0:00:02 > 0:00:07*
0:00:19 > 0:00:20HARP-LIKE SOUND
0:00:39 > 0:00:41CHANTING
0:02:28 > 0:02:30# Africa! #
0:03:31 > 0:03:35The difference between a leader and a boss?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48This is how Alphonse walks. LAUGHTER
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Doesn't stop! Doesn't care who's in his way!
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Even turning is like so...
0:04:05 > 0:04:07SHE MOUTHS
0:04:49 > 0:04:52MAN SINGING
0:05:28 > 0:05:29PLANE
0:05:32 > 0:05:35CRIES OF DISTRESS
0:05:46 > 0:05:48NO!
0:05:53 > 0:05:55CREAKING
0:06:16 > 0:06:18LOUD CREAKING
0:06:26 > 0:06:27BANG
0:07:18 > 0:07:21ALARM BLEEPS
0:08:44 > 0:08:47PIANO PLAYING
0:11:25 > 0:11:28PIANO PLAYING
0:11:30 > 0:11:33LA-LA-ING IN TIME TO MUSIC
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Got it now? And...
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Thank you!
0:13:19 > 0:13:21It was... It was most kind.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26I mean, it was thoughtful of you to mend the hem of my trousers.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29It's part of my work, Mr Kinsky.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Thank you all the same.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Goodnight.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Goodnight.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59EERIE CREAKING
0:14:01 > 0:14:03TAPPING
0:14:03 > 0:14:06DOOR OPENS
0:15:12 > 0:15:15UPBEAT MUSIC
0:15:15 > 0:15:18SHE SINGS ALONG
0:15:28 > 0:15:33- Morning, Shanderai. - Good morning, Mr Kinsky.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Ahem!
0:17:45 > 0:17:47I don't think he has any friends.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56He had a rich aunt.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08You'll end up in bed with him.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13So, come to bed with me?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Anyway, you tell me you are gay.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20You're the only woman I could sleep with.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32No.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47I'm going home.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- I have an exam soon!- Me, too.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME!- Sssh!
0:19:03 > 0:19:06WAILS IN TIME TO BEAT
0:19:07 > 0:19:10HE SINGS
0:19:31 > 0:19:34AFRICAN GUITAR INTRO
0:20:15 > 0:20:19NO! It is MY cupboard!
0:20:55 > 0:20:57THUD
0:21:49 > 0:21:52PIANO PLAYING ABOVE
0:23:46 > 0:23:49I think this is yours.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52It belonged to my aunt.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58RESUMES PLAYING PIANO
0:24:11 > 0:24:14I don't understand you!
0:24:14 > 0:24:17I don't understand this music!
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Eh...?
0:24:19 > 0:24:23I rather... I rather hoped you'd like it.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27It not possible I keep this. You know?
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Why...?
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Why do I keep this?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36I love you.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I absolutely...
0:24:40 > 0:24:44I'm...in love with you.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48I'm sorry.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51I think I should go.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Marry me!
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- Marry you?! - Marry me, yes, please!
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Marry you...?- Marry me!
0:25:13 > 0:25:15You're crazy!
0:25:18 > 0:25:22I've never felt anything like this before. I've never...
0:25:22 > 0:25:25I've never said such...
0:25:25 > 0:25:28I love you.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30I love you.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33We could go anywhere.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38- I'll go anywhere with you. We could go to Africa.- Africa?!- Yes!
0:25:38 > 0:25:41What do you know about Africa?
0:25:41 > 0:25:44What do you know?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Let me go.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Please love me.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Love me!
0:25:58 > 0:26:01I'll do anything for you.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04What do I have to do to make you love me?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06I'll do ANYTHING!
0:26:06 > 0:26:10YOU GET MY HUSBAND OUT OF JAIL!
0:26:23 > 0:26:27I'm sorry. I didn't realise you were married.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55May I ask you why he's in jail?
0:28:39 > 0:28:43Shanderai! Shanderai!
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Shanderai!
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Are you all right?
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Shanderai!
0:29:23 > 0:29:26PIANO PLAYING
0:31:05 > 0:31:08MUSIC STOPS
0:31:39 > 0:31:40No!
0:32:04 > 0:32:07I believe this is yours.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Sorry.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11It just slipped!
0:32:19 > 0:32:22AFRICAN MUSIC
0:33:20 > 0:33:27He said to the disciples, "People were eating and drinking, buying and selling,
0:33:27 > 0:33:30"but the day Lot left Sodom...
0:33:32 > 0:33:38"it rained fire and brimstone from Heaven and it destroyed them.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42"Anyone who tries to preserve his life
0:33:42 > 0:33:44"will lose it.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48"And anyone who loses it will be kept safe."
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Ebola...
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Si.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13JAZZ MUSIC
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Mr Kinsky.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25You want coffee?
0:35:25 > 0:35:26Something?
0:35:27 > 0:35:29No...no.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Thank you all the same.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Si?
0:37:21 > 0:37:22Congratulations!
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Shanderai!
0:38:01 > 0:38:04I have to go out for the day.
0:38:04 > 0:38:11Someone's coming to collect the tapestry from the music room, so just show them where it is.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15- I suppose they'll need the ladder. - OK.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- DOORBELL RINGS - Oh!
0:39:46 > 0:39:49DOORBELL RINGS AGAIN
0:41:45 > 0:41:48HE SINGS
0:44:59 > 0:45:03NOTES SLOWLY PICKED OUT ON PIANO
0:45:17 > 0:45:20KNOCK ON DOOR Come in!
0:45:20 > 0:45:22I'll clean later.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25No. Please. It's all right.
0:45:36 > 0:45:41Shanderai, could you please pass me some of the manuscript paper?
0:45:59 > 0:46:01Thank you.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04There's not much to dust.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07I know.
0:46:07 > 0:46:11The carpet could do with a hoovering, though.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25You sure I don't disturb you?
0:46:27 > 0:46:30No. Go ahead.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45The bookcase...
0:46:47 > 0:46:50NOISY HOOVER
0:46:57 > 0:47:00NOTES CAN BARELY BE HEARD
0:48:06 > 0:48:10HUMS TUNE TO HIMSELF
0:48:24 > 0:48:27FAST, URGENT TUNE
0:49:27 > 0:49:30MUSIC SLOWS DOWN
0:49:32 > 0:49:33RING
0:49:33 > 0:49:36Uh...I'll get it.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38RING
0:49:39 > 0:49:41Si, pronto?
0:49:41 > 0:49:43Father!
0:49:43 > 0:49:45Yes!
0:49:45 > 0:49:48You're here! ..What?
0:49:49 > 0:49:51..Carry on.
0:49:51 > 0:49:55HOOVER STARTS UP Wonderful!
0:49:55 > 0:49:56Where?
0:49:57 > 0:50:00I'll see you in one minute!
0:50:00 > 0:50:02Bye!
0:50:09 > 0:50:11Eh...
0:50:12 > 0:50:15I must go out.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40"My dear Shanderai...
0:52:41 > 0:52:45"Good news of your husband.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48"He is alive!
0:52:50 > 0:52:54"He is being transferred from the military jail...
0:52:56 > 0:52:59"..to an ordinary prison.
0:52:59 > 0:53:03"His trial has been set for next week."
0:53:07 > 0:53:11Who is this...?
0:53:23 > 0:53:25Mister...
0:53:25 > 0:53:27Kinsky!
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Mr Kinsky!
0:53:40 > 0:53:42Mr Kinsky!
0:53:43 > 0:53:45Why?
0:53:58 > 0:54:01PIANO PLAYING
0:54:07 > 0:54:09PIANO PLAYING STOPS
0:54:18 > 0:54:20AFRICAN MUSIC
0:55:59 > 0:56:02DOORBELL RINGS
0:56:09 > 0:56:12DOORBELL RINGS AGAIN
0:56:16 > 0:56:19- Found you!- Agostino!- Let me in.
0:56:19 > 0:56:24- No!- Please!- What are you doing here? - Let me in!- Ssssh!- Please!
0:56:27 > 0:56:30BELL RINGS CONTINUOUSLY
0:56:30 > 0:56:33HE HAMMERS ON DOOR
0:56:39 > 0:56:42PIANO PLAYING
0:56:46 > 0:56:49- He's good, your pianist.- Sssh!
0:56:58 > 0:57:04- I can be a student for the rest of my life.- Was it so bad?- Dreadful.
0:57:05 > 0:57:11Let's get drunk. Where's the whisky, the cognac?
0:57:11 > 0:57:14AFRICAN MUSIC PLAYING
0:57:18 > 0:57:20Let's go out.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26Quiet!
0:57:26 > 0:57:29Go out! Go out! Go out!
0:57:30 > 0:57:32Out!
0:57:34 > 0:57:37PIANO PLAYING CAN NOW BE HEARD
0:57:39 > 0:57:43AFRICAN MUSIC
0:58:41 > 0:58:44SLOW PIANO MUSIC
1:00:09 > 1:00:11Va bene. Trentacinque.
1:00:11 > 1:00:14Grazie. Bene.
1:00:31 > 1:00:33Oh!
1:00:38 > 1:00:41You OK, Mr Kinsky?
1:00:42 > 1:00:44Yes.
1:00:44 > 1:00:47Yes. I'm fine.
1:00:50 > 1:00:53Are you sure? You seem...
1:00:53 > 1:00:55Seem what?
1:00:56 > 1:00:59Maybe something I can do for you?
1:00:59 > 1:01:02No, thank you.
1:01:09 > 1:01:12Well, as a matter of fact...
1:01:13 > 1:01:20..I'll be giving a small concert next Friday for some friends. Perhaps you could help.
1:01:20 > 1:01:24- Of course.- I'll be performing a piece I've composed.
1:01:24 > 1:01:28You'll probably find it rather... trivial.
1:02:01 > 1:02:03What is it?
1:02:03 > 1:02:06I want to ask you something.
1:02:06 > 1:02:07Yes?
1:02:09 > 1:02:11Yes?
1:02:13 > 1:02:17I...wanted to ask you... if you...eh...
1:02:17 > 1:02:19What?
1:02:20 > 1:02:23There's this friend of mine...
1:02:23 > 1:02:26and it's his birthday on Friday.
1:02:26 > 1:02:33So I wanted to give him a...present. I thought that maybe he could be at your concert.
1:02:33 > 1:02:36Yes, of course.
1:02:36 > 1:02:38The one that makes so much noise?
1:02:41 > 1:02:44I meant to say sorry!
1:02:44 > 1:02:47I didn't know he was coming.
1:02:47 > 1:02:53He was very drunk cos he failed his exam. I said, "Quiet!"
1:02:53 > 1:02:55But...
1:02:56 > 1:02:58He's not my boyfriend!
1:03:03 > 1:03:06HUMS TO HIMSELF
1:03:58 > 1:04:00DOORBELL
1:04:30 > 1:04:32Grazie.
1:05:11 > 1:05:14CHILDREN SQUABBLE
1:05:17 > 1:05:19Ssssh!
1:05:29 > 1:05:31Shanderai!
1:05:38 > 1:05:42Shanderai! Where are you going?!
1:06:13 > 1:06:15Shanderai!
1:06:31 > 1:06:32Shanderai!
1:06:34 > 1:06:36Shanderai!
1:06:41 > 1:06:44MUSIC SLOWS
1:06:50 > 1:06:53My husband.
1:06:53 > 1:06:57"Freedom. Arriving Sunday at dawn. Winston."
1:07:00 > 1:07:04- We must give him a big party!- Si.
1:07:07 > 1:07:12- You will make love for a week! Aren't you happy?- I don't know.
1:07:12 > 1:07:13Why?
1:07:13 > 1:07:15Shanderai!
1:07:34 > 1:07:37CHILDREN'S VOICES FROM OUTSIDE
1:07:55 > 1:07:58PIANO MUSIC QUICKENS
1:08:48 > 1:08:52SOMEONE IS PLAYING THE PIANO
1:10:17 > 1:10:20- Grazie.- Grazie.
1:11:29 > 1:11:32MOTOR RACING ON TV
1:11:43 > 1:11:44Hello!
1:11:45 > 1:11:48Come in. Come in.
1:11:53 > 1:11:56An incredible thing has happened.
1:11:58 > 1:12:01I heard from my husband.
1:12:02 > 1:12:05He is alive.
1:12:05 > 1:12:08He's been freed! He's free!
1:12:11 > 1:12:16That's marvellous news. You must...you must be very happy.
1:12:16 > 1:12:18Yes.
1:12:19 > 1:12:21Uh...
1:12:23 > 1:12:26I wanted to ask you if...
1:12:28 > 1:12:34..it would be OK that Winston... stays downstairs for a few days.
1:12:38 > 1:12:41Of course. Of course.
1:12:46 > 1:12:49When is he arriving?
1:12:49 > 1:12:53Very early tomorrow morning.
1:12:58 > 1:13:01That's very exciting for you.
1:13:10 > 1:13:13He's a brave man, you know.
1:13:13 > 1:13:16A brave man.
1:13:17 > 1:13:20I respect him very much.
1:13:20 > 1:13:22Mmm.
1:13:22 > 1:13:24Found the ball.
1:13:45 > 1:13:48I look forward to meeting him.
1:14:29 > 1:14:36To our Lord, who, once again, has given us proof of his mercy. And to you...
1:14:36 > 1:14:42for all your... all your kindness, your help... and your tenacity.
1:15:02 > 1:15:08I hope you'll invite me to one of your concerts. I don't really give concerts.
1:15:08 > 1:15:12What? I don't play in public.
1:15:12 > 1:15:15Why not? Oh...
1:15:17 > 1:15:22One of the finest pianists of our day - Vladimir Horovitz -
1:15:22 > 1:15:25stopped playing at the peak of his career,
1:15:25 > 1:15:31became convinced that his fingers were made of glass. Each time he struck,
1:15:31 > 1:15:36he was terrified the finger might just shatter.
1:15:37 > 1:15:41Franco Ferrara, wonderful Italian conductor,
1:15:41 > 1:15:43every time he mounted the podium,
1:15:43 > 1:15:48he'd sense this... this terrible force...
1:15:48 > 1:15:51pushing him backwards.
1:15:51 > 1:15:55He just fainted away... just fainted.
1:15:55 > 1:15:58You faint? No, no.
1:15:58 > 1:16:03- That's why you don't give concerts! - I don't...I don't faint.
1:16:05 > 1:16:06Whooops!
1:16:38 > 1:16:40Aaah!
1:16:44 > 1:16:47No! I've had enough! Yes, yes, yes, yes.
1:16:47 > 1:16:50Oh, well! We've all had enough.
1:16:54 > 1:16:59What about YOU? Why don't you play in public?
1:17:01 > 1:17:03Me?
1:17:04 > 1:17:07I'm just...
1:17:07 > 1:17:10not good enough.
1:17:10 > 1:17:11LAUGHTER
1:24:38 > 1:24:40DOORBELL
1:24:50 > 1:24:54DOORBELL RINGS AGAIN
1:25:02 > 1:25:04RING
1:25:04 > 1:25:06RING
1:25:06 > 1:25:08RING
1:25:13 > 1:25:15RING
1:25:15 > 1:25:17RING
1:25:25 > 1:25:29RING
1:25:49 > 1:25:51RING
1:27:39 > 1:27:43Subtitles on 888 by Janice Hamilton, BBC Scotland, 1999