:38:05
Nor did we.
:38:07
But the official version
:38:10
was that the body
was that of Abel Cavaco,
:38:12
and a coffin was sent to the city
with the remains
:38:17
which were probably of Matateu.
:38:21
So today, perhaps, the unclaimed body
of a black man lies buried in Boliqueime
:38:26
beneath a gravestone honouring
a fallen hero in a foreign war.
:38:34
And Abel was never seen again?
:38:37
No.
:38:41
Some days later,
news reached the camp
:38:44
that a white soldier had been seen
in a nearby village, in Chang'ra.
:38:50
The lmmortals were convinced
that it was Abel
:38:55
and decided to search the village,
:38:59
on the pretext that it was
a terrorist hideout.
:39:04
Nobody's saying anything.
:39:06
Nobody's seen Abel.
:39:08
- Where's Beto?
- Searching the huts.
:39:10
Either they've killed Abel
:39:13
or taken him into the bush
to interrogate him.
:39:15
Who speaks Portuguese?
:39:18
If nobody speaks Portuguese,
you're all going to die!
:39:22
- You speak Portuguese?
- A little...
:39:25
Did anybody see the white soldier?
:39:29
Are you deaf or what?
Answer me!
:39:32
- Nothing, nothing.
- Nothing, nothing?
:39:40
Bastards!
:39:42
Get him out of my sight!
:39:43
It was an act of violence in which
they unloaded all of their despair
:39:47
at the disappearance of their friend.
:39:54
Yes?
:39:57
No, I'll be right down.