PATRICE: THE MOVIE

In our history class a few days ago, we had to get into partnerships and come up with a film plot summary thing for a movie about King Leopold and the Free Congo State in the early 1900's (I think that's when it was. I'm not entirely sure). Well, instead of this, Isabelle and I created....... a masterpiece! This is our story, and the title of it all is...

How epic is that? Anyways...

This story revolves around a British missionary, whose name is Arthur Kirkland (Sound familiar, Hetalia fans?? heeeeh?!). Arthur travels to the Congo to try to convert some of the people to Christianity. This part of the movie will be kindof like avatar, where he explores the natives, their rituals, and their culture. They're just not big blue aliens.

During this portion of the movie, he falls in love with a charming girl named Patrice (originally this character was to be named Allouette). Patrice, however, was the slave of a Belgian man (sadness). Throughout the duration of his stay, Arthur sees how horrible the conditions are in the congo, (what with the lack of human rights, extreme kleptocracy, and whatever else we heard about) and how it's all happening right under King Leopold's (Belgium) nose! He is determined to do something about this.

Arthur returns to Europe to settle the matter among parliament, but as soon as he starts protesting, he gets thrown in jail. He skillfully and dramatically breaks out of prison though...

After this streak of misfortune, Arthur decides to take the direct approach and confront his brother, Geoffery, who holds a powerful position in the British Parliament. Geoffery, however, has a different idea for a solution to the problems of the Congo (while Arthur wants Britain to act alone, Geoffery thinks they should make aliances with other countries and use this force to overtake the Congo). So after much dramatic screaming behind closed doors, and tension between two close brothers......



Geoffery convinces the rest of Parliament to pass a super special secret I don't even know what to call it, that will begin the fixing of the Congo immediately. Arthur is really happy about this! :D

He decides to leave his girlfriend, Olive, who I've neglected to mention until now (but there'll be big tension between them too in the dramatic parts), and return to the Congo to try and reunite with Patrice! Once he arrives, however, he finds Patrice is dead, and the film will end with him kneeling over her grave screaming "NOOOOOO" to the sky. The message is that, in life, you pay for everything. Or something.

Oh yeah.

And it's a musical.