(Projector whirring. Film begins.)Close-up of Sidoine's dark brown hand lighting rumwith a match. Safara sits on a three-legged stool.Sidoine pours flaming liquid over crêpes d'ananas.

Blue flamescourse over the platter, dance behind Safara's head.Sidoine, a tall, thin woman with bony hands, unshackles herankles. Close-up of cutand chaffed feet.Sidoine washes themfirmly but with care.She takes a half-emptybottle of rumfrom a shelf, then

massages Safara's ankles with the clear liquid until the skin is warm and glowing. A halo of light outlines her feet. (Film ends.)