuel takes
out his gun and kills the three men.
He runs outside. On the path the dog
bites him furiously on his arm and his
leg. He finally kills the dog. People
come around. Samuel enters into the
gangster’s car and flees.
He arrives to his
house, where his mother asks him why
is he bleeding. He meets Mrs. Tailor
as well. They reconcile each other. A
police siren sounds loudly. Beatriz
screams that Mrs. Tailor has betrayed
them. Samuel strangles Mrs. Tailor on
the spot, encouraged by his mother.
The police car goes away.
Samuel,
recognizing the innocence of his
lover, mumbles against his mother. She
demands respect. Her demands become
cries of pity as Samuel beats
her—amongst flash backs of her beating
him when he was a lad. He strangles
Beatriz and shoves her cadaver in the
oven, which he heats to the highest
temperature.
Quiet at his home
Samuel cries the whole night. In the
morning he takes out the black pieces
of his mother’s cadaver. He goes to
his bedroom and loads his body with
several weapons. He goes to a
fast-food restaurant, where he sees
people laughing. He shoots his weapon.
Fade out.
The police recover
Samuel’s cadaver. A TV journalist
announces 26 people where slaughtered
by Samuel Field, a veteran of the
Vietnam War. Apparently Samuel
committed suicide when the police
surrounded him.
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