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Africa United

Phone in the Lake transcript

(SOUND OF WATER WASHING AROUND THE BOAT)

(SOUND OF PHONE RINGING)

DUDU: Who is it?

FABRICE: It's Ma. What do I do?

DUDU: Don't speak, she'll only tell you not to go to the World Cup. Football will be dead forever and you'll never kick a ball in front of a President.

FABRICE: (ANSWERS PHONE) Hello?

FABRICE'S MOTHER: Fabrice?

FABRICE: Ma.

FABRICE'S MOTHER: Fabrice?

FABRICE: Ma.

FABRICE'S MOTHER: You're OK?

FABRICE: I'm OK.

FABRICE'S MOTHER: Fabrice, what's going on? You went to a football trial?

FABRICE: Yes.

FABRICE'S MOTHER: Why would you lie to me? You never go anywhere without telling me.

FABRICE: I tried to. I want to be in this team and I still have a chance to make it.

FABRICE'S MOTHER: What? Fabrice where are you? What are you doing?

FABRICE: We are going to the World Cup.

DUDU: (SHOUTS) Where are you going?

FABRICE: Shhh!

FABRICE'S MOTHER: Who is that? Is that a street friend of yours? Is this his idea?

FABRICE: It's our idea. They are all helping me.

FABRICE'S MOTHER: Fabrice! I want you back home right now! Do you hear me?

FABRICE: I can hear you! The whole Congo can hear you!

(BEATRICE AND DUDU LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND LAUGH)

FABRICE'S MOTHER: Congo? (shouts) Congo?

FABRICE: Yes. The capital is Kinshasa. (WINKS AT DUDU)

FABRICE'S MOTHER: Don't you back chat me. Let me say this very clearly for you. You are not going to the World Cup! I want you to tell me where you…

(FABRICE HANGS UP THE PHONE AND THROWS IT INTO THE LAKE)

(MUSIC STARTS)

DUDU: Ooo! This is a different situation Fabby. We're on the way now! (LAUGHS)

Explosion transcript

DUDU : Foreman George!

BEATRICE: Can you see?

DUDU: What's wrong with the engine?

(MUSIC STARTS)

MAN PUSHING BICYCLE

2 MEN WITH CAR

JEEP RUNS OVER BICYCLE. JEEP OVERTURNS

2 MEN RUNNING FROM CAR

(PASSENGERS IN THE JEEP SCREAM AND SHOUT)

ACTION: PASSENGERS CRAWL OUT OF THE JEEP. COUGHING.

BEATRICE: Where's George?

FABRICE: What are you doing?

(DUDU CLIMBS BACK INTO JEEP)

BEATRICE: Be careful Dudu.

DUDU: George! George!

FOREMAN GEORGE: Run! Get off the road! Run!

2 MEN RACE TO OVERTURNED JEEP

MAN (TO PASSER BY): (Holds gun to him) Hey! Get off!

MAN: They've gone

MAN 2 (shouting): (Fires 2 gun shots into the air) Foreman George! I know you can hear me brother! The jungle is not big enough to hide in! (LOOKS AROUND)

OVERTURNED JEEP EXPLODES

DUDU: Ha! This Kodak moment!

FOREMAN GEORGE: We have to keep moving.

FABRICE: How does he know your name? No wait, those men are after him, not us!

FOREMAN GEORGE: They're after all of us now.