Man to Man Page #3

Synopsis: 1870. Dr. Jamie Dodd is elated : he has finally succeeded in capturing not one, but two pygmies. He brings them to Scotland with the help of Elena Van den Ende, an adventurous woman who sells wild animals to the zoos of Europe. His two anthropologist friends, Alexander and Fraser, and himself are certain they have discovered the missing link, which will make them famous. They start examining the pygmy couple from every angle and Jamie gradually discovers that Toko and Likola are just as sensitive and intelligent as any other homo sapiens. His two colleagues strongly reject this idea as it is glory they are after not the truth. Will Jamie be able to prove the two short people are genuine human beings and not freaks to be shown in a zoo?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Régis Wargnier
Production: TPS Star
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Year:
2005
122 min
155 Views


QA to AB, 83 degrees.

Facial line 9 and

one quarter inches.

QA to AB, 62 degrees.

Facial line,

Facial projection, 108.

Cerebral projection, 87...

No it's right.

The great apes are almost

always below 50 degrees.

Negroes, usually above 70.

Mongols between 73 and 77...

and you Jamie, the perfect

Caucasian at 83.

Which would seem to place our

pygmies right in the middle.

Between the most evolved apes

and the least developed humans.

You know what this implies?

How certain are you?

- Results point in one direction.

- We can't afford to be wrong.

I've checked and checked again.

My God!

It looks like the world is gonna

have to come to terms with...

the fact that Adam and Eve were

a little black man and woman.

They're gonna have to

repaint the Sistine Chapel.

When you left them alone they

didn't seem troubled in any way?

No, they weren't "troubled".

Wrong vocabulary, my fellow.

That would require intelligence

and a capacity for reflection.

Our couple are thousands

of years away from all that.

Pull up there!

Who gave you the permission

to come in here?

No one! But I assumed you're

not going to turn me away.

If you succeed, then

you'll be forgiven...

until then we'll have to ensure

we have the proper documents.

I understand.

Toko "Ambaka" for the man.

What do you think?

And do you know the name

of the girl?

You... just invent something.

Wouli Djem. And the age is?

Say 20 for him

You'd better fill in the rest.

So, our guests are Toko Ambaka

and Wouli Djem.

In the province of Oubangui in

the territory of King Mateke.

They have come to Scotland at

the invitation or Royal Academy.

I need a letter of confirmation

from the Academy.

Consider it done.

I hereby certify that both

of the said individuals...

are placed under my authority

for a period of three months.

Please sign.

May I see them?

Madame... would you join me?

It's safe now.

We don't have much time.

Madame, considering you're here,

it'd be most helpful...

I don't think any of us should...

I see. What shall I say?

It's very delicate.

- It would seem something of...

- Of a violation?

Very well.

I think you should leave!

She's most definitely a woman.

What are these for?

Fill this with lead shot and we

can tell exactly the volume...

of the cranium. We can measure

the size of their brains.

She's waking.

Good, yes, I have it.

Careful.

Be calm.

Hold her!

- What are you doing?

- She sees her own death!

She thinks her soul is being

taken from her.

She would have killed herself.

Have you seen them?

No, but I could hear the most

awful cries. Not human cries.

And it wasn't the first time.

We got to get them out of here.

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