- [Young Man] Come on! Are youse ready? - [People Shouting] Aye! Aye!
On your marks! Get set!
- Go! - [All Shouting, Laughing]
[Laughing] Yeah!
- Stew, Dr Garrigan? - [Clears Throat]
- And you, Dr Garrigan? - Hmm
I, uh...
- I thought that... [Coughs] - Mother
Seeing as we have something to celebrate, we might have a wee drop.
- Sherry - Right Right
Uh-huh Your mother and I are very proud of you, Nicholas
- Very proud - Not quite as good a degree as mine
but a fine one nevertheless
- [Mouthing Word] - Being a family doctor...
Well, let me tell you, Nicholas, you've chosen a fine life
[Coughs] If you'll both raise your glasses
a toast
To father and son
A long future together
[Shouts]
- [Coughs] - [Knocking]
[Father] Nicholas, are you all right in there?
I'm fine
Okay First place you land, you go
First place you land, you go
Canada
#[African Pop]
[Chicken Clucking]
#[Man Singing In African Language]
#[Song Continues]
[Honking]
#[Chorus Singing In African Language]
#[Fades Out]
[Nicholas] What are all the soldiers for?
- Excuse me Do you speak English? - Yes
What are all the soldiers for?
The army's taking over. There is a coup.
- A coup? What, are we safe? - Don't worry.
These are General Amin's men. He fights for the people.
It's a very happy day for us
#[Song Resumes]
[Cheering]
[Crowd Chanting In African Language]
- Is that him? - Yes
- What do you do in Scotland? - Well, I'm a doctor.
- A qualified doctor - Oh
Yeah I thought maybe use my skills here, you know?
#[Song Continues]
[Nicholas] Monkeys! Look! Look up there, Tolu. Look.
Do you have monkeys in Scotland?
No, we don't have monkeys in Scotland [Laughs]
No. If we had monkeys in Scotland...
we'd probably deep-fry them.
#[Song Continues]
I think I'm gonna like it
#[Song Continues]
This is my stop
[Both Moaning]
I'm a medical officer overseas!
#[Song Continues]
#[Song Fades Out]
[Speaking African Language]
[People Chattering]
Dr. Garrigan?
- Uh, Dr Merrit - No, I'm Sarah, David's wife
- Welcome - Hello
David was called out on an emergency
- I hope everything's okay - YeahJust normal business around here
- Safe journey? - [Chuckles]
- Uh, well, you know, it was... - Bloody awful
Goat up your ass and your face in someone's armpit
Last time I did that trip, I nearly asphyxiated
Right Hop in
Actually, I waited for the bus yesterday too.
- Oh, yeah? - We were getting a little worried about you
Thought you might have got caught up in the coup
It's official now, by the way Obote's out Radio's full of it
Who's Obote?
- Ex-president - Oh, right And, uh, what's his name
Amin. He's taken over. Yeah?
You've certainly come at a busy time.
Whatever I can do to help
- [People Chattering] - [Baby Crying]
[Rooster Crows]
[Woman Sobbing, Muffled]
[Man Groaning]
- [Man] Morning, Nicholas. - Morning
- So, what do you think? - Aye Aye, fine
Come on Come through
This is the operating room
Simple procedures for the most part
- Ah, morning - Morning
[Nicholas] If you don't mind me asking, how many doctors are there here?
Well, there's me, and, uh... and now there's you
- [David] Good morning, Sister. Good morning. - [Nicholas] Morning.
You know, the, uh, interesting thing is
80% of the locals still prefer the witch doctor to us
Sometimes I think we're just skimming the surface of an ocean
- Ready? - Yeah
There we are Whoo
- There we go Okay - Over here Okay
[Nicholas] Yes, thank you
- And... [Exhales] - [Exhales]
[David] Okay, and one more. Okay, who's next?
That's a lovely name Can I just see your...
#[Man Singing In African Language]
#[Chorus Singing]
- [African Language] - Yeah? [African Language]
#[Song Continues]
[Child Screaming, Crying]
- [Screaming, Crying] - Nicholas, are you ready?
[David Speaking African Language]
- #[Song Continues] - [Goat Bleats]
[Maraca Rattling]
#[Chanting In African Language]
## [Chanting Continues]
[Vehicle Backfires]
Dr Merrit
What is it?
- Complications with the Magisha baby - I'll go
No, no I'd better go I know the mother
Ah, sorry I'll be back in an hour or two
[David] Bonny.
- [Door Opens] - Jump in.
- Hi, Bonny - Hi
Mmm
- I hope you don't mind me saying this, but... - Yeah?
You seem an unlikely candidate for this kind of work
Why? 'Cause I don't wear socks and sandals?
Touch¨¦
I still want to make a difference, you know
- Really? - Yes, really
Want to have fun, too, though
Bit of adventure Something different
That's a lot of things
Is it?
[Chattering, Shouting]
- [Shouts] - [Grunts]
## [Singing In African Language]
Yeah!
[Boys Laughing]
It's a beautiful goal for Scotland!
- [All Laughing] - Yeah!
That's a good one
- Hey, Bonny, why are the women singing? - [Ululating]
You don't know? The president is coming to the village.
Where's Dr Merrit?
- He has gone to town for stores - Right
Come on I thought you might be slightly curious to see the new boss
I don't work for Amin
[Murmurs] Right Fine
Just thought it might be fun
[People Shouting]
Okay
- [Claps Hands] - Okay, okay
- ## - [Women Ululating]
[No Audible Dialogue]
[Crowd Chanting] Amin!
Amin! Amin!
## [Singing In African Language]
Amin! Amin!
[Cheering]
- [Shouting In African Language] - [Cheering]
- [Shouting] - [Cheering]
[Speaking In African Language]
And I want to promise you
this will be a government of action, not of words
[Cheering]
We will build new schools, new roads!
And new houses!
[Ululating]
I may wear...
the uniform of a general
but, hey... [African Language]
In my heart, I am a simple man
- Like you - [Cheering]
I know who you are and everything that you are
I am you
Ask my soldiers All my life
I never eat food until my soldiers have eaten first
[Cheering]
It will be like this in Uganda now
Together, we will make this country better
[Cheering]
And stronger!
- And free! - [Loud Cheering]
Whoo! Whoo!
[Shouting In African Language]
[African Language]
## [Drumming]
- Have you seen enough now? - What?
Have you seen enough now?
Just-Just a couple of minutes.
Whoo!
Whoo
- Can we please go now? - Okay
[Man Shouting]
[Ululating]
They sang just like that for Obote
until they realized that he turned their economy into a personal bank account
[Scoffing] Oh, come on Give the man a chance
I'm serious You talk to me in a couple of years
- [Horn Honking] - What's going on?
[Honking]
Jesus
- What's the problem? - [African Language]
- They're looking for a doctor [African Language] - [African Language]
The president's been hurt in an accident
- We have to come We'll follow you? - [African Language]
God How terrifying
[Bellowing]
[Arguing]
- [Bellowing] - My hand!
- Whoa Whoa - [African Language] My hand is broken!
- Get that farmer out of my sight! - [Ox Bellowing]
[Arguing]
Hey Hey
Come Come here
My name's Dr Garrigan I hear you have a problem with your hand
- I'd like to examine it Hmm? - [Ox Bellows]
There you go Okay, now do a fork
- Raise your thumb like that - [Bellowing]
- Okay. How's that? - [Ox Shrieking]
Sarah, I think we're gonna need a splint here
Please, can somebody do something about that bloody cow?
I don't think you've broken it I think it's just sprained
- [Gasps] - Please! It's in pain!
- [Bellowing] - [African Language]
[Bellowing Continues]
- Can you just hold that now with your other hand? - [Ox Shrieking]
Sarah, can you go and talk to that farmer about his cow, please?
- [Bellowing] - [Speaking African Language]
[Bellowing Continues]
- Sarah, how's it goin'? - [Ox Shrieking]
[Bellowing]
Will somebody please put that animal out of its misery!
I'm trying to explain to them!
For God's sake!
[Weapons Clacking]
I'm sorry l...
- I couldn't hear myself think. - You took my gun
- Yeah - Who are you?
Nicholas... I'm Dr. Nicholas Garrigan.
I work at the medical compound in Mgambo I'm a doctor
You are British.
Brit... Uh, well... I'm Scottish
- Scottish? [Laughing] - Yeah
Why didn't you say so? I fought with the Scots against the Mau Mau
Great soldiers Very brave
And good people Completely
Let me tell you, if I could be anything instead of a Ugandan
- I would be a Scot, my friend - Right Really?
[Chuckles] Except for the... the red hair
which I'm sure is attractive to your women
but which we Africans... We find this quite disgusting
[Both Laughing]
Thank you, Dr Garrigan A very good job
Hey, please
Would you let me have this T-shirt?
My son, Campbell, he would love this T-shirt
- You've got a son called Campbell? - Yeah
Maybe you would take my... my shirt here in exchange
Right Of course Yeah
- Ah [Chuckles] - Thank you
Aha You see? Now you are a general, like me
- Salute, please [Chuckling] - Oh
Now I must leave
[African Language]
[Man Shouting In African Language]
[Thunder Rumbling]
And I bet you that's worth a few bob.
Yeah [Chuckles]
Hmm
I still can't believe how you shot that cow
- [Laughing] - You're mad
Um, anyway, I think I have to go
- Do you fancy a wee drink on the porch? - No, thank you
I'm okay. Really. L... Nicholas.
I have to go No
Look, it's fine, all right?
We're just havin' a drink
Oh, God
- I can't do this - What?
My husband is a good man
Oh, Christ I sound ridiculous
[Sighs]
I guess l...
I guess I just need you to understand why I'm here
- It's okay I do understand - No, you don't
- I'm sorry - It's okay
It's just, sometimes
when you're married to such a very good man
it's...
- It-It makes you feel... - Like shit
My father's the same
And [Inhales]
It's nice to be noticed
- Mmm No, I can't I can't I can't - Sarah
- I'm sorry I'm sorry - It's fine
- No, I don't... - Sarah, it's fine
Don't, please Please
[Exhales]
[Knocking]
[David] Nicholas.
[Knocking]
- Nicholas, there are some people here to see you - [Murmurs]
Be, um, right there, David
Right Right
[Footsteps]
- Good morning, Dr Garrigan - Morning
My name is Jonah Wasswa, Minister of Health here in Uganda
I've been sent by His Excellency, President Amin.
- There is something he would like to ask you in person - Wh-What?
Sarah?
Oh, hey Listen
Why don't you tell David to rearrange the field trip for Friday?
All right? I'll be back as soon as I can
He probably just wants me to retie his bandages Okay, I'll see you later
My name is Masanga
Nice to meet you I'm Nicholas
Pleased to meet you, Mr Nicholas
Welcome to the president's car
[Cheering, Shouting]
- [Masanga] They think you are the president. - Eh?
- They think you are the president - [Woman Shouts]
- [Shouting] - [Whistle Blowing]
[Shouting]
[Whistle Blowing]
#[Man Singing Rock]
#[Continues]
- #[Fades Out] - The president's house
- Please sit down - [Clears Throat]
His Excellency will be with you in a moment
- And who's this? - Oh DrJunju, the previous incumbent
- Of what? - [Amin, Shouting] Of the post...
[Normal Voice] Of personal physician to the president
Hold on to your guns!
Everyone! Hold on to your guns!
[Laughing]
- Good to see you again, Dr Garrigan - You too
You see, Jonah? This is the sort of man a president needs around him...
someone who is not afraid to speak his mind
So, what do you say, Nicholas?
Will you take the job?
Wha... I'm sorry Um...
- You want me to be your physician? - Mmm
- Do you want to be of service to Uganda, Dr Garrigan? - Yes, I do
Then what better way
than to look after the health of its president?
And let me tell you, it will not be a difficult job
Because me, myself, I am a man
- in perfect physical condition - [Murmurs]
Also, I know precisely when I will die
It came to me in a dream
So, you do not have to worry about making a mistake
- I'm really sorry I'm-I'm very honored, but... - Nicholas
I understand
Me, myself, I did not want to be president
But the people, they wanted it so
Listen to me This is very important
Here, in Kampala
you will have a hand in creating
a new health service for this country...
something that will help millions of people
I'm sorry I really do have a commitment to the mission in Mgambo
I'd be lettin' them down horribly You see?
Ah
It's the woman, the one I saw you with
You want to get back to be with her
- Well, not entirely - [Laughing]
It's the woman It's the woman
Why don't you tell her to come and be here with us?
Uh, well, it's not that simple
- It's quite complicated actually - Why?
- Is she married? - Yes, she is
[Laughing]
Ah, Doctor
Doctor, you... you are very naughty
- Me? - [Laughing]
Ah, now you are even more interesting
Married women, they are always the most passionate, huh?
- [Silent Laugh] - Yes
- It's true - They are so grateful, huh?
[All Laughing]
[Sighs]
Hmm Yes
I'm sorry Yes, I'm sorry for wasting your time
No, no
My car will take you back first thing in the morning
But, in the meantime... Tonight, we are having a state dinner
Please, would you join us there?
I'd very much like that Thank you
You have a suit? Dark suit?
- No No, I don't - Hmm
How much is this gonna cost me, by the way?
It's okay It's the president's account
- Oh, can I just... - [Man] Hey! Stop!
[Shouting In African Language]
- What's goin' on? - [Man] Obote's men.
- They're everywhere - Really?
Yep They're communists, you know?
Mind you, Amin's more than a match for them
He's ex-British army... King's African Rifles
- Uh, Jamshid - Yes, sir?
Pack those up and have them sent to the High Commission in the morning, please Thanks
Yes, he's a little unpredictable...
but he's got a firm hand
[Whispering] Only thing the African really understands
- Thanks, Jamshid - You're welcome.
Yeah, up yours too, pal Bloody English
[Women Laughing]
Hello [Clears Throat]
Hello
Hello there How do you do?
- Ah! Nicholas - Oh!
- I'm so happy you came - So am I
Please Please, this way I want to introduce you to my wives
Excuse me Here This is Malyamu
She is my first wife She has given me five children
Hello
And this one... Nora. She has given me three.
Hello
And that here is Kay Yes
- This is Dr. Nicholas Garrigan. - Hello
- He saved my life - Oh, wel... Really, I just stitched his hand up
- It was... - Don't be so modest.
I believe it is you I have to thank for the T-shirt
Oh, right So you must be Campbell's mother
- Yes - It's a pleasure meeting you
Please come I have to introduce you to some people here
Excuse me
- This is, uh, British High Commissioner, Mr Perkins - How do you do?
Please, meet my good friend Dr Nicholas Garrigan
And his colleague Mr. Stone.
- How do you do? - Fine Yes, we've already met
- Well, I will talk with you later - Oh, right
So, uh, Dr Garrigan, we've been hearing all sorts of things about you
Yes, I, uh... I gather the president has clasped you to his bosom
Uh, no, no Not exactly
What do you make of him?
Well, I think he's doing rather a great job
- Don't you? - Yes He has some issues to be sorted out
But, no, he plays a pretty straight bat
- Yes, definitely one of us - Anyway
it's very good to, uh, have another Englishman around
- Scot - What?
- I'm a Scotsman - [Clapping]
Ladies and gentlemen, friends
I am speaking with you now because if I wait until later...
you will be too drunk to hear my voice
[Guests Laughing]
- Here is where civilization began - [People Murmuring] Yes.
Here in Africa
Here is where the Greeks stole their philosophy...
and the Arabs took their medicine
We Ugandans must be more proud of this history
We are an independent African nation...
living in peace and economic power.
[Guests Murmuring]
- Black power - Yes
Just like all you people thought would never be possible
[Applauding, Cheering]
And now we will go through to dinner.
The food tonight, it is all local
special food
And none of it is human flesh
[Laughing]
This is my last
[Guests Applauding, Whistling]
[Knocking]
Dr Garrigan Please come quickly The president is very sick
[Groaning] They have poisoned me
They are trying to assassinate me
- [Gasps] Nicholas - Okay
I just have to examine your stomach
[Groans]
Obote's people are everywhere. They want me dead, Nicholas.
Okay, I'm just... I need to do this Okay?
- [Groans] - One more One more
- [Gasps] - Okay Okay
Okay
Okay I think I know what this is Let me listen, just listen
Okay Yeah, okay I think I know what this is
Bear with me Uh... [Clears Throat]
There we go
[Groans]
There we are Okay
I'm gonna ask you to sit on this pouf right here
[Gasping]
- Hey! What is this? - It's okay It's okay
- What is this? - It's okay I'm just gonna hold it against your stomach
I'm gonna ask you to stand up... in three.
- One, two, three Go - [Gasping]
[Loud Flatulence]
[Flatulence Continues]
[Laughing]
I feel better, much better
[Laughing] Ah. Ah, yes.
You are a good doctor Thank you
In future, remember not to mix beer with aspirin
- That was the cause? - I think so, yes
I am ashamed that you saw me like that
- I was frightened - I'm a doctor
Everything that passes between us is confidential
Okay? I've taken an oath
But a man who shows fear, he is weak
and he is a slave
Well, if you're afraid of dying
it shows you have a life worth keeping
Ah [Chuckling]
You see?
You are a doctor and also a philosopher
[Chuckles] Yes
I do have a good life now
Please Please, sit
Sit here Sit here
I come from a very poor family
I think you should know this
My father, he left me when I was a child
The British army, it became my home
They took me as a
cleaner in the kitchen, cleaning pots
They used to beat me
"Build this wall, Amin"
"Dig this latrine, Amin"
And now here I am, the president of Uganda
And who put me here? Huh?
- It was the British - [Both Laughing]
What a story
- Good night, Nicholas - Good night, sir
[On Phone] Uh, hello. Sarah, it's Nicholas.
- Nicholas, where are you? - I'm still in Kampala actually.
Thank you
Look, the president's offered me a job here.
Normally, I wouldn't even bother considering it.
- But, under the circumstances... - Thank you
I thought it might be quite a good idea.
[Children Shouting, Muffled]
Oh, I see.
David will be disappointed
Oh, well, I'll write to David Of course I will
Of course
I just hope you can do as much good there as you could've done here
Look, somebody's callin' me
I'd, uh, better go
- Sure - All right Well, listen Bye, Sarah
- I'll be in touch - Bye
[Baby Crying, Muffled]
[No Audible Dialogue]
[Wasswa] When you're not treating the president or his family...
the hospital could use your expertise here
[Bell Dings]
This is one of our new medical wards.
Farther down the corridor will be the operating theaters
which the president has paid for himself
- [Man] Yes, sir. - Hi, Doctor
- Welcome to Mulago, Dr... - Garrigan Hello
I do hope you find the hospital up to the standard you are used to
Uh, excuse me Who was that?
Your predecessor... DrJunju
- Never mind him - Excuse me, sir. Two men to see you.
- Excuse me a moment - Of course
[Chattering]
- HelloJolly nice of you - It's very nice
[Children Shouting In Distance]
[Stone] Dr. Garrigan.
Just topping up on quinine
So, you've decided to stay
- Uh, yes Yes, I did - Excellent Excellent
Well, listen, I just wanted to say
that if there's anything we can possibly help you with
please don't, um, hesitate
[Scoffs] What, you're my new best friend now?
[Chuckles]
Do just stay in touch
Why?
Well, given that we were so, uh
intimately involved with the president coming to... power...
the Foreign Office has asked me to point out our awareness
of your very unique personal relationship with President Amin
Mm-hmm?
[Clears Throat] Should you find the need to clarify your status
regarding the details of that relationship
we would of course welcome any clarification you might
[Inhales] Feel the need to share with us
[Silent Laugh]
Is there some special school where you people
learn to talk that bollocks?
- Do, please, stay in touch - [Laughing]
You... You take care now
[People Chattering, Laughing]
[Amin] This man is going to kill... He's going to kill the president
So Nicholas walks up to that cow, and he shoots it in the head
[Laughing]
On your marks!
Get set!
- Go! - [Cheering]
Amin! Amin!
- Ho! - I won
- [Crowd Chattering] - Hit my hand Yes
- Okay Nicholas - Oh, no, no, no
[Laughing, Chattering]
Before I forget, I need to ask a favor
Anything
I will be in Libya next week
and I need you to attend a meeting in my place
- What kind of meeting? - A simple matter of taste and common sense
I cannot think of anyone better than you
[Clears Throat]
Ah, gentlemen, please Don't get up
The president sends his apologies.
He's been called away... [Clears Throat] on short notice
He's asked me to step in
- And you are? - Nicholas Garrigan, his doctor
- His doctor? - Yes.
- And you are? - I'm the Austrian foreign minister
This is Dr Ramml, one of our leading architects
and Dr Brunner from the Institute of Civil Engineering
Together, we are the first bid
Bid, right
For what precisely?
[Vehicles Passing]
[Airplane Passes Overhead]
I love it
Good choice
Modern, elegant... a symbol of Uganda's future
- Here is where we will have the next Pan-African Congress - [Wasswa] Nice.
My two closest advisors...
Tweedledum and Tweedledee [Laughing]
- Look what Nicholas has designed for me - Nice
- I didn't design anything It was more... - That's nonsense
You have a wonderful eye
Jonah... he has no taste
Look at him. [Laughs]
Even his suits, they look silly
Is that not right, Jonah? [Laughing]
[Speaking African Language]
What is it you want, Jonah?
I have some ministerial papers for your signature
Go
I will sign them later
I do not like the way that man looks at me
Do you think he looks at me strangely?
No No, I can't say that I've noticed
Okay Enlargement of the medial sternum
and reticular nodular lung patterns...
all indicating pulmonary T.B.
- Yeah, but it could be disseminated... - [Explosion]
- What was that? - [Gunfire In Distance]
Makindye Prison... where Obote's people are being held
- [Gunfire Continues] - Can you hear that?
[Man] Dr. Garrigan! Dr. Garrigan!
Please! Come quickly
The president's son is sick.
[Nicholas] What's wrong with him? What's wrong with him?
[Gunfire Continues]
[Engine Racing, Tires Skid]
Can you hear me, child? I'm begging you to stop it. Mackenzie!
- Thank you You can step away - Stop it, Mackenzie Please
- Thank you Your son's epileptic? - I don't know
- What? Has he been like this before? - Yes
Right Can you hold his knees up against his chest?
- Yeah, yeah - If you can do that Okay The other hand back here
- This is Campbell? - It's Mackenzie, Campbell's brother
- Mackenzie? Right - Come on, Mackenzie Come on, baby
Mackenzie, I am Dr Garrigan Okay?
We're gonna sort you out.
- We'll get you to hospital It's gonna be fine - No, no, no
- The president will not allow it - I really think the child...
- You must do what you can do from here - The child has to go to hospital
- Please! Please - [Mackenzie Gasping]
It's okay now, baby Mama's here
Mama is here It's okay Mama's here
- Okay Okay - [Breathing Calms]
There you are. Okay. Okay.
- There we are - Thank you Thank you, Doctor
- I thought I was losing him - It's okay. He's gonna be fine.
[Objects Clattering]
Could you, uh... Could you move the toys from that bed, please?
Could you move the toys from that bed, please?
Ah [Mock Groan]
Big boy Big boy
Here we go
It's okay, baby I'm so sorry
It's okay Don't say sorry
Don't say sorry. [Murmurs]
- This is where you live? - Yes
Why not at State House with the other wives?
Since I had Mackenzie, my husband prefers us to be somewhere more private
That's ridiculous
I think this child has epilepsy.
It's a perfectly treatable condition
- The president does visit you here? - He visits the children, not me
I am a bad omen
[Sniffles]
Okay
Okay, I'm gonna make an appointment for Mackenzie at the hospital
All right?
I will tell the president how helpful you have been
- #[Drumming] - ## [Singing Traditional Scottish Song]
## [Continues]
#[Continues]
#[Ends]
[Applauding, Cheering]
- [Man] Very nice. - [Doorbell Buzzes]
[Doorbell Buzzes]
[Amin] Good morning, Nicholas.
I could not go without thanking you for helping my son...
Don't mention it
and to bring you a small gift
No doctor should be without his ambulance
- [Laughing] - For me?
Yes Come Come This is yours here
- Oh - [Laughs]
Uh-huh? What do you think?
Are you serious? It-It's a fantastic gift
Are you happy now? Eh? Let's try it
You can drive me to the airport I have to fly to Libya on business
- Don't you think that I should get dressed? - Quickly then Quickly
- Now? Right - Yes
I'll just be a minute
- Are you comfortable here? - Yeah, very much Thank you
Ah
So, uh, it... it was Obote's men who attacked the prison, yeah?
- Yes - Right
We heard the gunfire all the way at the hospital
- Yes, and my soldiers, they held them off - Oh, right
We thought we were going to be inundated with casualties.
Do you want to drive your car? I want to see you drive your car
- Okay - Please Come
- Come - Okay Okay
[Laughing]
So, you do not like the way I treat my son
Uh, no No, I don't
Hiding him away like that, it's-it's ruining his life
That boy has everything he wants
Except the treatment that could save him
He has comfort and luxury in life
- Money? Sir, it's no substitute for anything - Nicholas
You have never been poor
What about Kay? Don't you think it's, uh...
Do not speak about things you do not understand
But the way you are concerned
it has touched me, and I will consider
You know, I like this type of frank conversation
Yes I respect your honesty
and your opinion completely.
- Nicholas! - [Man] Stop!
- [Men Shouting] - [Gunfire]
- Shit! Shit! - Drive! Drive
[Gunfire Continues]
Drive past! Drive!
- [Man Shouts] - [Whimpers]
- Drive! - [Shouting]
[Tires Screeching]
[Shouting In African Language]
- [Gunshots] - [Shouting Continues]
Obote's men! I'm sure of it!
If I had not been in your car...
But it is in my dream
- They cannot kill me It is in my dream - [Chatter On Military Radio]
[Murmuring]
Somebody told his men my travel plans.
Somebody is betraying me
I cannot trust... anybody.
I'm surrounded by traitors!
Masanga [African Language]
Nicholas Nicholas
You know Masanga? He is one of my people
He will handle all of my security matters from now on
Yes, sir
- You will take care of me and this country - Yes, sir
Where is Jonah Wasswa? Where is he?
I need my minister
A minister should be by his president's side
- Where is he? - I don't know
And you call yourself my closest advisor?
- Huh? - [Vehicle Doors Slam]
[Man, Amin Speaking African Language]
[Laughs] You see?
These loyal soldiers
already they have captured the criminals
[People Groaning, Whimpering]
- [Groaning, Whimpering Continue] - [Man Shouting]
- [Groaning] - [Speaking African Language]
Do not pity them, Nicholas
These men here, they wanted you dead
Why did you try to kill me?
Huh?
I will not die... until I say!
Look at me! [Shouting In African Language]
[Groans]
[African Language] Obote!
Huh?
You work for him!
Obote! Huh?
That-That drunk, silly man!
You want to kill me for that drunk, silly man?
Huh?
Uganda loves me
because I am loyal
and I am fair
[Groans]
I am your president
[Groans]
Come, Nicholas
This is no place for us.
[Weapons Clack]
- [Water Running] - [Exhales]
[Chattering]
#[Singing]
- ## [Continues] - [Chattering]
#[Continues]
[Chattering]
#[Ends]
[Insects Chirping]
[Nicholas] These I can read you later.
And the rest... The rest are just pro forma papers for you to sign
Um, I left a small list of medical equipment at the end
for my old surgery in Mgambo.
Is there anything else, Nicholas?
Eh?
Nicholas?
It's probably nothing, sir
What?
Nicholas, you are my closest advisor
- [Exhales] - Please.
Tell me what is on your mind.
Last night, I went to the Holiday Inn and had a drink
I saw Jonah Wasswa there speaking to some white guy in the bar
Something about it just didn't seem right.
It's... It's probably nothing
but, uh, you might wanna have a talk with him
Just... Just a talk
Like I say, it's probably nothin'.
Good night, sir
[Children Shouting, Laughing]
- Ah How are you? - Very well How are you?
Very well See you next week
- #[Man Singing Rock] - Would you care for a drink?
[Laughing] That's very good, Mackenzie
- #[Continues] - [Laughing]
Very good. Go show your brother.
- [Continues] - [Water Splashes]
Hiya.
Hiya
[Laughs]
Uh, he's looking much better
Much better
That other one is Campbell
He is the one who got your T-shirt
You're a man of taste
[Child] Mummy! Mummy!
- [Child Chattering] - Please, good-bye
- Mummy! He keeps pushing me! Mummy! - Okay, stop it
Stop it, Mackenzie.
- Dr. Garrigan. Daydreaming? - #[Fades Out]
Well, looking at you, Stone, I certainly hope so
[Chuckling] I wasn't expecting to find you here
I thought you'd be with the president on his trip to London
No, I'm needed here
- I do hope the man hasn't blown up again - Uh, what?
I was reading this article in the Times. I don't know if you've seen it
It seems a high courtjudge who recently ruled against Amin has gone missing.
- Hasn't been seen for five days. - I'm sure there's a perfectly logical explanation.
Well, the thing is, we've been getting reports
up and down the country of the same thing
People speaking out against the regime
just, uh, disappearing
No Look, if you're gonna accuse the president of something, you just come out and say it
- All right? - I was just hoping you might be able
to give us a little clarification
Oh, fuck your clarifications, Stone! Fuck them
You people amaze me
You know, the first sign of an independent African leader actually achieving something
and what do you do?
You spit your dummy because you can't stand the idea that he's done it without you
I know he's maybe a little bit rough, but what do you expect?
Do you think Obote's people are sittin' around waitin' for clarifications?
Look at me
This is Africa You meet violence with violence
Anything else, and you're dead
Well, then perhaps you'd be so kind
as to explain to me the whereabouts of Health Minister Wasswa
What?
Well, he's, uh... he's missing too
But, as you say, I'm sure there's some, uh
perfectly normal explanation
[Clears Throat] I'm, uh, having drinks later
with the man who wrote the article
Perhaps you'd like to join us
and shed some light on the matter
- Fine I will - All right Six o'clockish
- Can I help you? - Yeah, I'm here to see the health minister
- I'm afraid she's busy - [Masanga Speaking African Language]
You were right.
The health minister has gone missing Apparently, he's fled to Tanzania
What? Jonah Wasswa?
[Nicholas] Mmm. [Clears Throat]
It appears he's embezzled several hundred thousand pounds'worth of Ministry funds.
And some people are suggesting that he's joined up with Obote's exiles
- I find that very hard to believe - The man was on the verge...
of sealing a major pharmaceutical deal
[Grunts] Life-saving penicillin for the masses
I should know. I set up the meeting with his South African counterpart...
at, um, the Holiday Inn
So, this embezzlement... is it on the record?
- Yes Yes, it is - And I can quote you in the paper?
- I'm sorry? Quote me? - Not directly, of course
As a government spokesman
Government spokesman?
Aye
[Thunderclap]
[Voices Whispering, Indistinct]
Mr President
I've come to say good-bye
I'm going home
Mr. President?
Boo! [Laughing]
I got you I got him
[Laughing]
Nicholas, meet my body double, Wzenga
Look at him Everything the same
Except... What do you say, Nicholas?
Is he as handsome as me?
- No No, he's not - Aha! You see?
You see? Nicholas agrees. You are much more ugly than me, Wzenga.
[All Laughing]
Look, look, look, Nicholas. I have others also.
All part of Captain Masanga's plan for my security.
[Chuckling] Clever, huh?
Yeah
[African Language]
Nicholas
My Nicholas
What is all this about your going home?
Hmm?
We...
You once told me that you respected me...
'cause I wasn't afraid to speak my mind
Mmm Speak
It's this business with Wasswa
I can't...
It fucking stinks And I can't help coming back to that moment
when I asked you to talk to him
Look, this isn't me
I have to go home now.
You cannot
What?
Your work is not finished here yet.
But I didn't come here to finish anything
You promised to me
that you would help to build a new Uganda
You swore an oath.
The oath is, um...
It's... It's a doctor's oath of confidentiality We all take it
- It's got nothing to do with Uganda - Huh?
Nothing? Nothing comes from nothing
You have a conscience
I know you do
That is why you came here in the first place.
Or are you like all the other British?
Just here to fuck and to take away
No
- No - No
Why else would I trust you with my family?
You are like my own son
I'm Nicholas Garrigan
and I'm from Scotland
That's my home I want to go...
Your home is here
Please
Just, please...
Do not be a silly boy
If you go now, what will they think about you and, uh, Jonah Wasswa?
What are you talkin' about? I said... I said talk to him
Do not pretend to yourself that you did not know
You are a stronger man than that
I didn't want him to die though
But you... you did it
- Why? You want to know why? - Mm-hmm
You did it because
you love me
You have stepped deep into the heart of my country
Uganda
Uganda embraces you
- [Backslap] - Nicholas
Nicholas
What you need is to have some fun
#[Band: African Pop]
#[Group Singing In African Language]
## [Singing Continues]
Hey, Nicholas. Where have you been?
- I want you to meet Betty - Betty
And this here is her sisterJoy
- Joy - Hello
- Joy is going to look after you this weekend
- [Giggles] - Joy...
[African Language]
- All right - All right
- And now, let the games begin - [Murmurs]
- [Blusters] - Yes
Nicholas You did not know we had Ugandan cowboys, eh?
- [All Laughing] - Finance Minister
- [All Laughing] - [Camera Shutter Clicking]
[Amin] Come here.
[Laughing Continues]
All right
#[Drums]
[Woman Laughing]
#[Band: Afrobeat]
[Women Squealing]
Can I have another whiskey, please?
[Chuckling]
Well, let me tell you, Nicholas, you've chosen a fine life.
#[Band Continues]
[Amin's Voice] You want to kill me for that drunk, silly man?
#[Woman Singing]
[Amin's Voice] Nicholas. Nicholas.
[Kay] Dr. Garrigan.
#[Band Continues]
Jesus fucking Christ, you look so lovely
[Laughs]
You know something? I shouldn't be here
I should be in Scotland with my dad
I should be looking after little old ladies, 'cause... 'cause here I've fucked up
Kay, I fucked up I fucked up
Uh-uh, uh-uh Not here
- Walk with me - What?
Walk with me
#[Man Singing Rock]
- [Chattering] - #[Continues]
- I'm fucking doomed - Watch your head
You know he's got go-go dancers after me now?
Where are we going?
I don't know
[Joy] Nicky?
Oh, shit! It's the go-go dancer
- Oh, uh... uh... - Nicky?
In here In here Come on
Just follow me Up here
#[Continues]
- Shh! Shh! - [Laughing]
You be quiet Shh!
[Chuckling]
Oh, fuck it
#[Continues]
[Moaning]
[Gasping]
#[Continues]
#[Fades Out]
He has always been like this
He just chose not to show you until now
Nicholas
You have to find a way to get out
He still listens to me
He cannot trust anybody anymore
I'll wait till things get really bad
They are really bad
- [Chuckles] - Huh?
- [Chuckling] - What?
- Nothing - What?
[Chuckling]
I just had this mad image of me and you sittin'
at my mother and father's dinner table
- Oh [Chuckles] - [Chuckles]
"More stew, Mrs Amin?"
[Chuckles]
Nicholas
You've got to get out
- [Banging On Door] - [Man] To the lake! Everybody to the lake! President's order!
Everybody to the lake! To the lake!
- What is going on? - President's order!
- I don't know - What if somebody saw us?
[Banging On Door]
Okay You just wait two minutes and then come out after me, all right?
Yeah
Go, go, go, go
## [Singing In African Language]
## [Continues]
#[Accordion Fades Out]
[Picture Drops]
[Voices Whispering, Indistinct]
[Exhales] Shit
Dr Garrigan
It's 4:00 in the morning
Can I have a word with you?
- Whiskey? - Okay
They've, uh...
They've taken my passport [Clears Throat]
You were saying that if there was ever anything you could do...
I need to get out of here while I still can
I was hoping you might be able to help in that
- Please - "Please" It's a nice touch
Mmm
Have you any idea what's going on in this country, Dr Garrigan?
Some
In the countryside, they're not even bothering to dig graves anymore
They're simply feeding them to the crocodiles
Right here in Kampala, right under our noses
he's wiped out the entire political opposition
- [Gunshots] - Thousands of Acholi...
and Langi tribesmen from the army.
He's hardly even bothering to cover it up anymore
- [Crying] - [Shouting In African Language]
[Stone] Even members ofhis own cabinet.
Your friend the health minister
[Gunshot]
This man is actually trying to help his country
[Chuckles]
Idi always seems to get it wrong, doesn't he?
Jesus fucking Christ
Get me out of here
You earn your passage first.
Wha-What?
You know what they're calling you?
His white monkey
I'm his doctor
It's not my job to judge the man
"I'm his doctor. '" Is that your defense? How pathetic.
Fuck off, Garrigan
We don't just hand out passports to chimps like you
Particularly not chimps with blood on their hands.
Look, you, I'm a citizen, and I have rights
Fuck your rights You do as I say, or you don't get out of here
You're his doctor You have unprecedented access to him
Obviously, we'd help you with
anything you needed
You want me to kill him?
[Bell Tolling]
[Male Reporter] Amidst persistent rumors...
ofhuman rights violations and economic mismanagement...
the situation in Uganda has deteriorated badly in recent months.
[Female Reporter Speaking French]
[Male Reporter #2] The opening of 10 new hospitals has had to be deferred...
- and all the rest of them... - [Male Reporter #3 Speaking German]
[Reporters Continue, Overlapping]
[Male Reporter #2] But getting any definite information on the country...
- has become harder and harder. - [Female Reporter #2] President Amin has accused...
the British government of attempting to assassinate him and undermining him...
[Male Reporter #2] And so his policies are growing ever more unpredictable.
The British government has broken its promises to Uganda
Because of this, I have decided to expel...
all Asians from this country
And these people, they are leeches
They milk the cow
but they do not want to feed the cow
No longer They have 90 days to leave
- [All Shouting] - [Glass Breaks]
[Junju] They are too sick to leave.
[Shouting Continues]
Take your hands off him!
- This is a sick man How dare you! - [African Language]
I don't care where you get your orders from!
You cannot come into a hospital and start shoving people!
They are forcing us to leave!
[Both Arguing In African Language]
- [Woman Screaming] - [African Language]
Whoa!
[Shouts]
[Crowd Quiets]
This is a hospital!
You get your men out of here now!
[African Language]
I'm complaining personally to the president
[Nicholas] You all right?
I'll see to this
You're trying to help your people I understand that
But Uganda isn't ready, sir
You expel the Asians now, this economy will be on its knees
Not to mention the damage you'll do to your reputation abroad
Is that what you came here for?
To plead
for your fucking Asian tailor?
These things do not concern you
You are nothing but a doctor
You are a nobody
Get out
Get out!
[All Shouting]
[Shouting Continues]
[Bus Engine Starts]
Sarah! Sarah!
[Ringing]
- Hello? - [Kay, Crying] Oh, I can't believe...
What have we done?
Who? Kay, is that you?
He is going to kill us, Nicholas
He's going to kill us
[Kay, Crying] I have to get it out of me
He will kill me, Nicholas
I have to get it out
- What are we going to do? - I don't know
[Sniffles]
I want you to do it
Please You're a doctor I know you can do it
- I know you can do it, Nicholas - No, we can't!
I can't do that!
This isn't some simple procedure
- It has to be done under clinical conditions - [Gasping]
I have to... If you don't do something now, I'm going to have to find a place to go.
I'm... I'm going to have to get it done in one of the villages. Is that what you want?
No No, you don't
Come here Whatever you do, you don't do that
All right?
I'm gonna sort something outJust
promise me you'll stay in the house
Please promise me you'll stay in the house
P-Promise me this...
Promise me this is going to be all right
I promise
We'll do it first thing in the morning
- Kay Amin? - Mm-hmm
- The president's wife? - Yes
[African Language] No No, no, no
- We couldn't do that here Not at Mulago - Why not?
It's the president's hospital! He's bound to find out
- We could do this discretely, Tommy - No!
He would kill her and us It's too much to risk
What other choice does she have?
Some-Some backstreet job in a village somewhere?
Come on, Thomas You know what that means
It's the only choice you've left her
But I don't expect it crossed your mind to wonder, huh?
A white man with a black woman
What does she need with such things?
Fine
I'll do it myself
The president wants to see you now
[Muttering]
My head is exploding!
L... I can't think! I can't sleep!
Look at this! Look at this!
The British newspapers say I am a madman
The American newspapers say I am a cannibal
I am a cannibal, huh? Huh?
These are lies!
I should throw them out for good
Only Ugandan press from now on
- Do you want something for the headache, sir? - No
- Something to help you sleep perhaps? - Later
I want you to tell me what to do
You want me to tell you what to do?
Yes You are my advisor
You are the only one I can trust in here
You should have told me not to throw the Asians out in the first place
I did
But you did not persuade me, Nicholas
You did not persuade me
Huh?
Tell me what to do here
Don't throw the journalists out
They're only gonna write more lies about you
Invite them to meet you face-to-face
You charm them
You show them what kind of a man you are
Hmm
You think this will work?
I think that's the Amin they need to see.
Thank you
Thank you very much, Nicholas
[Chuckles]
What would I do without my Nicholas, huh?
What would I do without my Nicholas?
[Chuckles]
Is there something going on here?
- Huh? - No
No
- No - Is there?
- No - Huh?
- No - Are you sure, Nicholas?
Yes [Chuckles]
- Yes - [Chuckling]
[Laughs] Give me a booster
Something to make me feel strong again
[Sighs]
- Sir [Clears Throat] - Where are you going, Nicholas?
I have, uh, something that I have to attend to
Uh-uh No
You have to stay here.
I need you for the press conference.
[Line Ringing]
[Ringing Continues]
This is all very well, Your Excellency, but what about the reports of mass killings?
Who have you been talking with? The British?
Go. Look around Uganda for missing people.
Go anywhere you please.
[Reporter] So why would the British spread these rumors?
- [Crowd Murmuring] - [Man] Yeah?
Because they hate me
because I refuse to recognize South Africa...
a racist regime that they support
Also, they are jealous of me
[Man] Why?
[Amin] Because while they are starving with their strikes and with their protests...
the people of Uganda are eating beef and driving big cars
[Chuckling] I have...
I have created the Save Britain Fund
We Ugandans, we like to help our friends So, the Ugandans have got together
and saved three tons of food and vegetables...
- for their friends in England. - [Applause]
Because they are having economic difficulties, let me assure you here
Kay?
It's Nick Kay, it's okay It's Nick
- What? - [African Language] She went to the village
We had to take her to hospital
[Applause]
[Reporter] It's been reported that you've crowned yourself the last king of Scotland.
Yes My good friends, the Scottish people
have seen how I have defeated the English here
and they want me to do the same for them there
[Squawks]
Yeah, her This woman here
Did you "wrote'"the queen of England, offering yourself as a lover?
- [All Laughing] - [Amin] You... You... You are... You are very cheeky.
[All Laughing]
[Elevator Button Clicking]
[Woman Shouting In Distance]
[Shouting In African Language]
[Shrieking]
[Shouting Continues]
[People Wailing, Shouting]
[Shouting, Wailing Continue]
- [People Moaning, Wailing] - [Masanga Shouting In African Language]
And this is what happens when you betray the president
This is what happens when you betray him
[Sobs]
[Shrieking In African Language]
- [Retching] - [African Language]
[Woman Wailing, Shouting]
[Glass Breaking]
[Woman] I'm not turned off to sex.
I enjoy it. I could spend the rest of my life getting laid.
[Rattling]
[Woman] There should be more to it than a lot oflittle tingles.
[Woman Moaning]
[Moaning Continues]
They say she has a clitoris halfway down her throat
Is this possible medically?
[Woman, Moaning] Oh, yeah.
Almost all aberrations of nature are possible
[Moaning Continues]
I made an example of her
because she betrayed me.
I brought you those headache pills that you asked for
Good
Is there anything else?
No No, that's all
[Moaning Continues]
Then go
We are busy here
[Rattling]
[Ringing]
Uh-huh All??
Good morning
- [Quietly] Come on - [Phone Rings]
- Shit - Hello?
- Yes? - [Quietly] Come on
Yes, sir
Nicholas, there you are!
- Were you trying to run away from me? - No No
- Huh? - No
[Laughing]
I need you at the airport right away
- to help me with the hostages - H-Hostages?
Yes An Air France aeroplane has been hijacked by our Palestinian brothers
They have landed here at Entebbe
The eyes of the world are on Uganda today
Come, Nicholas To work
- How many passengers? - [Rattling]
250?
And how many of them are Zionist?
And, uh, television?
Plenty of television cameras?
[Amin] Mmm. Yes. Tell them to take the hostages to the terminal building.
[Pills Rattling]
[Radio Chatter]
- Mr. President, the press is waiting for you, sir. - All right
[Pills Rattling]
[Camera Shutters Clicking]
- [African Language] - [All Respond In African Language]
I wanted to assure you that the hostages will get the best medical care.
I have made my own doctor available.
[Baby Crying]
[Crying]
Doctor? Doctor, what's the situation here?
We've one woman with a heart condition
She's already gone to hospital A few cases of shock
And we're giving malaria pills to everyone.
- Okay, who's not been seen by a doctor yet? - I haven't
- [Woman] We haven't. - [Nicholas] How many of you are there?
- [Woman #2] I haven't, please. - [Nicholas] You neither?
- You've not been seen yet? - Malaria pills How is everybody doing?
- Thank you very much - [Pills Rattling]
- [Baby Crying] - Okay Um, okay Anybody else?
[Nicholas] Okay. Take these three.
The nurse is gonna come round with water. Nurse?
[Baby Crying]
Thomas? Thomas, can you take these, please?
- All right - Just be two minutes
Just take one Malaria pills Thank you
[Pills Rattling]
[African Language]
[Shouts In African Language]
[Nicholas] Stop! Don't!
[African Language] Spit
[Groans]
[Gasping]
Look at you
Is there one thing you have done that is good?
Did you think this was all a game?
"I will go to Africa
and I will play the white man with the natives"
Is that what you thought?
We are not a game, Nicholas.
We are real
This room here...
it is real
I think your death...
will be the first real thing
that has happened to you
- Listen to me, Nicholas - [Groans]
Listen I know
Yes
I know about you and Kay
How could you do that to me?
I am the father of this nation, Nicholas
And you have most grossly
offended your father
You're a child
That's what makes you so fucking scary
[Chuckles]
- [Grunts] - [Gasps]
[Chuckles]
In my village
when you steal
the wife of an elder
they take you to a tree
and they hang you by your skin
Each time you scream
the evil comes out of you
Sometimes it can take three days
for your evil to be spent
- Pull him up - [Grunts]
[African Language]
- [African Language] - [Groans]
[Grunting]
[African Language]
[Gasps]
[African Language]
[Nicholas Groans]
[Groans]
Good evening
I have good news
The Israeli government has agreed to negotiate
[Crowd Murmuring]
So, as a gesture of good faith
all non-Israeli hostages will be released
[Crowd Murmuring]
I have arranged, personally
an aeroplane to come and collect you
Yes, yes
[Crowd Murmuring]
[All Chattering, Laughing]
He'll be here when we come back
[Crowd Clamoring]
[Terrorist Shouting In Foreign Language] This way, Israelis!
- [Clamoring Continues] - [Baby Crying]
[Clamoring Continues In Distance]
[Terrorist] Israelis stay here.
- [Clamoring Continues] - [Woman Crying]
[Nicholas Groaning]
[Crying]
[Gasping]
They have sent a plane
They are releasing some of the hostages
If you go now, you will reach them before they leave
Here Put this on
Why... Why are you doing this?
Frankly
I don't know
You deserve to die
But dead, you can do nothing
- [Grunts] - Alive
you might just be able to redeem yourself
[Grunts] I don't understand
I am tired of hatred, Dr Garrigan
This country is drowning in it
We deserve better
Go home Tell the world the truth about Amin
They will believe you
You are a white man
[Groans Softly]
[All Chattering, Laughing]
[Groans]
[All Laughing]
[African Language]
What about you?
My fate is in God's hands
- [Junju] Go. Now. Before they come back. - [Chattering, Laughing]
Thank you
Go Go
[Laughing]
[Men Chattering, Laughing]
[Chattering In African Language]
[African Language]
[Shouts]
[Radio Chatter]
[African Language] I said stop!
Where is the doctor?
I don't know
Destination Paris
[Shouting In African Language]
[African Language]
My wife...
[Baby Crying]
Because many of the people who, uh, broke relations with Israel
they are not only Muslims, they are also Christians.
This particular certain point is very important...
[No Audible Dialogue]
[Passengers Murmuring]
#[Man Singing In African Language]
#[Ends]
#[Woman Singing In African Language]
#[Chorus Joins In]
#[Song Continues]
#[Ends]
#[Man Vocalizing]
#[Man Singing In African Language]
#[Song Continues]
#[Chorus Joins In]
#[Song Continues]
#[Ends]