1 00:00:43,243 --> 00:00:46,372 [Tropical birds chirp] 2 00:01:21,908 --> 00:01:27,130 ♪♪[Gentle piano & acoustic guitar melody] ♪♪ 3 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,849 [Footsteps crunch] 4 00:01:58,987 --> 00:02:02,116 ♪♪ [Pleasant woodwind melody] ♪♪ 5 00:02:22,136 --> 00:02:24,309 [Quiet conversation] 6 00:02:45,326 --> 00:02:49,081 ♪♪ [Traditional Bougainville vocal] ♪♪ 7 00:02:51,999 --> 00:02:55,845 GIRL: When I was young, my mother wove me a sleeping mat. 8 00:02:55,961 --> 00:02:59,090 She said that if I got lost in a bad dream, 9 00:02:59,215 --> 00:03:03,891 all I needed to do was roll over and feel the very seam. 10 00:03:04,011 --> 00:03:07,311 That seam was the current that would carry me home. 11 00:03:08,849 --> 00:03:11,318 But what if home was a bad dream? 12 00:03:11,435 --> 00:03:15,110 [Tropical birds twitter] 13 00:03:15,231 --> 00:03:19,031 Our teachers told us that the place we lived was called Bougainville, 14 00:03:19,151 --> 00:03:21,745 part of a small group of South Pacific islands 15 00:03:21,862 --> 00:03:24,661 owned by Papua New Guinea. 16 00:03:24,782 --> 00:03:31,337 But according to my mother, our island was a woman and we lived in her heart. 17 00:03:31,456 --> 00:03:34,300 She said no-one could own that. 18 00:03:36,253 --> 00:03:40,349 But Papua New Guinea sold our heart to a mining company. 19 00:03:40,465 --> 00:03:42,183 [Splash echoes] 20 00:03:42,300 --> 00:03:45,395 My dad used to work at the mine, 21 00:03:45,512 --> 00:03:50,109 but when all the trouble started, he left to find work in Australia. 22 00:03:50,225 --> 00:03:53,195 Mum and Dad argued a lot about that. 23 00:03:55,438 --> 00:04:00,035 We were going to join him later. Mum said we'd go on the next boat. 24 00:04:00,151 --> 00:04:03,906 That's what she said after every boat. 25 00:04:04,030 --> 00:04:06,203 MAN: Higher. It's high as I can get it. 26 00:04:06,324 --> 00:04:07,871 TV VOICE: .. supplies are running low. 27 00:04:07,993 --> 00:04:11,167 GIRL: News of war came to our little village in bits and rumours. 28 00:04:11,288 --> 00:04:14,258 We heard that some of our people declared war on the mine 29 00:04:14,374 --> 00:04:15,842 and shut it down. 30 00:04:15,959 --> 00:04:18,838 We heard that Papua New Guinea was sending in the army. 31 00:04:18,962 --> 00:04:21,431 We heard they were going to seal off our island 32 00:04:21,548 --> 00:04:24,848 so no-one would be able to get in or out. 33 00:04:27,012 --> 00:04:29,686 First, they closed the mine. 34 00:04:30,807 --> 00:04:33,902 [Crowd reacts] 35 00:04:34,019 --> 00:04:38,399 They cut off our supplies and closed down the schools. 36 00:04:43,529 --> 00:04:45,873 All the whites left. 37 00:04:46,949 --> 00:04:49,247 ♪♪ [Record player plays sombre opera] ♪♪ 38 00:04:49,368 --> 00:04:51,291 All except Pop-Eye, that is. 39 00:04:55,917 --> 00:04:59,217 Mum said he stayed because his wife Grace 40 00:04:59,337 --> 00:05:01,635 would never leave the island again. 41 00:05:01,756 --> 00:05:05,010 CHILDREN: Pop-Eye! Pop-Eye! Pop-Eye! Pop-Eye! 42 00:05:05,134 --> 00:05:09,014 [Children yell, laugh] 43 00:05:19,398 --> 00:05:22,527 Argh! [Children laugh] 44 00:05:23,611 --> 00:05:26,410 GIRL: We thought Pop-Eye's tribe had forgotten him. 45 00:05:28,616 --> 00:05:32,120 Or that maybe he was being punished for an old crime. 46 00:05:33,746 --> 00:05:38,547 Whatever his reason, it was easy to see that Grace was mad. 47 00:05:38,668 --> 00:05:41,296 Pop-Eye was more of a mystery. 48 00:05:41,420 --> 00:05:44,264 CHILDREN: Pop-Eye! Pop-Eye! 49 00:05:44,382 --> 00:05:46,134 [Speaks in native tongue] 50 00:05:46,258 --> 00:05:48,306 [Laughter] 51 00:05:53,475 --> 00:05:55,978 [Laughs] Mind your own business. 52 00:05:59,189 --> 00:06:03,069 [Laughter continues] 53 00:06:04,319 --> 00:06:07,448 ♪♪ [Opera] ♪♪ 54 00:06:38,311 --> 00:06:41,440 WOMAN: The PNG government mean to starve us out, 55 00:06:41,565 --> 00:06:45,445 but Abraham said, "God will provide the lamb." 56 00:06:45,569 --> 00:06:46,991 CHURCHGOER: Amen! 57 00:06:47,112 --> 00:06:49,080 We still have what we always had. 58 00:06:49,197 --> 00:06:51,746 We have our fish... Amen! 59 00:06:51,867 --> 00:06:55,121 Our pigs, our chicken, our fruits, 60 00:06:55,245 --> 00:06:59,170 and we have our faith. 61 00:06:59,291 --> 00:07:02,171 CONGREGATION: Amen! 62 00:07:02,295 --> 00:07:03,922 [Benches creak] 63 00:07:04,047 --> 00:07:12,047 ♪ All good gifts around us are sent from Heaven above ♪ 64 00:07:12,847 --> 00:07:16,021 ♪ Then thank the Lord ♪ 65 00:07:16,142 --> 00:07:22,946 ♪ Oh thank the Lord For all His love. ♪ 66 00:07:23,066 --> 00:07:27,446 [Hymn continues in distance] 67 00:07:35,328 --> 00:07:37,547 Mum. Mm? 68 00:07:37,663 --> 00:07:39,882 Me laik askim yu samting. 69 00:07:42,043 --> 00:07:44,762 We speak English in this house. 70 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:49,888 Do you miss Dad? 71 00:07:52,678 --> 00:07:54,305 Why do you ask that, girl? 72 00:07:55,932 --> 00:07:59,186 There's not going to be another boat, is there? 73 00:07:59,310 --> 00:08:01,904 The blockade won't last forever. 74 00:08:02,021 --> 00:08:05,241 Does it make a difference? 75 00:08:11,697 --> 00:08:14,326 Sometimes I miss him. 76 00:08:15,369 --> 00:08:19,124 Sometimes when you look along the beach, there is your father, Matilda. 77 00:08:19,248 --> 00:08:21,671 He's walking towards me. 78 00:08:21,792 --> 00:08:23,590 And me? 79 00:08:25,254 --> 00:08:30,226 And you, yes. Your father is walking towards us both. 80 00:08:37,182 --> 00:08:38,604 Get up. 81 00:08:38,725 --> 00:08:40,693 [Groans] 82 00:08:40,811 --> 00:08:43,189 Come on, lazybones! You've got school. 83 00:08:43,313 --> 00:08:46,533 What are you talking about? School's been closed for months. 84 00:08:46,650 --> 00:08:49,403 We haven't got a teacher. You do now. 85 00:08:49,528 --> 00:08:51,030 [Chuckles] 86 00:08:51,155 --> 00:08:54,876 [Children laugh] 87 00:09:13,385 --> 00:09:16,059 [Children speak in native tongue] 88 00:09:20,517 --> 00:09:22,486 He's coming! Sit down, sit down! 89 00:09:33,698 --> 00:09:35,541 [Child whispers indistinctly] 90 00:09:56,095 --> 00:09:57,972 [Clears throat] 91 00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:05,488 [Children giggle] 92 00:10:07,857 --> 00:10:09,279 Thank you for coming. 93 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,028 [Children giggle] 94 00:10:13,446 --> 00:10:15,039 I wasn't sure you would. 95 00:10:17,742 --> 00:10:19,494 Wasn't sure I would. 96 00:10:20,536 --> 00:10:22,254 Look, I'll be honest. [Clears throat] 97 00:10:22,372 --> 00:10:24,921 I... I have no wisdom. 98 00:10:25,041 --> 00:10:29,763 I'm not a teacher, but I will try my best. 99 00:10:31,839 --> 00:10:36,562 That is my promise to you children. Yes? 100 00:10:37,596 --> 00:10:39,018 Yes, Mr. Watts. 101 00:10:39,139 --> 00:10:41,392 CHILDREN: Yes, Mr. Watts. 102 00:10:41,517 --> 00:10:43,895 Yes, Pop-Eye! [Children giggle] 103 00:10:46,313 --> 00:10:48,736 Oh, I know that some of you call me "Pop-Eye." 104 00:10:48,857 --> 00:10:50,825 and... that's fine. 105 00:10:50,943 --> 00:10:52,570 I actually quite like Pop-Eye. 106 00:10:52,695 --> 00:10:55,414 CHILDREN: Yes, Mr. Pop-Eye. 107 00:10:55,531 --> 00:10:58,660 [Dog yawns] 108 00:10:58,784 --> 00:11:00,411 [Children giggle] 109 00:11:02,621 --> 00:11:04,623 [Bangs panel] 110 00:11:09,753 --> 00:11:16,511 I want this to be a place of light, no matter what happens. 111 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:24,982 So, the first thing we must do is clear this space for learning. 112 00:11:25,102 --> 00:11:30,484 I have been saving some batteries for a special occasion. 113 00:11:30,607 --> 00:11:34,783 ♪♪ [Pidgin version of Donovan's "Sunshine Superman"] ♪♪ 114 00:11:41,410 --> 00:11:46,793 So let's open all the windows and clean all the rubbish off the desks. 115 00:12:36,925 --> 00:12:40,145 My father's family name being Pirrip, 116 00:12:40,261 --> 00:12:42,639 and my Christian name Philip... 117 00:12:45,058 --> 00:12:47,607 my infant tongue could make of both names 118 00:12:47,727 --> 00:12:51,903 nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. 119 00:12:53,234 --> 00:12:59,367 So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip. 120 00:13:05,121 --> 00:13:07,249 Yes. Well, I welcome questions. 121 00:13:07,373 --> 00:13:08,795 And if you do have a question, 122 00:13:08,916 --> 00:13:10,884 perhaps you'd be kind enough to tell me your name. 123 00:13:11,001 --> 00:13:13,845 Daniel, sir. It's nice to meet you, Daniel. 124 00:13:13,963 --> 00:13:18,639 Should we call you Pop-Eye, or Mr. Watts, or Mr. Pip? 125 00:13:18,759 --> 00:13:22,809 Those words were not mine, Daniel. 126 00:13:22,930 --> 00:13:25,399 They belong to Mr. Dickens... 127 00:13:25,516 --> 00:13:30,067 words that I think can make a difference in our lives. 128 00:13:32,565 --> 00:13:37,913 And tomorrow, I will introduce you to Mr. Dickens. 129 00:13:38,028 --> 00:13:44,502 That's a white man's name, No, Matilda. You heard wrong. 130 00:13:44,618 --> 00:13:47,121 Pop-Eye is the last white man around here. 131 00:13:47,246 --> 00:13:50,750 There's no others. But Mr. Watts says there is. 132 00:13:50,875 --> 00:13:53,048 Hey, Leola! 133 00:14:02,261 --> 00:14:04,731 [All laugh] 134 00:14:20,447 --> 00:14:22,245 [All laugh] 135 00:14:32,542 --> 00:14:35,170 [Women speak in native tongue, laugh] 136 00:14:35,295 --> 00:14:39,016 CHILDREN: Mr. Watts! Mr. Watts! Mr. Watts! 137 00:14:39,132 --> 00:14:42,727 [Children shout over each other] 138 00:14:42,844 --> 00:14:44,846 Whoa, whoa, whoa. What's your name? 139 00:14:44,971 --> 00:14:47,474 Mabel Mr. Watts. 140 00:14:47,599 --> 00:14:49,397 Very pleased to meet you, Mabel. 141 00:14:49,518 --> 00:14:53,898 My mother was thinking Mr. Dickens might have some malaria tablets. 142 00:14:54,022 --> 00:14:55,524 My dad wants some kerosene. 143 00:14:55,649 --> 00:14:58,528 [Children shout over each other] 144 00:14:58,652 --> 00:15:00,529 What about some beer? 145 00:15:00,654 --> 00:15:04,409 [Children laugh] 146 00:15:05,825 --> 00:15:12,299 Where is Mr. Dickens? He's right here. 147 00:15:12,415 --> 00:15:18,719 The line you heard yesterday was the first line of Great Expectations 148 00:15:18,839 --> 00:15:21,342 by the greatest English writer of the 19th century, 149 00:15:21,467 --> 00:15:23,310 Charles Dickens. 150 00:15:23,427 --> 00:15:26,226 Now, when you read the work of a great writer, 151 00:15:26,347 --> 00:15:28,975 you are making their person's acquaintance, 152 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:30,522 so you could say 153 00:15:30,643 --> 00:15:33,647 that you've already met Charles Dickens on the page, so to speak. 154 00:15:33,771 --> 00:15:35,489 Although you won't know him for a while. 155 00:15:35,606 --> 00:15:37,950 When will we know him? 156 00:15:38,067 --> 00:15:41,196 Well, I hope some of you will know him by the time we finish the book. 157 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,745 The book is 59 chapters long, we'll read a chapter a day... 158 00:15:44,865 --> 00:15:48,085 6th February, 1990. 159 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:50,542 I'm sorry? 160 00:15:50,663 --> 00:15:55,089 We'll know Mr. Dickens on the 6th of February next year. 161 00:15:56,377 --> 00:15:59,506 [Half-laughs] Alright, well, I'll take your word for it, uh... 162 00:15:59,630 --> 00:16:04,056 My name is Matilda. Matilda. That's a lovely name. 163 00:16:04,176 --> 00:16:06,474 Where did you get such a pretty name? 164 00:16:06,596 --> 00:16:10,942 The Australians at the mine gave it to Dad to give Mum to give me. 165 00:16:11,058 --> 00:16:12,435 [Spats] 166 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,983 [Quiet chuckling] 167 00:16:18,983 --> 00:16:23,159 In a way, you could say that Mr. Dickens got Pip's name from his father too. 168 00:16:23,279 --> 00:16:26,329 Who knows what else you might have in common? 169 00:16:30,579 --> 00:16:33,207 Right. Who wants to meet Mr. Dickens? 170 00:16:33,332 --> 00:16:36,552 CHILDREN: Me! 171 00:16:40,213 --> 00:16:43,763 [Reads] "I give Pirrip as my father's family name" 172 00:16:43,884 --> 00:16:46,728 on the authority of his tombstone and my sister, 173 00:16:46,845 --> 00:16:50,099 Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith. 174 00:16:50,223 --> 00:16:52,476 As I never saw my father or my mother, 175 00:16:52,601 --> 00:16:55,195 and never saw any likeness of either of them, 176 00:16:55,312 --> 00:16:58,566 for their days were long before the days of photographs, 177 00:16:58,690 --> 00:17:01,614 my first fancies regarding what they were like 178 00:17:01,735 --> 00:17:05,285 were unreasonably derived from their tombstones. 179 00:17:05,405 --> 00:17:08,534 The shape of the letters on my father's 180 00:17:08,659 --> 00:17:13,290 gave me an odd idea that he was a square, stout, dark man, 181 00:17:13,413 --> 00:17:15,836 with curly black hair. 182 00:17:15,957 --> 00:17:18,426 From the character and turn of the inscription, 183 00:17:18,543 --> 00:17:21,422 "Also Georgiana Wife of the Above,." 184 00:17:21,546 --> 00:17:27,019 "I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly." 185 00:17:27,135 --> 00:17:28,682 [Wailing] 186 00:17:28,804 --> 00:17:32,024 "To five little stone lozenges," 187 00:17:32,140 --> 00:17:35,816 each about a foot and a half long, 188 00:17:35,937 --> 00:17:40,113 which were arranged in a neat row beside their grave, 189 00:17:40,233 --> 00:17:44,909 and were sacred to the memory of five little brothers of mine, 190 00:17:45,029 --> 00:17:47,373 who gave up trying to get a living 191 00:17:47,490 --> 00:17:51,495 exceedingly early in their universal struggle. 192 00:17:51,619 --> 00:17:54,919 I am indebted for a belief I religiously entertained 193 00:17:55,039 --> 00:17:57,462 that they had all been born on their backs 194 00:17:57,583 --> 00:17:59,677 with their hands in their trousers pockets, 195 00:17:59,794 --> 00:18:05,267 and had never taken them out in this state of existence. 196 00:18:05,383 --> 00:18:09,763 At such a time I found out for certain 197 00:18:09,887 --> 00:18:13,232 that this bleak place, overgrown with nettles, 198 00:18:13,349 --> 00:18:17,104 "was the churchyard." 199 00:18:17,228 --> 00:18:19,401 [Crow caws] 200 00:18:19,522 --> 00:18:24,403 ♪♪ [Intriguing strings] ♪♪ 201 00:18:33,953 --> 00:18:35,500 Who are you? 202 00:18:37,749 --> 00:18:39,717 What are you doing here? 203 00:18:43,713 --> 00:18:46,388 I came to see my brothers. 204 00:18:51,054 --> 00:18:52,601 I'm sorry. 205 00:18:54,683 --> 00:18:56,651 I never really knew them. 206 00:18:58,812 --> 00:19:01,156 I actually used to think they'd been born like that, 207 00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:04,117 on their backs with their hands in their trouser pockets. 208 00:19:04,234 --> 00:19:07,033 Just never taken them out. 209 00:19:07,154 --> 00:19:09,156 I prefer to think of them that way. 210 00:19:09,281 --> 00:19:11,534 MAN: You there! 211 00:19:12,910 --> 00:19:15,413 Get down. [Gasps] 212 00:19:15,537 --> 00:19:17,960 Stay there. Wait. 213 00:19:18,081 --> 00:19:20,300 Come here! No, don't! Stop! 214 00:19:20,417 --> 00:19:22,795 Hold your noise. Keep still, or I'll cut your throat. 215 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,048 Don't cut my throat, sir. Tell us your name. 216 00:19:25,172 --> 00:19:27,470 Pip, sir! Pip! You know what file is? 217 00:19:27,591 --> 00:19:29,013 Yes, sir. 218 00:19:29,134 --> 00:19:33,810 And wittles? You bring me lot to me, at the old Battery. You do it. 219 00:19:33,931 --> 00:19:36,730 And you shall be let to live. 220 00:19:36,850 --> 00:19:38,818 Now, what do you say? 221 00:19:41,396 --> 00:19:43,444 [Girl's voice] A battery, sir? [Gasps] 222 00:19:45,108 --> 00:19:48,578 TOM: Yes. Not like the battery in my radio. 223 00:19:48,695 --> 00:19:53,451 'Battery' in this case means a military encampment. 224 00:19:53,575 --> 00:19:56,580 A place with guns. Like the no-go zone? 225 00:19:57,747 --> 00:20:00,466 Where the rebels are. 226 00:20:02,460 --> 00:20:06,465 Yes. Kind of. 227 00:20:06,589 --> 00:20:09,058 That's very good, Sam. 228 00:20:09,175 --> 00:20:12,224 [Pigs snort, oink] 229 00:20:12,345 --> 00:20:14,768 So he stole his mother's pork pie? 230 00:20:14,889 --> 00:20:17,642 Pip's an orphan. He lives with his sister. 231 00:20:17,767 --> 00:20:19,189 Brought him up by hand. 232 00:20:19,310 --> 00:20:24,237 [Chuckles] Sounds like she needed to use her hand on him a little more. 233 00:20:26,776 --> 00:20:28,904 What would you do, girl, 234 00:20:29,028 --> 00:20:32,248 if a man was hiding in the jungle and asked you to steal from me? 235 00:20:32,365 --> 00:20:34,868 Would you do that? 236 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:38,872 No. 237 00:20:40,456 --> 00:20:43,630 Pop-Eye should be teaching you kids proper behaviour. 238 00:20:43,751 --> 00:20:48,257 From now on, I wanna know everything that happens in that book. 239 00:20:48,381 --> 00:20:53,933 You hear me, Matilda? Yes, Mum. 240 00:20:56,306 --> 00:21:01,733 TOM: "That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me." 241 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,660 But it is the same with any life. 242 00:21:07,776 --> 00:21:13,078 Imagine one selected day struck out of your life 243 00:21:13,198 --> 00:21:16,452 and think how different its course would have been. 244 00:21:22,666 --> 00:21:25,795 [People speak in native tongue] 245 00:21:28,088 --> 00:21:31,137 Let's go grab the malaria tablets. [Continues indistinctly] 246 00:21:31,258 --> 00:21:33,977 [Men speak in native tongue] 247 00:21:46,607 --> 00:21:50,657 TOM: "Pause you who read this and think for a moment" 248 00:21:50,778 --> 00:21:55,534 of the long chain of iron or gold, 249 00:21:55,658 --> 00:21:57,251 of thorns or flowers, 250 00:21:57,368 --> 00:22:01,965 that would never have bound you but for the formation of the first link 251 00:22:02,081 --> 00:22:05,130 on one memorable day.' 252 00:22:05,250 --> 00:22:09,630 [Helicopter blades chop in distance] 253 00:22:18,390 --> 00:22:21,519 ♪♪ [Gentle piano] ♪♪ 254 00:22:40,286 --> 00:22:43,916 [Men speak indistinctly] 255 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,509 [Chains rattle] 256 00:22:52,841 --> 00:22:54,969 Where are they taking him? 257 00:22:56,511 --> 00:22:59,640 Exile. Sending him to Australia. 258 00:22:59,764 --> 00:23:05,612 My Dad's in Australia. Do you miss him? 259 00:23:09,149 --> 00:23:12,574 I guess I'm lucky. Why? 260 00:23:12,694 --> 00:23:16,449 I never knew my father long enough to miss him. 261 00:23:16,573 --> 00:23:18,120 Are you ready, Pip? 262 00:23:18,241 --> 00:23:20,869 We'd best get back before your sister goes on a rampage. 263 00:23:21,911 --> 00:23:23,458 Will I see you again? 264 00:23:29,128 --> 00:23:31,677 Who's that? She's a friend. 265 00:23:31,797 --> 00:23:33,799 Does she have a name? 266 00:23:33,924 --> 00:23:35,642 WOMAN: Matilda! 267 00:23:40,556 --> 00:23:42,354 What the heck you doing, girl? 268 00:23:55,071 --> 00:23:58,325 Mr. Watts? Yes, Daniel. 269 00:23:58,449 --> 00:24:00,497 What's it like to be white? 270 00:24:00,618 --> 00:24:03,588 [Children chuckle softly] 271 00:24:06,540 --> 00:24:11,262 You mean what's it like to be white, or what's it like to be white here? 272 00:24:15,091 --> 00:24:16,968 Both. 273 00:24:19,804 --> 00:24:23,854 A bit like what the last mammoth must have felt, I suppose. 274 00:24:23,974 --> 00:24:29,105 It's lonely at times. I don't know. What's it like being black? 275 00:24:29,230 --> 00:24:32,575 Normal. [Chuckles] 276 00:24:32,691 --> 00:24:35,571 We only feel black around white people. 277 00:24:38,615 --> 00:24:41,915 Yes, well, I'd say the same is true for me. 278 00:24:42,035 --> 00:24:45,380 [Footsteps approach] 279 00:24:47,791 --> 00:24:50,044 [Whispers indistinctly] 280 00:24:50,168 --> 00:24:53,138 Matilda, would you like to do the honours? 281 00:24:55,507 --> 00:24:58,886 This is my Mum, Dolores. 282 00:25:00,178 --> 00:25:02,897 Dolores Naimo, Mrs. Naimo, please come in. 283 00:25:03,014 --> 00:25:04,732 Thank you. 284 00:25:11,106 --> 00:25:14,326 I know you kids have been hearing some story from Mr. Watts, 285 00:25:14,442 --> 00:25:17,821 but I'm here to tell you that stories have a job to do. 286 00:25:17,946 --> 00:25:20,699 They can't just lie around like lazy-bone dogs. 287 00:25:20,824 --> 00:25:23,577 [Giggles] They have to teach you something. 288 00:25:23,702 --> 00:25:29,084 That's why I brought a book - the Good Book. 289 00:25:29,207 --> 00:25:34,759 When the missionaries came, they taught us to believe in God. 290 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,727 But when we asked to see God, they wouldn't introduce him to us. 291 00:25:41,011 --> 00:25:44,641 So many people prefer to live by the wisdom of the crabs 292 00:25:44,764 --> 00:25:48,895 and the fire-fish that is shaped like the Southern Star. 293 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:51,773 You must believe in something. 294 00:25:51,898 --> 00:25:59,898 God said, "Let there be light, “ and there was light." 295 00:26:00,990 --> 00:26:07,248 There is no sentence more beautiful in the world than that one. 296 00:26:09,665 --> 00:26:11,212 MR. WATTS: Yes, Violet. 297 00:26:11,334 --> 00:26:15,055 What is the wisdom of the crabs? 298 00:26:15,171 --> 00:26:19,347 [Churchgoers sing hymn] 299 00:26:19,467 --> 00:26:23,062 ♪ Hallelujah ♪ 300 00:26:23,179 --> 00:26:30,063 ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah... ♪ 301 00:26:30,186 --> 00:26:34,737 [Singing continues] 302 00:26:41,447 --> 00:26:46,078 Mr. Watts, can I ask you something? 303 00:26:46,202 --> 00:26:47,795 Of course. 304 00:26:47,912 --> 00:26:51,712 Is it strange to feel like I know Pip? 305 00:26:51,832 --> 00:26:55,462 I mean, really know him? 306 00:26:56,630 --> 00:27:01,477 I think that is probably the greatest compliment you could pay Mr. Dickens. 307 00:27:01,593 --> 00:27:04,062 Do you know him too? 308 00:27:05,097 --> 00:27:07,600 My Pip is probably not exactly the same as your Pip, 309 00:27:07,724 --> 00:27:10,853 but, yes, I believe I do. 310 00:27:17,693 --> 00:27:21,368 Today, we are not going to start with Great Expectations. 311 00:27:21,488 --> 00:27:22,910 [Children groan] 312 00:27:23,031 --> 00:27:27,662 Today we are very lucky to have Mabel's mother. 313 00:27:27,786 --> 00:27:29,413 Mrs. Tanganani. 314 00:27:29,538 --> 00:27:31,711 Thank you, Mr. Watts. 315 00:27:31,832 --> 00:27:35,962 I am here today hoping to surprise you kids. 316 00:27:36,086 --> 00:27:40,466 What if I tell you that some gardens begin their life in the ocean? 317 00:27:40,590 --> 00:27:46,563 The heart seed floats on the water, then it washes up on the sand. 318 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:53,529 Seven days later, the sun and the wind dry it as light as the husk. 319 00:27:53,645 --> 00:27:57,570 Three months later, a little seedling grows, 320 00:27:57,691 --> 00:28:02,743 its white flowers open and look back to the sea where it came from. 321 00:28:02,863 --> 00:28:05,491 Why am I telling you this, children? 322 00:28:05,615 --> 00:28:10,167 Because its stamen makes a fierce flame and keeps away the mosquitos. 323 00:28:14,917 --> 00:28:17,716 Right. Mrs. Tanganani, the heart seed. 324 00:28:17,837 --> 00:28:21,467 [Children applaud and giggle] 325 00:28:21,591 --> 00:28:23,138 Thank you. 326 00:28:24,177 --> 00:28:26,475 Alright, then. 327 00:28:26,596 --> 00:28:29,395 [Clears throat] Uh... 328 00:28:29,515 --> 00:28:31,609 [Whispers indistinctly] Yes, of course. 329 00:28:31,726 --> 00:28:33,854 Thank you. There's a place in the back. 330 00:28:33,978 --> 00:28:38,734 [Children whisper] 331 00:28:38,858 --> 00:28:41,953 TOM: Now, where did we get to? 332 00:28:42,070 --> 00:28:46,416 The best place to find broken dreams is down on the wharf. 333 00:28:46,532 --> 00:28:50,002 All those dead fish with their eyes and mouths open, 334 00:28:50,119 --> 00:28:53,089 they just can't believe that they are not in the sea 335 00:28:53,206 --> 00:28:55,129 and will never be again. 336 00:28:55,249 --> 00:28:59,254 By the way, fish, they go to Heaven. [Children giggle] 337 00:28:59,379 --> 00:29:03,304 Don't believe any other shit you hear. [Children laugh] 338 00:29:03,424 --> 00:29:07,270 WOMAN: Silence is good for a lot of things. 339 00:29:07,387 --> 00:29:10,766 Boys who shout have mud in their souls. 340 00:29:10,890 --> 00:29:14,110 Stay away from boys who abuse silence. 341 00:29:14,227 --> 00:29:19,405 Other than that, I don't want to tell you girls where to shop. 342 00:29:19,525 --> 00:29:25,703 To kill a pig, you get two fat uncles to hold it down and whack it on the chest. 343 00:29:25,823 --> 00:29:27,700 How big do these uncles have to be? 344 00:29:30,619 --> 00:29:34,669 Fat ones. Fat is good. Skinny is no bloody good. 345 00:29:36,083 --> 00:29:37,676 Pop-Eye's no bloody good. 346 00:29:37,793 --> 00:29:41,388 [Children laugh] 347 00:29:41,505 --> 00:29:43,007 MR. WATTS: Right. [Clears throat] 348 00:29:43,132 --> 00:29:50,357 [Reads] "Our conference was held in the state parlour" 349 00:29:50,472 --> 00:29:55,820 which was feebly lighted by one candle. 350 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:04,738 It began with the strange gentleman's drawing the candle to him 351 00:30:04,862 --> 00:30:08,332 and looking over some entries in his pocketbook. 352 00:30:09,616 --> 00:30:13,587 [All laugh] 353 00:30:13,704 --> 00:30:17,629 [Snobbish voice] My name is Jaggers. 354 00:30:17,749 --> 00:30:20,628 I am a lawyer in London. 355 00:30:20,752 --> 00:30:25,508 Now, Joseph Gargery... 356 00:30:25,632 --> 00:30:30,514 [Children laugh] 357 00:30:30,638 --> 00:30:32,515 [Folksy accent] "Yes, sir?" 358 00:30:34,017 --> 00:30:36,190 "I am the bearer of an offer" 359 00:30:36,311 --> 00:30:40,316 to relieve you of this young fellow, your apprentice. 360 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:44,070 "You would not object to cancel his indentures?" 361 00:30:46,154 --> 00:30:49,328 "Well, the answer is no." "Very well!" 362 00:30:49,449 --> 00:30:54,205 Recollect the admission you have made and don't try to go from it presently." 363 00:30:54,329 --> 00:30:56,423 "Well, who's a going to try?" 364 00:30:56,539 --> 00:30:58,633 "I didn't say anyone is going to try..." 365 00:30:58,750 --> 00:31:00,718 [All laugh] 366 00:31:00,835 --> 00:31:04,510 Hmm... [Chuckles] [All laugh] 367 00:31:04,631 --> 00:31:07,760 "Now, I return to this young fellow." 368 00:31:07,884 --> 00:31:11,309 The communication I have got to make is, 369 00:31:11,429 --> 00:31:15,935 "that he has Great Expectations." 370 00:31:18,645 --> 00:31:19,393 [All laugh] 371 00:31:27,820 --> 00:31:30,323 CHILDREN: Shh. Shh. 372 00:31:33,952 --> 00:31:37,082 ♪♪ [Gentle instrumental music] ♪♪ 373 00:31:40,584 --> 00:31:43,337 [Indistinct murmuring] 374 00:31:45,339 --> 00:31:50,641 TOM: It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home. 375 00:31:50,761 --> 00:31:55,517 I had believed in the best parlour as a most elegant saloon. 376 00:31:55,641 --> 00:31:59,691 I had believed in the front door as a mysterious portal. 377 00:31:59,812 --> 00:32:02,736 I had believed in the forge 378 00:32:02,856 --> 00:32:07,032 as the glowing road to manhood and independence. 379 00:32:07,152 --> 00:32:10,201 Within a single year, all this was changed. 380 00:32:10,322 --> 00:32:14,043 Now it was all coarse and common. 381 00:32:14,159 --> 00:32:17,754 The change was made in me. The thing was done. 382 00:32:17,871 --> 00:32:22,877 Well or ill done, excusably or inexcusably, 383 00:32:23,002 --> 00:32:24,800 it was done. 384 00:32:35,931 --> 00:32:39,060 ♪♪ [Sedate instrumental music] ♪♪ 385 00:32:51,489 --> 00:32:53,742 Is that you, boy? [Gasps] 386 00:32:56,828 --> 00:33:01,425 Where have you been, girl? Just playing on the beach. 387 00:33:03,043 --> 00:33:06,217 I don't want you out alone at night anymore. 388 00:33:10,467 --> 00:33:13,596 [Pigs grunt] 389 00:33:18,391 --> 00:33:20,985 Sam! 390 00:33:21,102 --> 00:33:25,482 [Wails] Sam! 391 00:33:25,607 --> 00:33:28,030 [Weeps] 392 00:33:28,151 --> 00:33:31,405 Sam! 393 00:33:34,157 --> 00:33:39,379 [Wails, shrieks] 394 00:33:46,127 --> 00:33:47,800 [Man speaks in native tongue] 395 00:33:47,921 --> 00:33:51,596 TOM: You can't send them away. They're just boys. They're your boys. 396 00:33:51,716 --> 00:33:53,263 WOMAN: Not anymore. 397 00:34:21,330 --> 00:34:23,378 Where's Sam? 398 00:34:29,505 --> 00:34:33,180 TOM: "What could I become with these surroundings?" 399 00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:36,770 How can my character fail to be influenced by them? 400 00:34:36,887 --> 00:34:40,608 But I knew very well that it was not all good. 401 00:34:40,725 --> 00:34:43,604 I think the sooner you leave here, the better. 402 00:34:43,728 --> 00:34:46,857 Thank you, Mr. Jaggers. Thank you so much. 403 00:34:51,026 --> 00:34:54,826 Matilda? [Giggles] 404 00:34:54,947 --> 00:34:58,827 My dream is out, Matilda! What are you talking about? 405 00:34:58,951 --> 00:35:02,501 I believe that Miss Havisham intends me for Estella after all. 406 00:35:04,039 --> 00:35:09,672 Matilda, I'm leaving. Leaving? 407 00:35:14,050 --> 00:35:18,226 TOM: Pip has been given the opportunity to become whoever he wants. 408 00:35:18,346 --> 00:35:20,974 It means he's free to make bad choices. 409 00:35:21,099 --> 00:35:23,101 Like Estella? 410 00:35:23,226 --> 00:35:24,603 TOM: You're not very fond of Estella, are you? 411 00:35:24,728 --> 00:35:26,571 She's cruel. 412 00:35:26,688 --> 00:35:30,318 [Helicopter blades chop in distance] 413 00:35:30,442 --> 00:35:35,243 [Birds twitter loudly] 414 00:35:35,363 --> 00:35:37,365 [Man shouts indistinctly] 415 00:35:40,035 --> 00:35:41,127 Matilda! 416 00:35:41,244 --> 00:35:44,498 ♪♪ [Intense instrumental music] ♪♪ 417 00:35:44,623 --> 00:35:47,046 [People yell] 418 00:35:48,251 --> 00:35:49,798 Matilda! 419 00:36:10,774 --> 00:36:12,868 Are you alright? 420 00:36:14,736 --> 00:36:16,659 [Soft moans] 421 00:36:16,780 --> 00:36:19,705 It's alright. It's alright. It's alright, darling. 422 00:36:19,826 --> 00:36:23,046 It's alright, darling. It's alright. 423 00:36:23,162 --> 00:36:24,835 Dolores? 424 00:36:24,956 --> 00:36:26,833 [Men shout in distance] 425 00:36:26,958 --> 00:36:28,926 [Gunfire] [Dog yelps] 426 00:36:38,845 --> 00:36:41,098 [Baby cries] 427 00:36:42,473 --> 00:36:44,567 [Coughing] 428 00:36:51,274 --> 00:36:54,744 No! [Screams] 429 00:36:54,861 --> 00:36:59,082 No, no! No! 430 00:36:59,198 --> 00:36:59,698 [Weeps] 431 00:37:09,542 --> 00:37:11,761 DOLORES: Matilda! 432 00:37:11,878 --> 00:37:14,347 [Sobs] 433 00:37:14,463 --> 00:37:16,465 DOLORES: Matilda! 434 00:37:18,801 --> 00:37:21,179 Go and find your own kid! 435 00:37:31,607 --> 00:37:34,201 Do you believe in the Devil, Matilda? 436 00:37:34,318 --> 00:37:39,415 Mr. Watts says that the Devil is just a symbol, not living flesh. 437 00:37:39,531 --> 00:37:41,158 Nor is his Pip. 438 00:37:41,283 --> 00:37:45,379 But you can't hear the Devil's voice. You can hear Pip's. 439 00:37:46,788 --> 00:37:49,962 That's it. You're not going back to the school anymore. 440 00:37:50,083 --> 00:37:52,131 Why? So I can be dumb like you? 441 00:37:52,252 --> 00:37:53,344 [Grunts] 442 00:37:55,213 --> 00:37:58,592 If it wasn't for you, we'd be in Australia with Dad. 443 00:38:05,390 --> 00:38:09,520 TOM: Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, 444 00:38:09,645 --> 00:38:14,071 for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, 445 00:38:14,191 --> 00:38:18,037 overlying our hard hearts. 446 00:38:18,153 --> 00:38:21,703 I was better after I had cried, than before... 447 00:38:21,823 --> 00:38:27,080 more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle. 448 00:38:29,164 --> 00:38:31,792 We changed again, and yet again, 449 00:38:31,917 --> 00:38:35,638 and it was now too late and too far to go back, 450 00:38:35,754 --> 00:38:38,508 and I went on. 451 00:38:38,633 --> 00:38:41,432 And the mists had all solemnly risen now, 452 00:38:41,552 --> 00:38:45,056 and the world lay spread before me. 453 00:38:52,647 --> 00:38:56,868 My daughter, my lovely Matilda, says she doesn't believe in the Devil. 454 00:38:56,985 --> 00:38:59,534 She believes in Pip! 455 00:39:02,573 --> 00:39:04,792 Well, Mrs. Naimo, 456 00:39:04,909 --> 00:39:07,628 what if I were to say to you that on the page. 457 00:39:07,745 --> 00:39:10,589 Pip and the Devil have the same status? 458 00:39:10,707 --> 00:39:13,506 Each one strikes out on their own, 459 00:39:13,626 --> 00:39:16,300 each one has the chance to make their own mistakes... 460 00:39:16,421 --> 00:39:17,968 And to abandon his family?! 461 00:39:18,089 --> 00:39:22,560 How will Pip even know if he's made a mistake? 462 00:39:22,677 --> 00:39:29,060 If there is no God and no Devil, how will he know what's right from wrong? 463 00:39:29,183 --> 00:39:33,484 Mr. Watts here thinks he can know all things, 464 00:39:33,604 --> 00:39:35,777 but for the rest of us people... 465 00:39:35,898 --> 00:39:39,573 and that includes you, my beautiful flower, Matilda... 466 00:39:39,694 --> 00:39:42,618 pack the teaching of the Good Book into your person. 467 00:39:42,739 --> 00:39:48,588 That way, you kids will be able to save Pop-Eye here 468 00:39:48,704 --> 00:39:51,958 because I'm not going to. 469 00:39:54,752 --> 00:39:59,303 Thank you, Mrs. Naimo, for such an illuminating lesson 470 00:39:59,423 --> 00:40:02,768 on the relationship between good and evil. 471 00:40:02,885 --> 00:40:07,607 Once again, you've given us much food for thought. 472 00:40:20,194 --> 00:40:24,574 A shrine. Pip in the Pacific. 473 00:40:24,698 --> 00:40:29,329 Well, why not? Great Expectations doesn't tell the whole of Pip's life. 474 00:40:29,453 --> 00:40:32,206 In the... [Yells] 475 00:40:32,331 --> 00:40:34,880 [Wails] 476 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,173 Yep, you're quite right. 477 00:40:37,294 --> 00:40:39,262 All in good time. 478 00:40:43,967 --> 00:40:48,017 Mr. Watts? Miss Naimo. 479 00:40:50,516 --> 00:40:52,484 Pip's different in London. 480 00:40:52,601 --> 00:40:56,606 I don't understand why he lets Herbert Pocket call him Handel. 481 00:40:59,275 --> 00:41:02,745 Pip is like an immigrant. 482 00:41:02,862 --> 00:41:05,786 He's moving from one level of society to another. 483 00:41:05,907 --> 00:41:09,878 A change of name is as good as a change of clothes. 484 00:41:11,204 --> 00:41:15,960 We all need a change sometimes to help us on our way. 485 00:41:17,127 --> 00:41:19,300 He abandoned Joe. 486 00:41:22,715 --> 00:41:24,934 Yes, he did. 487 00:41:28,054 --> 00:41:31,900 It's not easy to be a perfect human being, Matilda. 488 00:41:37,397 --> 00:41:42,494 ♪♪ [Traditional Bougainville music] ♪♪ 489 00:41:42,610 --> 00:41:45,454 [Children laugh] 490 00:41:55,999 --> 00:41:59,469 No! Let me. 491 00:42:11,849 --> 00:42:17,356 [Whistling] 492 00:42:19,690 --> 00:42:23,160 [Softly] Matilda. Get dressed. 493 00:42:23,277 --> 00:42:27,999 [Men shout in native tongue] 494 00:42:28,115 --> 00:42:30,117 Hurry up! [Bangs on door] 495 00:42:31,327 --> 00:42:33,170 Move, move, move, move! Hurry up! 496 00:42:33,287 --> 00:42:35,961 [Pants] [Shouts commands] 497 00:42:36,081 --> 00:42:38,175 [Soldiers shout over each other] 498 00:42:38,292 --> 00:42:41,262 [Helicopter blades chop] 499 00:42:41,378 --> 00:42:45,133 SOLDIER: Go, go, go, go! Go! Go on! 500 00:42:45,257 --> 00:42:47,100 [Villagers scream] 501 00:42:49,094 --> 00:42:52,598 [Soldier shouts commands] 502 00:42:57,061 --> 00:42:59,405 [Speaks in native tongue] 503 00:42:59,521 --> 00:43:03,242 [Soldier shouts commands] 504 00:43:05,611 --> 00:43:07,579 SOLDIER: Move, move, move, move, move! 505 00:43:08,948 --> 00:43:11,371 [Soldiers shout] 506 00:43:11,492 --> 00:43:13,460 [Shouts in native tongue] 507 00:43:13,577 --> 00:43:16,706 Please, no-one wants to hurt you. 508 00:43:16,830 --> 00:43:21,428 We would just like your names for security reasons. 509 00:43:21,544 --> 00:43:22,841 You! 510 00:43:24,297 --> 00:43:27,892 Hey. Name? Dolores. 511 00:43:29,261 --> 00:43:33,437 D-O-L-O-R-E-S. 512 00:43:36,601 --> 00:43:39,571 Now you? Matilda. 513 00:43:44,484 --> 00:43:50,241 I notice there are no young men in the village. 514 00:43:51,533 --> 00:43:53,911 Plenty of girls. [Soldiers chuckle] 515 00:43:54,035 --> 00:43:55,503 Mabel! 516 00:43:55,620 --> 00:44:00,171 But no young men. Why is that? 517 00:44:04,004 --> 00:44:05,472 We saw a signal on the beach. 518 00:44:05,588 --> 00:44:07,636 What is P-I-P? 519 00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:16,103 [Shouts in native tongue] What is P-l-P? 520 00:44:16,224 --> 00:44:19,273 Daniel. Pip! Mr. Pip! 521 00:44:20,353 --> 00:44:25,109 Mr. Pip? Is his name on this list? 522 00:44:26,776 --> 00:44:29,451 Pip belongs to Mr. Dickens, sir. 523 00:44:34,118 --> 00:44:36,337 Who is Mr. Dickens? 524 00:44:39,582 --> 00:44:42,631 [Speaks in native tongue] 525 00:44:42,752 --> 00:44:44,550 SOLDIER: Move, move, move, move! 526 00:44:44,670 --> 00:44:46,843 Hurry up! 527 00:44:46,964 --> 00:44:49,968 [Soldier speaks in native tongue] 528 00:45:00,311 --> 00:45:01,904 Psst! 529 00:45:15,826 --> 00:45:18,295 [Man speaks in native tongue] 530 00:45:32,218 --> 00:45:34,346 You are Mr. Dickens? 531 00:45:36,097 --> 00:45:38,850 [Chuckles] 532 00:45:40,894 --> 00:45:42,316 Yes, I am. 533 00:45:42,437 --> 00:45:47,068 Where is Pip? Sir, Pip... 534 00:45:47,192 --> 00:45:50,696 Pip is a creation. He's a character in a book. 535 00:45:50,821 --> 00:45:55,668 I understand the confusion, but if you will allow me to show you the book, 536 00:45:55,784 --> 00:46:01,086 you will see that Pip is a character from the novel Great Expectations. 537 00:46:01,206 --> 00:46:05,177 It's a novel. It's a story. A wonderful story. 538 00:46:06,795 --> 00:46:10,470 Matilda, would you mind? I've left the book on my desk. 539 00:46:23,270 --> 00:46:26,399 ♪♪ [Suspenseful instrumental music] ♪♪ 540 00:46:50,506 --> 00:46:54,352 [Soldiers shout] 541 00:46:55,511 --> 00:46:57,559 The book isn't there! There is no book? 542 00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:01,355 There is. I just can't find it. I will not be lied to. 543 00:47:01,476 --> 00:47:04,650 Sir, I assure you... No. Stay there. 544 00:47:04,770 --> 00:47:06,943 You say there is a book, fine. 545 00:47:08,816 --> 00:47:10,784 Find me the book, or find Mr. Pip. 546 00:47:10,902 --> 00:47:12,700 [Soldiers shout in native tongue] 547 00:47:15,031 --> 00:47:16,533 [Woman shrieks] 548 00:47:16,657 --> 00:47:19,456 [Soldiers shout over each other] 549 00:47:28,878 --> 00:47:32,508 [Shouts in native tongue] 550 00:47:40,348 --> 00:47:44,569 Move, move, move! [Cries] 551 00:47:57,114 --> 00:47:59,742 Hey! [Shouts in native tongue] 552 00:48:35,153 --> 00:48:38,498 I will give you one more chance. 553 00:48:38,615 --> 00:48:42,461 Bring me this man Pip, or I will burn it all, 554 00:48:42,578 --> 00:48:46,082 Please, sir! The man you're looking for is... He's a fiction. 555 00:48:46,206 --> 00:48:47,924 He's a character out of a book. 556 00:48:48,041 --> 00:48:51,887 No. You will speak when I ask you. 557 00:48:52,004 --> 00:48:55,349 I am not interested in any more of your lies. 558 00:49:11,691 --> 00:49:14,911 Go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. 559 00:49:15,028 --> 00:49:18,407 [Glass shatters, fire roars] 560 00:49:23,286 --> 00:49:25,288 [Air hisses] 561 00:49:27,415 --> 00:49:30,339 [Woman shrieks] [Soldier shouts] 562 00:49:41,346 --> 00:49:43,599 You have been foolish. 563 00:49:43,723 --> 00:49:46,977 You cannot defeat me with your lies. 564 00:49:49,354 --> 00:49:54,906 Next time I come here, I expect this man Pip to be handed over. 565 00:49:58,112 --> 00:50:01,286 [Soldiers shout in native tongue] 566 00:50:45,703 --> 00:50:47,876 I'm so sorry. 567 00:51:33,752 --> 00:51:34,844 [Gasps] 568 00:52:07,035 --> 00:52:08,753 [Distant gunfire] 569 00:52:08,870 --> 00:52:11,794 [Men shout in distance] 570 00:52:11,915 --> 00:52:14,839 [Distant gunfire] 571 00:52:14,959 --> 00:52:18,088 ♪♪ [Gentle piano music] ♪♪ 572 00:52:22,759 --> 00:52:27,356 [Women speak in native tongue] 573 00:52:43,072 --> 00:52:46,497 [Women whisper] 574 00:52:56,335 --> 00:52:58,258 [Women whisper] 575 00:53:37,459 --> 00:53:41,339 [People speak in distance] 576 00:53:41,463 --> 00:53:43,932 [Dog barks] 577 00:53:50,097 --> 00:53:51,566 What's going on? 578 00:53:51,683 --> 00:53:53,811 You stay here. 579 00:54:16,499 --> 00:54:18,922 No! Matilda! 580 00:54:19,044 --> 00:54:21,923 Don't be foolish, girl! Let go! 581 00:54:24,591 --> 00:54:26,343 It's okay, Matilda. 582 00:54:28,637 --> 00:54:30,685 It's alright. 583 00:54:47,489 --> 00:54:50,083 Matilda. Matilda! 584 00:54:51,117 --> 00:54:53,711 No, leave it, Matilda! It's your father's! 585 00:55:19,939 --> 00:55:24,035 [Door creaks] 586 00:55:40,459 --> 00:55:43,554 [Crow caws] 587 00:55:48,467 --> 00:55:50,936 [Chains rattle] [Grunts] 588 00:55:51,053 --> 00:55:53,272 Hold your noise! 589 00:55:53,389 --> 00:55:54,982 [Children giggle] 590 00:55:55,099 --> 00:55:59,149 ♪♪ [Melancholy instrumental music] ♪♪ 591 00:56:08,446 --> 00:56:09,538 Estella! 592 00:56:09,655 --> 00:56:12,705 Whoo! Understand that. 593 00:56:16,413 --> 00:56:17,881 [Grunts] 594 00:56:17,998 --> 00:56:21,548 [Metal clangs rhythmically] 595 00:56:34,264 --> 00:56:35,937 [Knocks at door] 596 00:56:58,872 --> 00:57:01,045 I know you lost all your books. 597 00:57:03,710 --> 00:57:05,758 I wrote some things... 598 00:57:07,923 --> 00:57:11,223 about Great Expectations. 599 00:57:15,514 --> 00:57:19,439 That's very good, Matilda. 600 00:57:19,559 --> 00:57:25,784 Would you like me to leave it? Put it in the pocket of my jacket. 601 00:57:47,088 --> 00:57:48,635 Thank you. 602 00:58:08,985 --> 00:58:11,989 Wake up. I have something to tell you. 603 00:58:13,364 --> 00:58:20,373 ♪♪ [Traditional singing] ♪♪ 604 00:58:54,281 --> 00:58:58,582 Our Father which art in Heaven... 605 00:59:03,290 --> 00:59:05,884 [Branches crack] 606 00:59:12,925 --> 00:59:17,852 Mr. Watts, your Grace was the cleverest of all us girls. 607 00:59:17,971 --> 00:59:21,316 We all went to school together. 608 00:59:21,433 --> 00:59:23,060 Thank you, Dolores. 609 00:59:23,185 --> 00:59:25,187 Grace could speak German. 610 00:59:25,312 --> 00:59:28,907 And hold her breath underwater for longer than anyone. 611 00:59:29,024 --> 00:59:32,824 And anyway matter, she was beautiful too. 612 00:59:34,905 --> 00:59:37,203 And remember me day she lost her tooth? 613 00:59:37,324 --> 00:59:40,248 She was lying in the canoe, watching the fish 614 00:59:40,369 --> 00:59:44,341 and the sea wave came and smacked that canoe right in the mouth. 615 00:59:44,457 --> 00:59:46,130 [Mild laughter] 616 00:59:46,251 --> 00:59:49,926 When she got her first pair of shoes, she was so proud, 617 00:59:50,046 --> 00:59:51,889 she carried them everywhere, 618 00:59:52,006 --> 00:59:54,134 'cause she didn't want them to get dirty. 619 00:59:54,259 --> 00:59:57,012 [Mild laughter] 620 00:59:58,972 --> 01:00:00,724 What about you? 621 01:00:11,776 --> 01:00:15,826 Grace lived in a beautiful big house in London. 622 01:00:15,947 --> 01:00:19,577 She lived in one part of the house, I lived in the other. 623 01:00:22,370 --> 01:00:29,879 But... it was very hard not to notice Grace. 624 01:00:31,546 --> 01:00:37,804 I'd never seen anyone so black with teeth so white. 625 01:00:40,054 --> 01:00:43,854 She would come by every evening for a cup of tea 626 01:00:43,975 --> 01:00:47,275 and she would sit across the table from me. 627 01:00:47,395 --> 01:00:50,524 And then one evening... [Chuckles] 628 01:00:50,648 --> 01:00:55,325 She brought her chair around to my side 629 01:00:55,446 --> 01:00:59,952 and she took my hand and she placed it in her lap. 630 01:01:00,075 --> 01:01:02,919 [Chuckling] [Wolf-whistles] 631 01:01:07,708 --> 01:01:10,336 [Sighs, sniffs] 632 01:01:14,048 --> 01:01:19,805 My darling Grace gave me great happiness. 633 01:01:22,431 --> 01:01:25,025 None greater than when she gave me a child. 634 01:01:27,186 --> 01:01:31,236 A baby girl to whom we gave the name Sarah. 635 01:01:34,443 --> 01:01:38,198 And we couldn't stop looking at her. 636 01:01:40,199 --> 01:01:45,877 We had a room in the middle of the house, between us, for Sarah. 637 01:01:45,996 --> 01:01:50,797 We filled this room with our thoughts, our memories, our histories, 638 01:01:50,918 --> 01:01:54,092 which we'd take it in turns to write it on the wall. 639 01:01:54,213 --> 01:01:58,343 And Grace traced Sarah's lineage 640 01:01:58,467 --> 01:02:04,726 from her all the way back to a flying fish. 641 01:02:04,849 --> 01:02:08,945 Was I on that wall? 642 01:02:12,857 --> 01:02:15,701 Uh, yes, I believe you were. 643 01:02:22,867 --> 01:02:27,338 Sarah fell to meningitis before her first birthday. 644 01:02:31,334 --> 01:02:32,881 Grief... 645 01:02:35,922 --> 01:02:38,266 [Breathes heavily] 646 01:02:38,383 --> 01:02:42,433 Grace couldn't... she couldn't move, didn't speak. 647 01:02:42,554 --> 01:02:44,807 She never left her bed. 648 01:02:47,684 --> 01:02:50,563 And I tried... I... 649 01:02:50,687 --> 01:02:54,783 We moved homes, we moved countries. 650 01:02:56,818 --> 01:03:03,451 Finally, I thought that the best way would be for Grace to reinvent herself. 651 01:03:05,535 --> 01:03:09,961 I don't know how many of you here know who the Queen of Sheba was. 652 01:03:13,711 --> 01:03:16,305 It's in the Bible. 653 01:03:16,422 --> 01:03:19,767 The Queen of Sheba was a very wise black woman 654 01:03:19,884 --> 01:03:25,516 who wanted to see if she could match Solomon's legendary wisdom. 655 01:03:31,479 --> 01:03:36,280 And she communed with him of all that was in her heart 656 01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:39,404 and nothing was hid. 657 01:04:17,191 --> 01:04:18,738 [Door opens] 658 01:04:20,653 --> 01:04:24,204 We've all lost a lot in recent times. 659 01:04:26,159 --> 01:04:31,416 And those losses, I think we should use them... 660 01:04:33,750 --> 01:04:40,554 to remind ourselves of the things that we could never lose... 661 01:04:40,674 --> 01:04:44,679 our minds and our imaginations. 662 01:04:48,431 --> 01:04:51,230 Where are our imaginations? 663 01:04:52,602 --> 01:04:56,072 Out there, and in here. 664 01:05:01,611 --> 01:05:03,204 [Half-laughs] 665 01:05:03,321 --> 01:05:06,700 Alright, let's try something different. All of you close your eyes. 666 01:05:06,825 --> 01:05:12,958 Now, in a voice that only you can hear, I want you to say your name. 667 01:05:14,416 --> 01:05:15,918 [Children murmur] 668 01:05:16,042 --> 01:05:18,420 Just say it to yourself, everyone. 669 01:05:23,091 --> 01:05:27,597 [Murmuring continues] 670 01:05:30,473 --> 01:05:34,854 [Murmuring continues] 671 01:05:37,857 --> 01:05:41,907 Now, no-one ever... in the whole history of the world... 672 01:05:42,028 --> 01:05:46,875 no-one has ever used your voice to say your name. 673 01:05:46,991 --> 01:05:51,588 It belongs to you. Matilda Naimo. Matilda Naimo. 674 01:05:51,704 --> 01:05:54,753 No-one can take that away from you. 675 01:05:56,959 --> 01:06:03,683 When Mr. Dickens sat down in 1860 and started to write Great Expectations, 676 01:06:03,799 --> 01:06:07,679 the first thing he had to do was to clear a space for the voice of Pip. 677 01:06:09,930 --> 01:06:12,854 And that is what my friend Matilda has done. 678 01:06:12,975 --> 01:06:15,728 She's started to write the story of Pip. 679 01:06:17,563 --> 01:06:24,321 She has given us a special task, a sacred task... 680 01:06:24,445 --> 01:06:29,326 we have to retrieve the story of Great Expectations. 681 01:06:32,411 --> 01:06:35,085 So, who's with me? 682 01:06:39,126 --> 01:06:43,849 Yes. Christopher. Pip wanted to be a gentleman. 683 01:06:43,965 --> 01:06:46,434 Yes, he did. 684 01:06:46,551 --> 01:06:51,148 Can anyone be a gentleman? Yes, they can. 685 01:06:51,264 --> 01:06:53,858 Even a poor person? 686 01:06:57,729 --> 01:07:00,528 Absolutely a poor person can be a gentleman. 687 01:07:03,777 --> 01:07:10,877 A gentleman... a gentleman is someone who never forgets their manners, 688 01:07:10,992 --> 01:07:13,871 no matter what the situation is, 689 01:07:13,995 --> 01:07:18,501 no matter how terrible, how awful. 690 01:07:18,625 --> 01:07:22,971 Money and social standing have got nothing to do with it. 691 01:07:23,088 --> 01:07:28,515 A gentleman always tries to do the right thing. 692 01:07:33,348 --> 01:07:37,148 Where have you been? School, of course. 693 01:07:37,269 --> 01:07:40,068 What, with the dumb bugger, Pop-Eye? 694 01:07:42,149 --> 01:07:45,619 Mum, I know you talked Mr. Watts into coming back. 695 01:07:45,736 --> 01:07:49,582 [Both laugh] 696 01:07:49,698 --> 01:07:53,875 TOM: This will remove Pip from the protective comfort of home 697 01:07:53,995 --> 01:07:56,748 to the unknown metropolis. 698 01:07:59,041 --> 01:08:02,011 Metropolis. Uh... Alright. 699 01:08:02,128 --> 01:08:05,007 Let's say that this here is our little village. 700 01:08:05,131 --> 01:08:10,388 In Pip's time, greater London would be this immense metropolis. 701 01:08:10,511 --> 01:08:13,310 We've got a new roof on our place. 702 01:08:13,431 --> 01:08:15,775 [All laugh] 703 01:08:26,903 --> 01:08:29,531 [Children laugh] 704 01:08:29,655 --> 01:08:32,955 [Street vendor calls out] 705 01:08:33,075 --> 01:08:35,828 Tag! Can't catch me! 706 01:08:35,953 --> 01:08:37,921 [Women converse] 707 01:08:41,834 --> 01:08:44,132 Pip! 708 01:08:44,253 --> 01:08:46,347 [Laughing] 709 01:08:51,427 --> 01:08:53,600 Sorry, would you excuse us, Herbert? 710 01:08:55,306 --> 01:08:57,729 What's wrong? It's nothing. 711 01:08:57,850 --> 01:09:00,103 I'm just... I'm running late for a meeting with Miss Havisham. 712 01:09:00,228 --> 01:09:01,730 I'll walk with you. 713 01:09:01,854 --> 01:09:07,533 No, it's the young Miss Havisham, Estella. 714 01:09:07,653 --> 01:09:11,123 Anyways, it was very nice to see you. 715 01:09:13,200 --> 01:09:15,623 Who was that, Handel? Nobody. 716 01:09:15,744 --> 01:09:18,167 MATILDA: His name is Pip. 717 01:09:18,288 --> 01:09:22,759 Or have you abandoned that too, along with Joe and everyone else? 718 01:09:25,712 --> 01:09:27,555 And you're so much better? 719 01:09:27,673 --> 01:09:31,394 I'm sorry, Matilda, but you have no idea what is expected of a gentleman. 720 01:09:31,510 --> 01:09:35,435 I do. I just don't see one here. 721 01:09:58,120 --> 01:09:59,963 Do you not have your own shadow to play with? 722 01:10:00,080 --> 01:10:05,678 Shh. Matilda. What are you doing creeping around here? 723 01:10:05,794 --> 01:10:10,925 What Estella says to Pip... do you not have your own shadow to play with? 724 01:10:13,677 --> 01:10:18,058 Yes. Very good. 725 01:10:21,603 --> 01:10:23,981 Do you want to write this down? 726 01:10:34,574 --> 01:10:38,169 Did Mrs. Watts read Great Expectations? 727 01:10:38,286 --> 01:10:40,129 Grace? 728 01:10:42,624 --> 01:10:44,843 Sadly, no. 729 01:10:44,959 --> 01:10:47,007 She tried. 730 01:10:47,128 --> 01:10:50,723 Till finally she said that she would reach the end 731 01:10:50,840 --> 01:10:56,097 if I would do the same with the Bible, and that was that. 732 01:10:59,182 --> 01:11:01,810 The thing is, you can't really pretend to read a book. 733 01:11:02,977 --> 01:11:07,357 Your eyes will always give you away. Your eyes and your breathing. 734 01:11:07,482 --> 01:11:12,204 The house could be on fire and a reader deep in a book 735 01:11:12,320 --> 01:11:17,668 wouldn't even notice until the wallpaper was in flames. 736 01:11:20,787 --> 01:11:26,716 And for me, Great Expectations was such a book. 737 01:11:26,835 --> 01:11:33,434 It gave me permission to... change my life. 738 01:11:35,135 --> 01:11:37,183 Reinvent myself. 739 01:11:44,728 --> 01:11:46,355 Matilda. 740 01:11:48,983 --> 01:11:53,614 There's a boat leaving the night after the full moon. 741 01:11:54,822 --> 01:11:58,247 Gilbert's father could take us out to meet it. 742 01:11:58,367 --> 01:12:01,871 A few hours on the open sea and you'd be in the Solomon Islands. 743 01:12:01,996 --> 01:12:04,920 And Australia? 744 01:12:05,040 --> 01:12:08,761 Well, in the Solomon's, it'd be up to you. 745 01:12:14,466 --> 01:12:16,093 Your mum too, Matilda. 746 01:12:18,178 --> 01:12:21,148 But it's very important that you don't tell anyone about this, 747 01:12:21,265 --> 01:12:24,815 not even Dolores, until I give the word. 748 01:12:24,935 --> 01:12:27,563 Understand? 749 01:12:36,990 --> 01:12:38,663 [Whistling] 750 01:12:38,783 --> 01:12:40,785 [Dog barks in distance] 751 01:12:40,910 --> 01:12:42,457 [People shout in distance] 752 01:12:42,579 --> 01:12:45,207 [Whistling] MAN: Hurry up! Go! 753 01:12:45,331 --> 01:12:49,302 [Gunfire] [People scream] 754 01:12:49,419 --> 01:12:51,968 [Soldiers shout] 755 01:12:55,341 --> 01:12:57,639 [Soldier shouts commands] 756 01:13:09,814 --> 01:13:12,158 You. Move, move, move, move. 757 01:13:13,443 --> 01:13:15,161 Hey! [Shouts] 758 01:13:15,278 --> 01:13:18,202 [Soldier shouts in native tongue] 759 01:13:19,866 --> 01:13:22,289 SOLDIER: Move! Move out, move out. 760 01:13:24,537 --> 01:13:27,131 We need medicines. 761 01:13:27,248 --> 01:13:32,345 What medicines we had, you burned. 762 01:13:34,130 --> 01:13:38,761 Last time we were here, you were concealing a man named Pip. 763 01:13:38,885 --> 01:13:42,856 Have you decided to hand him to me yet? 764 01:13:53,692 --> 01:13:55,865 I thought not. 765 01:14:03,202 --> 01:14:05,330 Move! 766 01:14:07,289 --> 01:14:08,632 Move! 767 01:14:18,801 --> 01:14:22,226 I will ask you again for your name. 768 01:14:47,037 --> 01:14:52,043 My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, 769 01:14:52,168 --> 01:14:54,136 my infant tongue could make of both names 770 01:14:54,253 --> 01:14:56,723 nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. 771 01:14:56,840 --> 01:15:00,094 So I called myself Pip and came to be called... 772 01:15:00,218 --> 01:15:02,562 [Gunshot] [All scream] 773 01:15:05,140 --> 01:15:08,440 SOLDIER: Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! 774 01:15:09,769 --> 01:15:11,237 [Gunshot] [All scream] 775 01:15:11,354 --> 01:15:12,947 SOLDIER: Hey, shut up! 776 01:15:13,064 --> 01:15:15,567 [Weeping] 777 01:15:15,692 --> 01:15:18,241 I'm finished with being lied to. 778 01:15:33,752 --> 01:15:37,006 [Soldiers speak in naive tongue] 779 01:15:42,219 --> 01:15:44,813 [Speaks in native tongue] 780 01:15:49,976 --> 01:15:51,398 Move, move! 781 01:15:51,519 --> 01:15:53,817 [Pigs grunt, oink] 782 01:16:03,490 --> 01:16:06,370 [Blades hack] [People gasp, scream] 783 01:16:09,497 --> 01:16:11,545 [Pigs squeal, grunt] 784 01:16:16,754 --> 01:16:18,756 [Sobs] 785 01:16:26,973 --> 01:16:29,601 [Soldiers laugh] 786 01:16:31,769 --> 01:16:35,694 [Soldiers converse, laugh] 787 01:16:40,569 --> 01:16:42,788 [Laughs] 788 01:16:48,286 --> 01:16:49,913 Look up! 789 01:16:57,336 --> 01:17:00,260 Who saw this? 790 01:17:02,758 --> 01:17:05,477 No, Daniel. I saw it, sir. 791 01:17:11,142 --> 01:17:14,897 Sir, he doesn't know what he's saying. 792 01:17:25,365 --> 01:17:27,083 He doesn't know what he's saying, sir. 793 01:17:27,200 --> 01:17:29,544 Come. No, he... 794 01:17:29,661 --> 01:17:31,709 No! [Men speak in native tongue] 795 01:17:31,830 --> 01:17:34,583 Please, he doesn't know what he's saying! 796 01:17:34,708 --> 01:17:35,320 [Screams] 797 01:17:42,049 --> 01:17:45,394 [Wails] 798 01:17:46,970 --> 01:17:48,893 Would you like to go with him? 799 01:17:53,560 --> 01:17:55,187 Yes, sir. 800 01:17:55,312 --> 01:17:58,816 [Weeps] 801 01:17:58,940 --> 01:18:00,487 Get up! Get up! Get up! Get up! 802 01:18:00,609 --> 01:18:02,031 Get up! Get up! 803 01:18:02,152 --> 01:18:03,995 [Speaks in native tongue] 804 01:18:04,112 --> 01:18:06,456 [Sobs] 805 01:18:22,756 --> 01:18:27,729 Now, once more I will ask you... 806 01:18:30,765 --> 01:18:34,315 Who saw the white man die? 807 01:18:34,435 --> 01:18:36,108 Who saw? 808 01:18:41,275 --> 01:18:42,948 I did! 809 01:18:45,780 --> 01:18:50,786 Sir, I saw your men chop up the white man and feed him to the pigs. 810 01:18:53,246 --> 01:18:56,420 He was a good man. I'm here as God's witness. 811 01:19:00,711 --> 01:19:02,964 I am God's witness. 812 01:19:04,298 --> 01:19:06,676 [Gunshot] [Villagers scream] 813 01:19:06,801 --> 01:19:08,895 [Soldiers shout] 814 01:19:09,011 --> 01:19:14,518 Sir, I will be God's witness. 815 01:19:21,774 --> 01:19:23,651 Take her. 816 01:19:23,776 --> 01:19:25,904 MAN: No! [Soldiers speak in native tongue] 817 01:19:27,989 --> 01:19:29,036 Stay. 818 01:19:32,285 --> 01:19:33,832 [Man speaks in native tongue] 819 01:19:38,292 --> 01:19:42,422 You. Are you related to this woman? 820 01:19:42,546 --> 01:19:46,517 She's my mother. 821 01:20:03,984 --> 01:20:07,579 Okay, girl. Move, move. Move. 822 01:20:07,696 --> 01:20:09,949 Move it. Move it. 823 01:20:13,202 --> 01:20:16,046 Does anyone else have anything to say? 824 01:20:16,163 --> 01:20:19,417 [Sobs] 825 01:20:19,541 --> 01:20:21,043 Move, move. 826 01:20:21,168 --> 01:20:22,590 DOLORES: No! 827 01:20:22,711 --> 01:20:24,554 [Dolores groans] 828 01:20:24,671 --> 01:20:28,471 DOLORES: No! No! 829 01:20:28,592 --> 01:20:30,265 [Soldiers grunt] 830 01:20:30,385 --> 01:20:31,557 No! 831 01:20:36,266 --> 01:20:37,813 Matilda, my darling. 832 01:20:37,935 --> 01:20:40,438 [Whimpers] 833 01:20:42,814 --> 01:20:44,862 [Gasps] [Chuckles] 834 01:20:44,983 --> 01:20:48,864 Oh, Matilda, my darting. Yeah. 835 01:20:48,988 --> 01:20:52,367 No! Let her go! Please! 836 01:20:52,492 --> 01:20:54,165 OFFICER: Stop it! 837 01:21:04,671 --> 01:21:06,093 Stand up. 838 01:21:06,214 --> 01:21:10,469 Stand up. Please... 839 01:21:10,593 --> 01:21:16,396 Please, sir, I beg you, have mercy. She's just a little girl. 840 01:21:16,516 --> 01:21:20,646 Now you beg me, and for what? 841 01:21:20,770 --> 01:21:23,114 What will you give me to save your daughter? 842 01:21:28,778 --> 01:21:33,375 Take me instead. My men have had you already. 843 01:21:35,535 --> 01:21:38,379 You have nothing left for me. 844 01:21:41,291 --> 01:21:43,635 Take my life. 845 01:21:47,964 --> 01:21:50,433 Did you hear that? 846 01:21:50,550 --> 01:21:54,271 Your mother has offered her rife for you. 847 01:21:54,387 --> 01:22:00,942 What do you say? Matilda, don't say anything. 848 01:22:01,061 --> 01:22:06,568 No, I wanna hear. What do you say to your mother? 849 01:22:17,745 --> 01:22:19,418 Very well. 850 01:22:22,041 --> 01:22:23,588 [Shouts in native tongue] 851 01:22:26,295 --> 01:22:28,923 Move, Move. Move, 852 01:22:35,888 --> 01:22:40,064 No. You stay here. 853 01:22:40,184 --> 01:22:42,653 [Pigs grunt, oink] 854 01:22:44,605 --> 01:22:46,528 [Dolores screams] 855 01:22:46,649 --> 01:22:50,153 [Pigs snort] [Blades hack] 856 01:22:50,277 --> 01:22:54,077 ♪♪ [Sombre female vocal] ♪♪ 857 01:22:55,616 --> 01:22:58,290 [Matchstick scrapes and flicks] 858 01:23:13,635 --> 01:23:16,058 [Tropical bird chirps] 859 01:23:41,830 --> 01:23:43,582 [Cigarette hisses loudly] 860 01:23:49,379 --> 01:23:50,801 [Cigarette hisses loudly] 861 01:23:50,922 --> 01:23:54,051 ♪♪ [Emotional instrumental music] ♪♪ 862 01:24:17,366 --> 01:24:19,789 [Flies buzz] 863 01:24:31,714 --> 01:24:34,217 [Pig squeals] 864 01:24:36,552 --> 01:24:38,099 [Pig shrieks] 865 01:24:41,223 --> 01:24:42,645 [Man coughs] 866 01:24:42,767 --> 01:24:49,025 [Weeping and howling] 867 01:24:52,777 --> 01:24:55,371 [Villagers scream, wail] 868 01:25:38,073 --> 01:25:40,747 [Droplets patter] 869 01:25:48,834 --> 01:25:52,589 ♪♪ [Sombre instrumental music] ♪♪ 870 01:26:15,527 --> 01:26:18,451 [Music intensifies] 871 01:27:15,838 --> 01:27:19,593 ♪♪ [Powerful instrumental music] ♪♪ 872 01:28:22,280 --> 01:28:24,908 Hold onto me. 873 01:28:26,034 --> 01:28:27,877 Hold on! 874 01:28:37,671 --> 01:28:41,551 I saw something. It is. It's her. 875 01:28:48,473 --> 01:28:52,068 [Woman speaks in native tongue] 876 01:29:01,571 --> 01:29:03,039 Wait! 877 01:29:07,118 --> 01:29:09,496 We have to go, Matilda. 878 01:29:10,621 --> 01:29:13,374 [Motor starts] 879 01:29:25,595 --> 01:29:27,017 [Speaks indistinctly] 880 01:29:27,138 --> 01:29:31,268 MAN: Keep going. Slowly, slowly. 881 01:29:32,602 --> 01:29:34,730 Keep going up. MAN 2: Right. 882 01:29:40,943 --> 01:29:43,537 Say Ahhh. Ahhh. 883 01:29:49,202 --> 01:29:52,797 Matilda - that's a nice name. Where did you get that name? 884 01:30:33,914 --> 01:30:34,961 Oh! 885 01:30:44,383 --> 01:30:46,010 Here we are. 886 01:30:52,349 --> 01:30:54,067 You've got some eating to catch up on. 887 01:30:58,355 --> 01:31:00,778 I bought you birthday cakes for every one I've missed. 888 01:31:21,171 --> 01:31:24,721 Guess you were still a little girl in my head. 889 01:31:26,009 --> 01:31:28,478 It's nice. Alright. 890 01:31:28,595 --> 01:31:31,895 Well, I'll let you settle in. 891 01:31:35,435 --> 01:31:38,689 ♪♪ [Emotional piano & string music] ♪♪ 892 01:32:08,176 --> 01:32:14,934 [Joseph sobs] 893 01:32:17,185 --> 01:32:22,487 [Sobbing continues] 894 01:32:22,607 --> 01:32:25,076 [Fan blades whistle] 895 01:32:34,745 --> 01:32:36,292 You alright? 896 01:32:48,425 --> 01:32:49,972 I love you. 897 01:32:52,137 --> 01:32:54,310 [School bell rings] 898 01:32:54,431 --> 01:32:59,028 We've got a new student today. Welcome, Matilda. 899 01:33:00,813 --> 01:33:02,531 Matilda is from... 900 01:33:02,648 --> 01:33:06,528 I came here from Honiara in the Solomon Islands. 901 01:33:07,820 --> 01:33:09,663 Oh, right. It says on your form... 902 01:33:09,780 --> 01:33:14,126 My mum couldn't come, so I came here to help look after my dad. 903 01:33:16,787 --> 01:33:19,666 Okay. Right. 904 01:33:20,874 --> 01:33:24,424 So if everyone can open their maths books to page 348, 905 01:33:24,545 --> 01:33:27,048 we're just gonna pick up where we left off yesterday. 906 01:33:28,090 --> 01:33:31,515 So yesterday we were having a look at making up equations with algebra. 907 01:33:31,635 --> 01:33:35,435 Today we're just gonna carry on with using equations to solve problems. 908 01:33:35,556 --> 01:33:39,027 So that first example there at the top of page 348. 909 01:33:39,144 --> 01:33:42,444 If I think of a number and then multiply it by seven... 910 01:33:42,564 --> 01:33:44,783 ♪♪ [Sombre strings] ♪♪ 911 01:33:44,899 --> 01:33:49,029 I get the same result as if I had multiplied the number by four... 912 01:33:51,031 --> 01:33:52,954 and then added 15. 913 01:33:54,534 --> 01:33:57,128 So if we're writing an equation for this information... 914 01:34:02,751 --> 01:34:04,753 [Girls giggle] 915 01:34:44,376 --> 01:34:46,799 [Students. Converse in distance] 916 01:34:49,632 --> 01:34:51,350 [School bell rings] 917 01:34:51,467 --> 01:34:53,765 [Voices merge and echo] 918 01:35:09,318 --> 01:35:11,537 [Car door opens] 919 01:35:15,199 --> 01:35:17,201 It couldn't wait till after school? 920 01:35:17,326 --> 01:35:22,583 The man travelled from Sydney to see you. Some kind of lawyer. 921 01:35:27,461 --> 01:35:29,429 JOSEPH: So what's this about exactly? 922 01:35:31,549 --> 01:35:33,597 Uh, you're aware of the situation in Bougainville 923 01:35:33,717 --> 01:35:35,515 me the blockade was lifted? 924 01:35:35,636 --> 01:35:39,186 You've been there? How long since you were there? 925 01:35:40,224 --> 01:35:41,817 It's been ten years. 926 01:35:43,144 --> 01:35:45,863 I assume you remember Mr. Thomas Watts? 927 01:35:52,027 --> 01:35:55,782 He was my teacher... in Bougainville. 928 01:35:58,868 --> 01:36:02,294 Well, Mr. Watts passed away during the conflict. 929 01:36:02,414 --> 01:36:03,961 Did you know that? 930 01:36:07,919 --> 01:36:10,172 I'm sorry. 931 01:36:10,297 --> 01:36:16,851 But it seems he left a will which bequeaths much of his property to you. 932 01:36:16,970 --> 01:36:21,100 Mind you, we've had a devil of a time trying to find you. 933 01:36:21,224 --> 01:36:26,822 It's primarily his house - half a house. It's a flat, really. 934 01:36:26,938 --> 01:36:29,191 The other half reverts to his wife. 935 01:36:31,485 --> 01:36:33,533 His wife's dead. 936 01:36:33,653 --> 01:36:39,035 No. No, I can assure you June Watts is still very much alive. 937 01:36:39,159 --> 01:36:45,166 And where's the flat? In Gravesend, in London. 938 01:36:48,376 --> 01:36:50,674 ANNOUNCER, ON TANNOY: Platform four... 939 01:37:10,107 --> 01:37:12,326 [Knocks at door] 940 01:37:23,287 --> 01:37:25,164 Mrs. Watts? 941 01:37:25,289 --> 01:37:30,386 I thought you were from Australia. I am. 942 01:37:36,259 --> 01:37:41,140 Go ahead. It's yours. I'll put the kettle on. 943 01:37:57,655 --> 01:38:00,784 ♪♪ [Gentle piano & string music] ♪♪ 944 01:38:57,883 --> 01:39:01,558 [Crockery clinks] 945 01:39:07,768 --> 01:39:09,611 [Cat bell jingles] 946 01:39:11,355 --> 01:39:13,323 JUNE: Don't get many visitors. 947 01:39:15,692 --> 01:39:18,866 Went out and got the strawberry creams especially. 948 01:39:18,987 --> 01:39:23,458 Thank you. It was lovely of you to see me today, Mrs. Watts. 949 01:39:23,575 --> 01:39:25,919 Your husband had a big influence on me. 950 01:39:26,036 --> 01:39:31,009 Tom did? He was my teacher. 951 01:39:31,125 --> 01:39:35,301 A long time ago in Bougainville. 952 01:39:36,381 --> 01:39:40,431 So you knew her then? The other woman. 953 01:39:46,808 --> 01:39:49,778 I married a weak man, Matilda. 954 01:39:49,894 --> 01:39:54,024 I don't want to sound unkind, but it's true. 955 01:39:55,525 --> 01:40:00,452 Tom was not a brave man. 956 01:40:03,574 --> 01:40:06,703 He should have left me properly rather than carry on the way he did. 957 01:40:09,080 --> 01:40:12,960 I'm sorry, Mrs. Watts. I didn't know about any of that. 958 01:40:14,836 --> 01:40:17,009 Water under the bridge now. 959 01:40:21,259 --> 01:40:26,481 We were young. Everyone was young in those days. 960 01:40:28,850 --> 01:40:31,228 I suppose you knew about Tom's theatre thing. 961 01:40:56,754 --> 01:41:01,476 ♪♪ [Moody woodwind & strings] ♪♪ 962 01:41:11,018 --> 01:41:14,613 There she is The Queen of Sheba. 963 01:41:14,730 --> 01:41:17,859 [Half-laughs] He had some funny ideas, that director. 964 01:41:17,983 --> 01:41:20,702 "Avant-garde," Tom said. 965 01:41:23,447 --> 01:41:26,166 The Queen of bloody Sheba. 966 01:41:29,661 --> 01:41:31,880 I didn't think about Grace much. 967 01:41:31,997 --> 01:41:35,297 I didn't give her nearly enough thought. 968 01:41:35,417 --> 01:41:39,092 She was always laughing. 969 01:41:39,213 --> 01:41:40,806 [Sighs] 970 01:41:40,923 --> 01:41:44,143 It was like living next door to someone who was permanently drunk. 971 01:41:47,346 --> 01:41:50,190 Couldn't imagine him on her island. 972 01:41:53,895 --> 01:41:55,442 What was he like? 973 01:41:59,317 --> 01:42:01,570 When you last saw him. 974 01:42:06,366 --> 01:42:08,915 He was a gentleman. 975 01:42:11,162 --> 01:42:14,086 He was always a gentleman, Mrs. Watts. 976 01:42:21,422 --> 01:42:23,675 I'm not going to take the flat. 977 01:42:23,800 --> 01:42:28,431 It's nof mine. It's yours. 978 01:42:30,056 --> 01:42:33,856 Thank you so much, Mrs. Watts. I'll pour the tea. 979 01:42:33,977 --> 01:42:38,232 No. That's okay. Thank you. 980 01:42:38,356 --> 01:42:40,700 You've given me so much already. 981 01:42:53,079 --> 01:42:56,208 ♪♪ [Gentle piano] ♪♪ 982 01:43:13,517 --> 01:43:17,272 Take it if you want. But it's yours. 983 01:43:17,396 --> 01:43:19,524 Never read it. 984 01:43:21,358 --> 01:43:23,360 Tom would want you to have it. 985 01:43:25,237 --> 01:43:28,366 ♪♪ [Graceful woodwind melody] ♪♪ 986 01:43:54,308 --> 01:43:57,312 So what brings you to the Dickens Museum? 987 01:44:00,731 --> 01:44:03,154 It's a long story. 988 01:44:05,152 --> 01:44:07,826 Did you meet Mr. Dickens? 989 01:44:20,460 --> 01:44:24,260 PIP: I've met Mr. Dickens, and that is not him. 990 01:44:24,381 --> 01:44:28,682 Yes, the Dickens I knew told stories too. 991 01:44:28,802 --> 01:44:31,351 And he wore a white suit and a red clown nose 992 01:44:31,471 --> 01:44:34,020 and collected shells from sparkling blue waters. 993 01:44:35,016 --> 01:44:36,734 Pip... 994 01:44:51,533 --> 01:44:52,033 [Sobs] 995 01:45:09,426 --> 01:45:14,148 TOM: Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears 996 01:45:14,264 --> 01:45:19,566 for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, 997 01:45:19,686 --> 01:45:21,860 overlying our hard hearts. 998 01:45:23,733 --> 01:45:26,361 I was better after I had cried than before. 999 01:45:26,485 --> 01:45:32,538 More sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle. 1000 01:45:36,162 --> 01:45:38,415 We changed again, and yet again, 1001 01:45:38,539 --> 01:45:41,918 and it was now too late and too far to go back, 1002 01:45:42,043 --> 01:45:43,716 and I went on. 1003 01:45:43,836 --> 01:45:48,467 And the mists had all solemnly risen now, 1004 01:45:48,591 --> 01:45:51,845 and the world lay spread before me. 1005 01:45:51,969 --> 01:45:55,940 ♪♪ [Emotional instrumental music] ♪♪ 1006 01:46:03,314 --> 01:46:05,487 BOY: What is the wisdom of the crabs? 1007 01:46:05,608 --> 01:46:10,330 Well, my mum always said that wind and rain are on the way 1008 01:46:10,446 --> 01:46:12,716 if a crab digs straight down and blocks 1009 01:46:12,742 --> 01:46:14,897 the hole leaving marks like sun rays. 1010 01:46:14,992 --> 01:46:17,370 Who is your mum? 1011 01:46:21,082 --> 01:46:22,584 Matilda! 1012 01:46:22,708 --> 01:46:24,130 [Squeals excitedly] 1013 01:46:24,251 --> 01:46:25,673 [Giggles] 1014 01:46:25,795 --> 01:46:27,342 DOLORES: Sometimes I miss him. 1015 01:46:27,463 --> 01:46:30,137 Sometimes I will look along the beach. 1016 01:46:30,257 --> 01:46:33,637 There is your father, Matilda. He is walking towards me. 1017 01:46:35,055 --> 01:46:38,150 MATILDA: And me? DOLORES: And you, yes. 1018 01:46:39,226 --> 01:46:41,979 Your father is waking towards us both. 1019 01:46:46,608 --> 01:46:49,953 MATILDA: My mothers name is Dolores Mary Naimo. 1020 01:46:50,070 --> 01:46:53,370 My father's is Joseph Francis Naimo. 1021 01:46:53,490 --> 01:46:57,540 My father worked with the Australians who gave him the name "Matilda". 1022 01:46:57,661 --> 01:47:00,585 He gave it to my mother for her to give me, 1023 01:47:00,705 --> 01:47:02,878 and so they called me Matilda 1024 01:47:02,999 --> 01:47:05,752 and I came to be known as Matilda. 1025 01:47:12,676 --> 01:47:16,772 ♪♪ [Traditional Bougainville vocal music] ♪♪