Souleymane's Story (L'Histoire de Souleymane)

ALAT ELEKTRONIK MURAH & BERKUALITAS : GPS, Kalkulator, Telepon, Perkakas, HT/WT, dll. HandyCom, BEC 1 L1/G.02

Ma'am, your notice?

Young man, your notice.

Asylum seekers, this way.

Come this way, please.

Your notice and filing receipt.

Here.

Thank you.

Mr. Samir Zied, please.

Ms. Honorine Mbuta, please.

- Mr. Souleymane Sangare. - Yes!

SOULEYMANE'S STORY

On February 19, 2019,

government agents came

to inform us our houses would be demolished.

On February 22, 2019,

I was arrested the first time

for resisting an eviction operation.

On March 30, 2020...

On March 30, 2019,

I joined the party,

the UFDG.

On October 23, 2020,

I was imprisoned as a political opponent.

I was arrested for resisting eviction.

On March 30, 2019...

Hello.

- Are you Ms. Antonella? - Yes, that's me.

- Do you have a code? - Yes, I do.

Order for Tristan, please.

Thank you.

Souleymane!

Khalil!

I call your name and you ignore me?

I'm making deliveries.

Want a cookie?

- Have another. - No, that's fine.

- Where you going? - Delivering.

Take me along?

- Where to? - To deliver.

You're nuts!

I'm coming.

With you riding behind me?

I'll sit here.

And you pedal fast.

- Find a bike? - Not yet.

I'm looking, but it's not easy.

How can you deliver without a bike?

I'm looking. Then will you help me?

First find a bike.

When you have one, I'll help.

- Ok, see you tonight. - Tonight.

- Have a good day. - You, too.

2510.

Thank you.

VERIFY YOUR IDENTITY

Take a picture of yourself

Hello, Emmanuel!

Gotta do a selfie. I'm coming over.

- A selfie, please. - Souleymane!

This damn system.

Verifying

Identity verified

Please, Emmanuel, can you pay me today?

Please.

- How much have you made? - I'm up to 253.

253?

That's lousy.

You gotta work, bro'.

I'm working, don't tell me...

Haul ass.

The account's for you to work.

You gotta work. We didn't come to Europe to play.

- I'm not playing. - 200, 250, that's nothing.

I'm not playing.

Can you pay me today?

Our deal is Tuesdays.

But I need money today. If you could...

Depends when the money comes.

When I get it, then...

You'll get money tomorrow by noon, ok?

Please.

I'll pay you at 1 p.m. at the train station.

- Agreed. 1 p.m. Thanks. - Deal.

- Hello. - Are you Mr. Dimitri?

No, come.

Dimitri!

Souley of Paris, how are ya?

Souley, what do you want? Some atiéké?

Sounds good.

Help your bro'.

Coz Guinea, you guys suck.

What team did Guinea beat in 10 years?

In 1977, we won.

In the past 10 years!

The problem is, I don't have time to talk.

Tell them, then you can go.

Guinea beat Ivory Coast tons of times.

We're elephants!

What elephant?

On the Guinean jersey, they should put a squirrel.

If I had time, I'd stay and talk.

You talk a lot about Guinea.

You Ivorians, you just talk.

We call you blabbermouths!

You good?

Thanks be to God.

When you request asylum at the OPFRA,

they'll ask why you left.

You explain to the Whites what happened.

That way, they'll give you papers.

So tell me: Why'd you leave Guinea?

I know it's hard for you women

to talk about things like forced marriage.

To go into detail.

But you'll have to say what really happened.

Yes.

Go ahead.

The first night,

he came into the room.

He asked me to sleep with him.

I said I didn't want to, that I didn't know him.

I didn't love him.

He said I was his wife.

That he had to have his due.

I put up a struggle.

He slapped me, but I kept up.

But he was stronger. He slapped me. I fell down.

He took out his belt.

He hit me. He kicked me.

I couldn't fight him off.

So I gave in.

He did his business and left me on the floor in tears.

What did you do in the morning?

When the sun came up...

I just wanted to die.

I remembered what happened in the night,

that a stranger had done something like that to me.

I went to ask my father if I deserved such treatment.

He didn't even let me talk.

He said, "You're a married woman. Go home."

He chased me away with a stick.

Souleymane, go ahead.

I lived in Bambéto

in the Kipé 2 district.

It's an area where Fula and members of the opposition live.

On February 22, 2019, the gendarmes attacked us.

Souleymane, it was February 19.

Your interview is in two days, and you still don't know your story.

I'm learning it.

The story:

What is written and what you'll say aren't the same.

It has to sound like your life experience.

Go into detail, because details count.

Understand?

Explain how they came. The gendarmes surrounded you.

They took out their clubs and tear gas.

They started shooting. People fell in the gutters.

The gendarmes kicked them.

They hit them with their clubs.

Tell it like real facts.

- Barry, hang on. - Understand?

Give details. Understand?

Such details are hard.

How so?

I can't make up all those details.

Can I change stories?

You can't change. They'll say you lied. Understand?

I know nothing about politics!

Give me your phone. I'll do a voice memo.

- Barry... - Oumar, wait!

Almost done.

As soon as I'm done with him, you're next.

Patience, please.

Why'd you join the UFDG?

First, it's the vision for society that convinced you.

Its vision for society seemed good for Guinea.

Second, in the field of education,

we want mandatory schooling for children over 5.

We want a budget increase from 13 to 20%.

Ok?

Next!

Barry, wait!

Souleymane, I can't give you the whole day.

This stuff about politics...

That's enough now.

Oumar...

Souleymane, now stop it!

Wait. I didn't even get my documents. You didn't give them to me.

You'll get them later.

Next!

- Barry, goodbye. - Thanks a lot.

See you tomorrow morning.

See you tomorrow, God willing.

See you tomorrow.

Thank you.

Souleymane, my money?

I'll pay you tomorrow. I had to buy a bike.

Your bike trouble isn't my problem.

- I want my money. - I'll pay you.