The Interpreter Page #7

- [Counting in Russian]

The Assembly will first hear an address

by the President of the Republic of Matobo.

On behalf of the General Assembly,

I have the honor to welcome

to the United Nations

His Excellency Dr. Edmond Zuwanie,

President of the Republic of Matobo,

and to invite him to address the Assembly.

[Smattering of applause]

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General.

Today my beloved country is under siege.

As you saw the other afternoon

across the river in Brooklyn,

the terrorists in my country will stop at nothing.

How am I to defend my country

against enemies like these?

- I admit I have dealt harshly with terrorists...

- Tobin, it's King.

...as we all will have to.

- I don't think Matu's here.

Remember the profile of suicide bombers

and how there isn't one?

...who know the evil

and violence of real terrorism...

Your mother and sister

will get their cheque on Monday.

- This isn't his apartment.

- You did well.

No one here will live long.

It's an AIDS hospice.

...with a reciprocal and immediate violence...

- My opinion? It's a con.

I have been forced to do this.

It is the hope and specific goal

of my administration

- to reform these brutal methods...

- Get him off the podium.

- To participate in the formation...

- We've got to go.

But I want to speak!

[Click]

[Screaming]

Come on, sir, run!

[Alarm blares]

He's OK.

- Cover here. I'll take the hall.

- Where's Keller?

Freeze!

Incredible. Thank God I looked up.

- He's from our mission.

- I know. Holster your weapon.

Dr. Zuwanie.

I remember the last time you were here.

- [security] Use the 42nd Street exit.

- We almost had an assassination here.

[Security] Please move...

We watched you on the telly back home.

My family. All the families.

You were like the Beatles.

Two or three more seconds,

he would have assassinated him.

An almost-assassinated leader

gets so much credibility

so he can stay in power

and gets to stick around to enjoy it.

We were so proud of you.

There you were, speaking to the world.

I don't think you should touch...

Because I'm not wearing a glove?

What is your name, child?

I'm the Silvia whose family you killed.

- What's in your hand?

- It's... Just a precaution.

What's in your hand?

He must've been very surprised.

He thought it was a live round.

- Where is everyone?

- But you knew better.

[Click]

Give me the live round.

I grew up seeing you with this gun.

It's the gun you saved our country with.

- Drop the gun!

- Put it down!

Keller, US Secret Service.

It's the same one you used to kill it.

- He's got a Glock on his hip.

- Code 100 in the sound room.

Look at it.

Look at it!

- Careful. The bleeder had AIDS.

- There's no way you can prove this.

You'll cop a plea.

You're just an employee, right?

- He's in custody. They're bringing him down.

- SWAT team's at 42nd Street.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah. Where's Zuwanie?

- The safe room. What happened?

- It was a fake.

A piece of theatre to justify the killing.

Ethnic cleansing, genocide.

You there? That's the flight. She's not on it.

I checked every hotel in New York,

her friends.

They don't know where she'd go.

No one knows her.

- I know her.

- OK, where is she?

- She said she was going home.

- [Silvia] I'm going home...

What home?

- How'd you happen to be there after hours?

- [Silvia] An evacuation. I left some things.

It takes too long...

I wouldn't mind if he were gone.

She's here. She's been in that room all night.

How could someone so good, so...

How could you give us so much,

so much...

then take away more?

- He in there?

- Yeah.

Keep everybody out.

Silvia?

Silvia?

It's me.

I'm coming in alone. I'm coming in.

Five minutes.

Close it.

- Close it!

- Silvia, don't do this.

It was all just theatre, an almost-assassination

meant to justify his acts.

- We've got all we need to prosecute.

- I have him.

- He'll die in prison.

- I want him to die how Simon died.

That'll be over in two seconds,

and you'll have all your years.

Sir, it's a lot worse than you think.

Your so-called assassin is dead.

Your head of security is making a deal.

We have Lud and the rifle.

You'll be tried before two courts.

- He's been tried!

- Sir, you're finished.

- It doesn't matter!

- Silvia. Listen to me.

I told you I'd let him drown.

The man who drove my wife

into a bridge abutment.

- But I wouldn't.

- Then you'd be wrong.

No, I wouldn't be wrong. I don't want

to spend the rest of my life in mourning.

[C*cks gun]

You have to get out of here.

I can't do that. So put the gun down.

- I can't.

- Yes, you can. Put it down.

I can't! I can't... I can't.

Just go.

This is how it's done.

This is how you put a gun down.

Please.

You shoot him, he'll be dead...

...but then you'll be dead...

...and I don't know what I'll be.

Put it down.

Read it!

Read it.

- Where?

- The beginning. Read it.

- "The gunfire around us... "

- Louder. Like when you wrote it.

When you believed it.

When you meant it.

"The gunfire around us makes it hard to hear. "

"But the human voice

is different from other sounds. "

- "It can be heard...

- "It can be heard over...

over noises that bury everything else. "Even...

- "Even...

- "Even when it's not shouting. "

"Shouting. " "Even when it...

"Even if it's just a whisper. "

"Even the lowest whisper

can be heard over armies...

[Silvia] "When...

- "When...

... "when it's telling the truth. "

That little boy was my country.

[Silvia] Hove Vambi...

...killed by land-mines.

Alexander Mungoshi...

Charles Kufomo...

Ruth Kufomo...

...shot to death defending their home.

Robert Chenjari...

Benita Matkudzi...

...burned to death during a protest rally.

Edgar Sakuro...

Masumi Bamcha...

John Enkumo...

Yvon Enkumo...

- [GA President] Let the record show...

- Steven Gawanda...

...that the Security Council...

- Solo Gawanda...

...has unanimously commanded...

- Steven Shamere...

...that President Zuwanie of Matobo...

- Stambuli Watiku... Esther Tikembu...

...be tried at the International Criminal Court

in The Hague

for crimes against humanity.

[Silvia's voice] Simon Broome...

shot to death in a soccer stadium.

How did you make out?

They said you told them I wasn't a danger.

- I lied.

- Thank you.

They didn't believe you.

They're sending me back.

I wanted to say goodbye.

It's OK. I'm going home.

We never...

I never had time to tell you

how much I miss Africa.

We never had time for a lot of things.

You don't have anyone left there, do you?

No, it's where I remember them.

Ever been to Africa?

Lot of airports, no lions.

- When are you leaving?

- Tomorrow.

Wow.

Hey, look at this. We're not kepla any more.

We're on the same side.

You never know

who you're going to meet, do you?

No.

Will you let me know how you are?

You'll always know.

What was her name?

Laurie.

Keller.

Killed in an auto accident in Santa Fe...

...23 days ago.

[Speaking Ku]

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