Gold Coast Lounge (2020) Movie Script
Dear God.
I'm dead.
In the heart of the city of Accra,
lies this place that is at the center of its nightlife.
A place where joy is free, alcohol supply is unlimited,
and everyone experiences the highlife.
"The Gold Coast Lounge"
We are a third world country
working hard to thrive after our independence.
Life comes with its bitter challenges.
The day can be bitter,
but in here,
we say "the night is sweet".
For me, this sweetness comes in the form
of my favorite chocolate cake,
that eases my mental escape.
That helps me forget the bitterness of my past,
and remember the only thing that was sweet about it.
Naa Adorley. My best friend. My sweet love.
that used to make the best 'bofrot' cake in my village.
I dream of her often,
and I know. I will see her face again.
Bra Daniel.
Please, there is a situation.
Ama, what is it?
Where is Wisdom?
Please sir. He is the situation.
The next fight starts in five minutes
Place your bets, double or nothing. Whos the next challenger?
I can hear you when youre looking at me.
What does it sound like?
Demonic.
Wait til you hear the rest of the record,
You will love me.
What do you want?
I want you to leave.
You, this everything, we dont do this anymore.
You see this place?
This entire compound?
It used to be a playground for me, when I was a little girl.
While you were stealing bags of gari in your rotten village.
To me, you will always be a visitor.
To us, you will always have the blood of your fathers rich legacy.
But you have the mind of a village prostitute.
Ladies and gentlemen!
Akatua stop!
Place your bets for, we have a new challenger.
Akatua stop!
My champion Timothy!
Go get the gun.
Will fight Mr. Daniel. Vice-president of the Gold Coast Lounge.
Now everybody get out!
Where is Wisdom.
Bra Wisdom.
Please. Bra Daniel wants to see you. He says...
What did you do?
Please I didn't do anything.
Next time you talk about me behind my back, I will break your hand.
Now go.
Young man.
Look sharp.
Change is coming.
Tomorrow,
John Donkor
will return.
Viewers, we interrupt this program to report to you some breaking news
Mr. John Donkor
President and Co-founder of the 'Gold Coast Lounge'
has been released from prison this morning at 7:30am
Mr. Donkor's arrest was ordered by the former government,
as a result of the lounge's criminal history.
Mr. Donkor is out on bail after a two month trial.
He is due back in court in April.
Stop bringing Akatua to the lounge.
She's the one that brought herself.
She can be wherever she wants to be.
Stop messing around.
This is why you should not be in charge.
Neither should you be in charge.
He is.
Daniel
Welcome back.
Wisdom,
Sir John.
My boys.
My soldiers.
It's good to see you again.
Together.
One family.
I'm ready. Let's go.
Every Ghanaian in politics is good friends with John Donkor.
As a teenager,
John was the saxophone player of the "Donkor Band" with his brother.
Together, they inherited large acres of land,
where John built his mansion and the lounge.
Though most of his wealth was made illegally,
everyone agrees, there is a lot of good in this man.
He is our father.
John.
The government won't shut down Gold Coast Lounge.
But things need to change.
This government is going to be very strict on crime and corruption.
Enough!
So you people think I cannot do without the prostitution and the drugs.
You really underestimate what I'm capable of.
Have you forgotten who I am.
If we've forgotten, then it's your fault.
Adwene Mu Ti
I'm sorry,
Is there something funny?
We are happy you are now here,
cause your boys who you left in charge
continued with the drug business,
and my friend, business is booming.
The drugs must stop.
Prostitution must stop.
You can't come and bribe the police or us any longer.
This president is going to be inaugurated in the next three weeks.
I want you to use these three weeks to set your house in order.
Challenge accepted, thank you all for coming.
We also thank you.
But next time, don't serve us whiskey.
'Akpeteshi', is what we should enjoy.
Even without the six months in prison,
I still would have changed.
Hm, three weeks.
The Gold Coast Lounge is heading in a new direction.
But first
let's address the man who doesn't live up to his name.
Wisdom!
Sir?
Stand up.
It has come to my attention that you have disobeyed my instructions to stop the drugs,
the prostitution and the gambling.
While I have been sent to prison for the exact same reason.
Sir please,
if you looked at the accounts,
you will notice that if I stopped the side business then eventually everything would decay.
Our lifestyle will have to change drastically...
Correction,
your lifestyle.
Sir,
can I make a suggestion?
If we can find a way...
Did I say you can make a suggestion?
Maybe if you spent six months in a room
of 100 people, sleeping with no bed, no air, no toilet
maybe you will know where this lifestyle that you speak of is going to lead you
I am sorry sir,
please forgive me I will not disobey you again.
Oh I know you wont.
Break his hand.
Oh sir, you can't be serious.
Sir John,
please forgive him.
What are you waiting for?
Break his hand!
No, no!
Just get off me. You can't do this to me now. No!
No no don't do it!
No no!
Sir John no! Sir John don't do this!
Yeah it's good to be back.
Me, I come from "Abankaba Village".
My father made me a thief like him,
until the villagers had enough.
Even in my youth, they didn't want to spare me.
Then I saw his face.
Like a cowboy angel from heaven.
With these words he said to me:
Everything is going to be alright.
He became my new father, instantly;
and I never looked back at that village.
I was different from the other orphans he brought home.
They were from the city tribes.
John showed me the brightest light. But it cast a big shadow behind me.
He groomed us to be leaders of class.
We became his loyal soldiers. African warriors.
I excelled effortlessly in his combat drills.
My survival instincts from my village, gave me an advantage.
One by one, I beat them all.
But this boy.
This demonic spirit,
was desperate to dethrone me.
Every time I knocked him,
he refused to stay down.
Our rivalry went on for hours.
They went on for years.
The house grew. John's empire grew,
and so did my rivalry with my brother.
It was on this day.
John chose me as his legal successor,
who will inherit his empire when he passes.
I am grateful to this man.
My hero.
John Donkor.
Together, we owned the streets.
They called us by many names.
"Gold Coaster"
"Black Stars"
Everyone feared us.
But I forgot to mention.
there used to be a girl in our group.
The "queen among men".
The boss's own daughter.
After years of hustling,
the law gave us a chance to leave our life of crime in the past.
A chance we cannot reject.
Oh John!
So good to see you back.
How are you? How are you feeling?
-Everything's good?
-I am well. How about you?
I'm around
And how is our place?
She is ready for a new beginning.
'Danny boy'. How did the meeting go?
It went well.
Kweku, what's wrong with your hand?
I was pleasuring myself.
You fool.
With this small penis in your pants, you are acting like you're big.
As if you need your whole hand to grab it.
Fool.
When I started this place with my brother,
it used to stand for something,
that made us proud of being a Ghanaian.
we must stop partying with our senses and party with our soul
We are always selling fantasy,
but we need the type of fantasy we all can relate to.
-We need a star.
-Yeah.
We need a black star.
Yeah!
We need to call the radio station and newspapers to help us find this star.
Let's go out and find the face of Gold Coast Lounge.
Yeah!
An announcement for the whole nation,
John Donkor from Gold Coast Lounge
says he is holding a new audition,
for all ladies across the country, that can sing
Girls girls girls!
You are the lucky ones to have reached the finals of the auditions
By the close of the day, one of you will be chosen to be the face and voice of Gold Coast Lounge!
After that, you will perform in a few weeks
in front of Record Executive OB Jackson!
OB Jackson from OB Records,
may offer her a record deal
to take her music to the world,
and money to put in her pocket.
So ladies! I wish you the best of luck.
Thank you1
I'm saying, if I win
I will wear the most expensive jewelry,
and the most dazzling fabric.
I will blind you with my shine.
Now me too, if I win.
Bus? I won't take the bus again.
I will only ride in a Mercedes Benz.
Who the hell is that?
Thank God you were able to make it.
Nice voice but it's a stupid song.
What is this?
Ama can sing?
Ama, thank you, good voice.
But get off the stage.
Sir, please.
Just give her a chance.
You'll never know. Just try.
Not marketable. Her fruits are not ripe.
Virgin! Get off the stage!
Adjoa!
Bring the next girl, I don't have all day!
Hello father.
You need to leave.
Relax Daniel.
To what do we owe this painful visit Akatua.
I'm here to knock you back to your sense.
A week since you've returned and you haven't opened the lounge to the public.
My businesses are running down.
All because of this stupid audition.
If you do not mind could you please take your businesses elsewhere.
Since you don't want to evolve with the new Ghana.
I will operate at the Gold Coast Lounge as I want. It is my birthright.
If you were not family.
I would have disposed of you a long time ago.
When this new government settles in
They will come after you and make you rot so bad.
Flies will even ignore you.
You cannot hide behind my name anymore Akatua.
We have stopped bribing the police.
You're on your own.
I'm on my own.
Once everybody sees that this is not going to work
they are all going to leave you.
Adjoa.
Who is she?
Rose. Her name is Rose.
Rose. She is our black star. Our Black Rose.
And there she is, Naa Adorley.
You have bloomed gracefully with age.
My dreams have come to life.
Naa Adorley!
Nii!
It's been too long.
Yes. Its been too long.
When did you leave the village?
Not long after you left.
In fact, right after you left.
Nii.
I can't.
Adorley.
Do you work for Donkor?
Answer me!
It doesn't matter.
My future, my dreams.
It's all I care about.
I'm not the girl you used to know Nii.
You're not the only one that has changed.
Auntie Adjoa tells me that you were one of the girls in Kumasi.
Is that correct?
Yes. It's true.
I assigned Wisdom to be in charge of the girls in Kumasi for a year.
He tells me, that you escaped from us. Is that also correct?
Yes, it's true.
You're beautiful, powerful.
What do you want Mr. Donkor to do for you?
I want to be a star, I want to go to New York.
Then you will have the finest jewelry in town.
You will be clothes in the finest fabrics in Accra
You will rise in the finest cars. Fly in the sky. Everybody will know your name.
My Black Rose.
Ive been fighting John my whole life,
I guess it's what happens when your parents born you at age of 15.
We need to put some sense into my father's head.
He has already made up his mind.
I cant take it anymore.
I am losing my patience.
Oh you are losing your patience?
I cannot get clients outside the lounge,
all the wealthy money-spenders go there!
He made us,
but hes becoming a government puppet.
The girl, Black Rose, she is making him soft.
He is vulnerable, but we can manipulate him.
But there is just one problem,
Daniel has to go.
Finally, you agree with me.
Come with me, I have an idea.
Danny boy.
What is it? What is wrong?
Nothing.
No no no, Danny boy.
All these years, I've been dreaming to meet her.
Then I finally do,
just to have my life in turmoil.
Even when I think about it,
it gives me a heart attack.
Look...
I feel your pain.
I'm the one who recruited her from the village to Kumasi.
This makes me feel bad.
I didn't know that, you knew each other, or in love,
or anything of that sort, I didn't know.
Everything will be alright. Okay? Danny boy.
Hey! My friend stop it! You don't have any powers. Just give us the medicine that we need.
Would you keep your voice down Wisdom?
You dont believe in God and you dont believe in juju,
what is your problem?
Is this your idea?
What do you propose? Hire a hitman? Gunshot, stabbing?
Something that will require an investigations and possibly point fingers at us?
I don't think so.
This is the best way.
Take.
This poison
it's very effective.
everything you want is in it.
Coma, slow death.
That is what you'll get.
However, there is an antidote for it.
Perfect.
We'll take it.
Why?
Why?
Akatua do you have sex just to climax in 1 minute?
Or do you do it for the pleasure to last as long as possible before you climax?
Take!
This will make you go all night long.
My friend shut up! Put it away.
Akatua listen,
I want Daniel alive but broken.
I want him to be paralyzed,
I want him to be in pain, and suffer for the rest of his life.
I want him bound to a wheelchair,
conscious,
powerless.
While he sees us rise to the top.
Take!
This is going to give him an instant death.
Which one will you take?
Hey over there.
I want some of the coconut.
Tell me about this dream of yours?
For several years I have been selling my body for cheap because I had nothing. I was nothing.
What do you want me to do?
This is the chance for me to finally be something in this world.
You are selling yourself and you dont even know it.
You are just with him because of the promise he made you.
Rose, you should be with me.
And then what?
Do you have John Donkors wealth?
Do you own
the Gold Coast Lounge?
Rose, We are starting! Come down.
She is doing well.
Yes, she is doing well.
Is everything alright with you?
You have not been yourself lately.
Everything is alright.
I see the way you look at her.
Sir?
Don't bullshit me Daniel.
She is from the same gutter village where I found you.
That is why I trust you to protect her and not do anything that will cloud your judgment.
Mr. Daniel, your cake is ready.
In reality, every man wants something he can't have.
But that's the devil whispering in your ear.
Like how he tempted the lady, with the forbidden apple.
Like this cake for example.
Instead of eating 'bofrot'.
you eat something foreign.
Never lie to yourself,
always know your place.
That was brilliant!
But I need some more attitude. More movement,
aggression in your body when you move.
This performance has to be,
one to die for!
John! John!
Bring the car closer!
John. John!
No! No!
Go back! John.
Whoever did this is in the house!
Go to the kitchen, find them and finish them!
I repeat, finish them!
You. Which one of you three did it.
Boss, but you gave me.
Chef, tell the truth.
Wisdom. For 22 years, I have served Mr. John.
Someone that I loved, you think I would kill him?
I worked here before you came here.
I swear on my 3 children.
I swear!
If this knife touches me,
I curse you.
I curse your children!
If God shows you no mercy,
and you go to hell.
I will be there to welcome you at the gate.
Wisdom, may God punish you!
May God punish you well Wisdom!
You.
You did this to John. Why?
You were jealous of Rose?
You wish it was you he chose to be the face of Gold Coast Lounge?
Why did you do it? Confess?
Please, I beg you, it wasn't me.
Please, let me pray first before I....
Pray? Pray to who?
Today is the day that a man finally opens your body. You virgin bitch. Confess!
Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
John is our father, why? why?
Kweku, what is this?
Stop this nonsense you're doing.
She couldn't have done this! She doesn't work in the kitchen anymore!
Have you forgotten?
-She works with Rose now.
-It's true
Let her go. Kweku let her go now!
I know you didn't do it, go.
Daniel is back!
Welcome back sir.
Dear God.
Am I in charge?
The empire, the lounge, the rose, it's all mine now.
New leadership, new direction, new policies.
We will hurry to meet our deadline.
I want us to own our own clothing line, drinks. Much more.
Drinks? What would you call it?
Black Rose.
This is my philosophy as a leader.
Here is the state of our nation.
On one hand,
you have cake introduced by our colonisers.
and you have our indigenous 'bofrot' cake.
I say, as long as they are made in Ghana,
we can consume both.
No more putting excess money in our pockets,
we will employ the youth and the veterans alike.
Everyone's talents will be exploited,
for the rise of 'Gold Coast Lounge'.
Borrowing and importing is killing us! Every single year it is the same problem,
when we cut down on importation, eventually we will have enough capital for expansion.
We should be producing and manufacturing everything ourselves!
My main concern is,
let's strengthen our resources and labour force.
When we strengthening our farms, and factories, do you know what will happen?
People will have jobs.
People will be able to feed their families.
My friend listen, we are here because of the importation. This is Gold Coast Lounge,
You think people come here to buy 'akpeteshi' and palm wine, that they can easily get in the village?
They want proper American whiskey!
So, lets give them some local drinks. Drinks that they can't get in the village and increase the price!
Drinks that they can only get here!
Eh heh! It's all about packaging!
I'm telling you. Wisdom doesn't have a package.
Didn't you know?
If you want to pay tribute to John,
then you should proceed with his policies.
Where will you get the capital to produce this drink?
How about we go to Mr. Oscar Bronioli, okay? we send him a proposal, we apply for a loan.
If we stop doing business with the white men,
there will be trouble.
If you owe them money, they will own you, especially when you can't pay them back!
Wisdom, we don't have time for that, you and I will pay for it.
Now everyone! 60% of salary this month enter into production of this new plan!
We shouldn't depend on anybody.
See. You are looking at today and tomorrow. I am looking at the long term picture.
While other countries will gain independence after us, why should they prosper before us?
We're bigger than that.
No begging.
I am just praying that 50 years from now our children and our grandchildren
should still not be having this same argument!
-It's time to run
-You'll run.
Run immediately!
-It's time to run!
-Run
Invite the news guy to come here tonight.
He should see Rose's rehearsals
and write an article for the morning newspaper.
You are looking very handsome.
-"Ey Ama, your hair looks nice".
-Ey, it looks nice?
-"Your dress looks good too."
-Ey, you like my dress too?
Take me on a date tonight. Oh thank you.
Children.
The minister has reduced your deadline.
You now have five days.
Five days to prove to the government that
this lounge will improve tourism and culture! With no delinquent activities!
I thought he had something important to tell us!
You think we're afraid?
We will over deliver!
Black Rose! Black Rose! Black Rose!
My modern ideas will impress our government,
and we will make John proud.
Snake! Snake!
-Time to run!
-Run
Black Rose! Black Rose! Black Rose!
Mr. Daniel.
Now that 'Gold Coast Lounge' is in your hands,
what new changes should we expect?
John Donkor did well as a leader
but I can take 'Gold Coast Lounge' further.
Let's say my ideas are not old-fashioned.
No strings attached.
We have heard some rumors that you are getting married.
Now what are your comments?
Oh well, who wouldnt want to be the wife of a handsome man like Daniel?
Does that mean it's true?
That's enough. Thank you all for coming.
Sweetheart. Stop giving them ideas.
Them? Or you?
Business will Boom more than ever.
Just remember to send 50% of all your profits to the daughter of John Donkor.
3am you know where to find me.
Welcome, to Gold Coast Lounge.
Are you excited tonight?
I said are you excited tonight?
Are you excited tonight?
So clap! Sister clap!
Round of applause!
Right now,
I am about to invite a man on this stage.
A man, that I love like he was my own son.
A man, responsible for the new success of the lounge.
So if you are ready,
then give a large round of applause,
for the new president of 'Gold Coast Lounge'.
Mr. handsome,
Mr. Daniel!
Thank you all!
Thank you all so much!
Tonight has been nothing short of a success.
and I have all of you to thank for that.
I promise to make this place welcoming.
With more booze,
More class, with our culture and music...
and my workers, next week,
I will multiply your salaries.
So keep drinking, but don't get drunk.
Don't break glasses, enjoy yourselves.
-Mr. Bronioli!
-Wisdom
Yes sir, good to see you. Nice suit.
You're looking pretty good yourself.
Thanks you so much. Just like you. This way.
Thank you all!
Keep clapping, keep clapping for Mr. Daniel.
You are a sweet talker.
'Gold Coast Lounge', always entertaining.
Nothing special.
At my house we keep two dogs,
they are wonderful creatures.
But they get a little crazy, when I'm not at home
So we keep them in the cages,
take a guess what happens, when we let them out?
Instead of both basking in my glory,
they fight.
They are selfish, they don't want to share me.
And that's the problem with your people.
I don't blame you at all. You have been in a cage for too long.
Besides insulting us by comparing us to animals,
to what do we owe the painful visit, Mr.Bronioli.
This is a cheque
for 50,000 US dollars.
I want to buy
Gold Coast Lounge.
We will take it.
Wisdom! It is not your choice to make.
I am sorry Rose, but maybe if you fucked me you will agree to everything that I am saying as well.
What did you say to me?
Mr. Bronioli. This is an offer we cannot refuse.
this is exactly what John would want.
John is not here anymore Wisdom.
This is Daniels decision to make.
Daniel, listen to me. This is our way out. We take this money and we are free.
Is this freedom? Or bribery!
Daniel. I did not bring Mr.Bronioli here for you to humiliate him like this.
John made us, he made John.
Everything that we are as a people in Gold Coast Lounge is influenced by him.
This money is a reward for everything that we have accomplished.
Open your eyes. Yes,
they have thought us their way of life,
deep down our roots we will still be who we are.
African warriors!
"Gold Coasters"!
Black stars!
Our roots?
Does that mean you are still an illiterate village thief?
If you don't take this money...
If you don't leave now,
your hand will come off this time.
My apologies Mr.Bronioli,
I am hoping their decision will not bring any offense to you.
Mr. Donkor and yourself were very good friends Mr. Bronioli.
For years we have depended on you to import saxophones, drums, clothes, shoes...
and we want to say thank you.
We have discovered how to make wine and whiskey,
with our own resources.
The Gold Coast Lounge is setting a trend where our traditional Akpeteshie drink,
will stand right next to our own brand of Black Rose Whiskey;
whether our patrons wear kente or a 3 piece suit,
everything we wear, everything we eat, everything we listen to
will be 100%, made...in...Ghana.
I understand you will lose a lot of money in the process,
but that is exactly what our government means by independence.
Good night Mr. Bronioli, make sure to try some of our fresh palm wine before you leave.
You were my inspiration.
Nii, I want to do everything I possibly can to make you proud of me.
I love you.
I wanted to ask.
Do you feel good about chopping down Johns woman?
Remember this book?
You opened it? Already?
Most of it is about you.
How much do you know about your mother?
Excuse me?
There is an envelope on the second page. Its her suicide letter.
We all know John kept a lot of secrets. He planned on telling you the truth one day,
thats his reason for this book.
After you were born, my brother George Donkor and I, were having
a fight concerning the property of Gold Coast Lounge. We shared the place 50/50.
During the course of all our fights,
it was revealed that your mother had an affair with George.
Yes Akatua, you are not the daughter of John Donkor. You are the daughter of George Donkor.
This angered me extremely, I was on a wild hunt to kill my brother for this.
Your mother hanged herself, and George feared for his life, and disappeared.
I vowed never to love again,
I recruited young boys, outlaws, rejects from society just as angry as I was,
and decided to make the best of them my legal adopted child to be heir to my properties.
which includes The Gold Coast Lounge.
We all remember that day,
that day you made your first kill, effortlessly.
John told us it was just an exercise, your initiation.
You sign or you die.
We didnt know what was happening.
We couldn't recognize him under all that madness and addiction.
This can't be true.
He screamed like he wanted to tell you something. But it was too late.
John made you kill your own father. For his personal revenge.
No! No! No!
Akatua, you will always be like a sister to us.
As the only legal offspring of John Donkor, I now own Gold Coast Lounge.
When its time, I will give you the funds you need to start your own lounge.
Good bye Akatua.
I'm not who I thought I was.
John's not my father.
My whole life, was a lie!
Baba.
One last time.
One more night Akatua.
After the performance,
then it's showtime.
How fast will it work?
Only 12 hours.
Then I will use it now.
In the entertainment news tonight,
the lead singer of 'Gold Coast Lounge'
'Black Rose', will be performing at 7pm tonight at 'Gold Coast Theatre'.
In attendance will be OB Jackson from OB Records.
'Black Rose' will perform for a chance
to sign an international record deal.
From all of us at GCN News,
we wish her all the luck and courage.
Daniel. Who is she? This is like the 4th time I'm seeing her.
Just a beggar.
But she looks familiar...is she from our village?
Focus on your performance. We need to move forward, not backwards.
This is us now.
Don't hold me back.
Rose.
We're waiting for you.
Marvelous! Absolutely marvelous.
Well thank you Mr. Jackson.
I hope to hear some good news from you soon.
How would you like to be signed to OB Records?
Yes! Yes! We'd love to.
Well thank you. Perhaps you'd like to speak with manager Mr. Daniel.
Good question.
I would like to invite you to my room for a private discussion.
I'm sorry I don't think...
Yes! I would love to.
We are supposed to move forward not backwards.
Don't hold me back Daniel.
I'll be right back.
I'm going to change.
He smells funny.
Sir. I don't think I can do this.
Come on. Is it because of that small boy?
I am your gateway to America.
New York City, Big Apple, Apollo Theatre.
I will make sure you play there.
No!
I'm sorry. I...I.
Let go off him!
Somebody help! Please! Daniel!
What have you done?!
What does he look like?
He raped Rose.
No no. Daniel listen,
this is bad.
The inspector is going to have us all behind bars.
Her career, Gold Coast Lounge, everything will be lost.
Wisdom...Wisdom!
What?!
Get your men to clean this up.
Get rid of the body.
Frame the bodyguard.
Can you do it?
Wisdom?!
Ok. Everybody run. Run!
Daniel.
Daniel come out immediately!
Daniel where are you?
Daniel I said come out immediately!
Daniel I said come out, we're waiting for you!
Daniel come out, Akatua's looking for you!
You said you are a man.
-Time to run.
-No running.
Who does he think he is?
You're not Daniel.
So,
three big grown men like yourselves,
you're going to let that woman open her mouth,
to make you people do this nonsense.
This Akatua that you are following,
won't bring anything beneficial to us.
Daniel is the leader,
that will help us all.
He is the one, that will bring us our progress.
You have no sense at all!
Yaw Yaw! Yaw get up.
The whole country is looking for the man who killed OB Jackson.
One of John's closest friends.
You have gone too far.
Now everybody wants your head.
The police, the minister, OB Jackson's family.
I will have yours and Timothy's for killing Yaw.
Anybody associated with you will die.
You do not deserve to own the Gold Coast Lounge.
Not a village Ga boy should ever be in power instead of me!
Now the whole world knows what a hypocrite you are.
...and it's all because of love.
Anytime a powerful man gets close to your Rose,
something bad happens to him. Why? Because you cannot stand it!
Shut up1
I will kill you.
rip you apart with my bare hands1
I will plough you.
Sweetheart.
If you knew what was coming next, you'd be more careful.
You hear me?
Actually, you'd end up killing yourself!
Timothy!
I will end you!
I will end you and your generation!
It's like God himself imprisoned me.
Only this time,
it was much worse.
As I laid there in my hospital bed,
not being able to move, or open my eyes,
every single news I heard about the lounge,
broke my heart into pieces.
Why?
Why Daniel?
Me
Why did you do this to me?
You wanted me to suffer while I witness you
steal everything that I built?
You.
You who I discovered as a village rat.
I made you.
And now you took
my empire, my money, the lounge!
And then my own...
You took my woman?
No.
No, this can't be real.
No.
No, this is not true.
No.
Am I real now?
I promised the wife of my best friend,
that I'd deliver the head
of the bastard that murdered her husband.
He raped her.
He raped Rose!
So what? He raped her and so what?
She was a prostitute for years!
Can't she open her legs once for business?
Listen to yourself!
Are we supposed to rape women?
I love her!
I'll do anything to protect her!
I found my purpose.
And you people,
you are all lost.
If anything happens to her...
over my dead body!
Well that was on our schedule today.
Daniel.
You?
You were like a son to me.
I loved you the most.
With all my heart.
Yet, you never visited me in the hospital.
Doctor said you'd never wake up from the coma.
He said you'd be dead soon.
And you just couldn't wait?
Couldn't you?
I guess I'll leave him in charge now.
Who?
Who?
Who?
Take care of business my boy.
I cannot watch this.
I understand.
Is that what you want?
And all I had to do was watch you dig your own grave.
Someone had to lead,
there was no time,
Doctor said John was never going to make it.
Lead?
You disrespected John's allies,
and you rejected 50,000 dollars.
50,000 dollars! Are you crazy?
We need to be independent and self-sufficient as a people.
The Gold Coast Lounge, Rose, and our dignity as a people is not for sale.
Unlike your worthless ass.
You and Akatua will die.
Boss let's just kill him, let's not waste time.
Since I was a kid,
I used to mop the floors,
I used to clean the toilets of Gold Coast Lounge.
I worshipped John,
I followed him everywhere.
I wanted to be just like him.
His money, his power, his class.
What hurts me is this;
Why John
would pick a random kid from the village
and prefer him over his own daughter,
and prefer him over me.
Why?
Because of some boxing match?
A boxing match!
Does that make you better than me?
I taught you how to read!
John should have left you to rot in that village with your father.
I will kill you with my bare hands!
I will kill you!
Come on, beat him, rough.
You foolish village boy!
Stop stop sto stop.
Bring the stuff!
Wisdom!
Confess, confess that I'm better than you.
Wisdom please please. Rematch, rematch!
Wisdom I beg you. Please please, rematch.
Wisdom I beg you don't do this.
Rematch.
Auntie Adjoa is here.
He's getting away! Get the gun! Foolishness!
Grandma!
After all those years,
that your mom left you in my care.
After all those years, you abandoned me.
You left for long, chasing money.
Nii Lamptey,
do you think it's your money we need?
Never.
Because of you I can't sleep.
I think about you, I miss you!
Oh, God.
You have returned my grandson to me!
God I thank you.
You have answered my prayers.
Bra Daniel. What will you do now?
I will do what I have to do.
Why don't you run with us?
You know you could die right?
I know.
So you are doing all this,
because of her?
You wouldn't understand.
You are too young.
and what will you do exactly? Kill them all?
No Daniel, no.
If you go to war, 'Gold Coast Lounge' will be destroyed.
You are the only one police is searching for.
You are the only one.
Daniel, nobody wins in a civil war.
Except outsiders that want our downfall.
Let me tell you something Ama.
If I didn't love her or cared about 'Gold Coast Lounge',
I'd still burn that place down
after what John, Akatua and Wisdom did to me.
They will all die.
Please, leave.
I left the village
for what they did to my father.
for what they did to me.
I swore never to return.
Nii Lamptey.
Your father made many mistakes.
But one thing he never did, was abandon his family.
And now I want to let you know.
The conflicts you saw in this village
are also present in the big city.
It's everywhere.
Grandma
The city life consumed me,
but my love for Naa Adorley
was the only thing that brought my mind back to the village.
Back to my roots.
Back to you.
Now the demons in the city,
they want to kill and consume her too.
It's all my fault.
If you love her, then go and save her.
Nii Lamptey,
we will be united as one family.
It's all I have.
Stop right there! Stop right there! Go get her!
Wisdom. Wisdom please.
Wisdom please, please.
Please don't shoot.
I beg you. Okay?
At least let the little girl go.
Let her go. She's done nothing.
She cannot harm you, let her go. Okay?
Where is Daniel? John wants his head.
Kweku. Are you sure that John is looking for him?
Or you are the one that wants him dead?
You think I never knew what was going on?
Everything you're doing, you don't think I know?
We could have all lived so well together.
We could have all been rich, living in prosperity.
All in peace.
But thanks to you, your tribalism, your jealousy.
Your evil greed.
that's what killing us all, Kweku.
You lost faithless bastard.
You are a slave.
You are a slave to money.
You are a slave to power.
You are a slave to white man.
Look, you're the one who should be kneeling.
You should be on your knees.
Now, you should tell the truth.
Tell the truth. Tell the truth.
Confess to God, all your countless sins.
Evil man.
You think I'm afraid?
I'm not afraid.
You left me for dead! And then you moved on to the next guy and you two kill OB Jackson?!
You disgusting selfish man!
You expect me to slow down and pause my dreams because you got sick?
Sick?!
You cheating disloyal fools poisoned me!
Grow some sense before you accuse the wrong people of being disloyal!
Wisdom and Akatua are the ones you should watch!
And you! You set me up to sleep with your rich friends?
For what? For a recording deal?
He raped me John!
Am I supposed to give you a hug?
You were a whore all these years! It is who you are!
Stop that!
You know what John?
Everything was better when you were gone!
Everything was better when Daniel was in charge!
Is that right? Everything?
You lied to me.
You took advantage of my dreams,
fed me with false promises when in reality
you just wanted to sell my body in secrecy for a high price!
This singing career. It was all just a mask for your corruption!
You know what? Black Rose will go on.
And I will sing, and you can find your whores elsewhere.
You people can continue your filthy games, and I will sing in order to fix this place!
You cannot do that without me.
Neither can you.
And New York?
New York was my dream.
But I am not what New York needs.
I don't need New York anymore.
I want to stay right here at Gold Coast Lounge, and prosper here until I die.
We will make much less money.
But we will be proud of a life we can live John.
Have you not seen the accounts?
Daniels ideas have made us self-sufficient! Please let us all work together!
With my voice,
your experiences and Daniels creative ideas, we will prosper!
The past, the present the future leadership need to work together for Gold Coast Lounge!
Do you love him?
John. We all have to forgive each other, or we will fall.
We will testify to the police, he killed OB in defense, OB assaulted me!
-I said do you love him?!
-Yes.
Yes John. I am sorry. I can't do anything without him.
You see? You also lied and deceived me.
You also used me. Someone has to take the fall for OBs death!
You people insulted my authority and stained my reputation!
I will not continue before I have Daniels head delivered to me at my feet!
No. John! Stop it!
It's time.
Gunshots!
What's going on?
Not one sudden move.
What is this? Akatua.
You can call this a Coup D'etat.
We are taking over.
Uncle John.
Wait right here.
Daniel is coming.
He is coming for the rose.
I read your book.
Everything.
I'm sorry.
I tried to raise you.
Love you, like my own child.
But I could not.
Every single time I look into your eyes
I see your mother,
the woman I fell in love with.
But as you grew older.
I also saw the woman who broke my heart.
and I also saw, my brother's betrayal.
You made me kill my father.
and I turned your son against you.
We're almost even.
Mr. John Donkor.
Sign or you die.
Don't do it, don't!
Daniel!
Daniel!
If you run this place, you will burn it to the ground with your dirt.
Oh you are as dirty as I am.
You're just bad at hiding it.
Sign it!
No I will not.
Daniel!
You will pay for what you did to Auntie Adjoa.
At least I spared the little girl.
You're welcome.
The Gold Coast Lounge should belong to me!
Timothy!
You fool!
How is he supposed to sign the document if he's unconscious?
Madam, let's splash some water on his face.
John!
Daniel.
Not one person was supposed to die.
All you had to do was eat your fucking cake.
I won. I won!
I won.
Nii Lamptey!
Confess that I am better than you.
Huh?!
Confess!
Confess that I am better than you.
Is that my knife?
This is what I learned from my father, picking pockets.
Daniel.
Please...
Let me pray before I die.
Now that you're dying
you are a believer?
Our father,
who art in heaven
hallowed be thy name...
Thy kingdom come.
Nii Lamptey.
Don't be like them.
This is why others call us savages.
Son.
Let there be peace.
We all must unite.
I will be a savage like them!
Like you.
Rose.
No no no no.
Rose. Rose.
We all failed Daniel.
We all failed.
Rose! Rose!
We were given 3 weeks to work together as a family.
But through this senseless civil war,
our dreams died with all these bodies.
The Gold Coast Lounge was shut down by the new government
and was auctioned to the highest bidder.
The end.
I'm dead.
In the heart of the city of Accra,
lies this place that is at the center of its nightlife.
A place where joy is free, alcohol supply is unlimited,
and everyone experiences the highlife.
"The Gold Coast Lounge"
We are a third world country
working hard to thrive after our independence.
Life comes with its bitter challenges.
The day can be bitter,
but in here,
we say "the night is sweet".
For me, this sweetness comes in the form
of my favorite chocolate cake,
that eases my mental escape.
That helps me forget the bitterness of my past,
and remember the only thing that was sweet about it.
Naa Adorley. My best friend. My sweet love.
that used to make the best 'bofrot' cake in my village.
I dream of her often,
and I know. I will see her face again.
Bra Daniel.
Please, there is a situation.
Ama, what is it?
Where is Wisdom?
Please sir. He is the situation.
The next fight starts in five minutes
Place your bets, double or nothing. Whos the next challenger?
I can hear you when youre looking at me.
What does it sound like?
Demonic.
Wait til you hear the rest of the record,
You will love me.
What do you want?
I want you to leave.
You, this everything, we dont do this anymore.
You see this place?
This entire compound?
It used to be a playground for me, when I was a little girl.
While you were stealing bags of gari in your rotten village.
To me, you will always be a visitor.
To us, you will always have the blood of your fathers rich legacy.
But you have the mind of a village prostitute.
Ladies and gentlemen!
Akatua stop!
Place your bets for, we have a new challenger.
Akatua stop!
My champion Timothy!
Go get the gun.
Will fight Mr. Daniel. Vice-president of the Gold Coast Lounge.
Now everybody get out!
Where is Wisdom.
Bra Wisdom.
Please. Bra Daniel wants to see you. He says...
What did you do?
Please I didn't do anything.
Next time you talk about me behind my back, I will break your hand.
Now go.
Young man.
Look sharp.
Change is coming.
Tomorrow,
John Donkor
will return.
Viewers, we interrupt this program to report to you some breaking news
Mr. John Donkor
President and Co-founder of the 'Gold Coast Lounge'
has been released from prison this morning at 7:30am
Mr. Donkor's arrest was ordered by the former government,
as a result of the lounge's criminal history.
Mr. Donkor is out on bail after a two month trial.
He is due back in court in April.
Stop bringing Akatua to the lounge.
She's the one that brought herself.
She can be wherever she wants to be.
Stop messing around.
This is why you should not be in charge.
Neither should you be in charge.
He is.
Daniel
Welcome back.
Wisdom,
Sir John.
My boys.
My soldiers.
It's good to see you again.
Together.
One family.
I'm ready. Let's go.
Every Ghanaian in politics is good friends with John Donkor.
As a teenager,
John was the saxophone player of the "Donkor Band" with his brother.
Together, they inherited large acres of land,
where John built his mansion and the lounge.
Though most of his wealth was made illegally,
everyone agrees, there is a lot of good in this man.
He is our father.
John.
The government won't shut down Gold Coast Lounge.
But things need to change.
This government is going to be very strict on crime and corruption.
Enough!
So you people think I cannot do without the prostitution and the drugs.
You really underestimate what I'm capable of.
Have you forgotten who I am.
If we've forgotten, then it's your fault.
Adwene Mu Ti
I'm sorry,
Is there something funny?
We are happy you are now here,
cause your boys who you left in charge
continued with the drug business,
and my friend, business is booming.
The drugs must stop.
Prostitution must stop.
You can't come and bribe the police or us any longer.
This president is going to be inaugurated in the next three weeks.
I want you to use these three weeks to set your house in order.
Challenge accepted, thank you all for coming.
We also thank you.
But next time, don't serve us whiskey.
'Akpeteshi', is what we should enjoy.
Even without the six months in prison,
I still would have changed.
Hm, three weeks.
The Gold Coast Lounge is heading in a new direction.
But first
let's address the man who doesn't live up to his name.
Wisdom!
Sir?
Stand up.
It has come to my attention that you have disobeyed my instructions to stop the drugs,
the prostitution and the gambling.
While I have been sent to prison for the exact same reason.
Sir please,
if you looked at the accounts,
you will notice that if I stopped the side business then eventually everything would decay.
Our lifestyle will have to change drastically...
Correction,
your lifestyle.
Sir,
can I make a suggestion?
If we can find a way...
Did I say you can make a suggestion?
Maybe if you spent six months in a room
of 100 people, sleeping with no bed, no air, no toilet
maybe you will know where this lifestyle that you speak of is going to lead you
I am sorry sir,
please forgive me I will not disobey you again.
Oh I know you wont.
Break his hand.
Oh sir, you can't be serious.
Sir John,
please forgive him.
What are you waiting for?
Break his hand!
No, no!
Just get off me. You can't do this to me now. No!
No no don't do it!
No no!
Sir John no! Sir John don't do this!
Yeah it's good to be back.
Me, I come from "Abankaba Village".
My father made me a thief like him,
until the villagers had enough.
Even in my youth, they didn't want to spare me.
Then I saw his face.
Like a cowboy angel from heaven.
With these words he said to me:
Everything is going to be alright.
He became my new father, instantly;
and I never looked back at that village.
I was different from the other orphans he brought home.
They were from the city tribes.
John showed me the brightest light. But it cast a big shadow behind me.
He groomed us to be leaders of class.
We became his loyal soldiers. African warriors.
I excelled effortlessly in his combat drills.
My survival instincts from my village, gave me an advantage.
One by one, I beat them all.
But this boy.
This demonic spirit,
was desperate to dethrone me.
Every time I knocked him,
he refused to stay down.
Our rivalry went on for hours.
They went on for years.
The house grew. John's empire grew,
and so did my rivalry with my brother.
It was on this day.
John chose me as his legal successor,
who will inherit his empire when he passes.
I am grateful to this man.
My hero.
John Donkor.
Together, we owned the streets.
They called us by many names.
"Gold Coaster"
"Black Stars"
Everyone feared us.
But I forgot to mention.
there used to be a girl in our group.
The "queen among men".
The boss's own daughter.
After years of hustling,
the law gave us a chance to leave our life of crime in the past.
A chance we cannot reject.
Oh John!
So good to see you back.
How are you? How are you feeling?
-Everything's good?
-I am well. How about you?
I'm around
And how is our place?
She is ready for a new beginning.
'Danny boy'. How did the meeting go?
It went well.
Kweku, what's wrong with your hand?
I was pleasuring myself.
You fool.
With this small penis in your pants, you are acting like you're big.
As if you need your whole hand to grab it.
Fool.
When I started this place with my brother,
it used to stand for something,
that made us proud of being a Ghanaian.
we must stop partying with our senses and party with our soul
We are always selling fantasy,
but we need the type of fantasy we all can relate to.
-We need a star.
-Yeah.
We need a black star.
Yeah!
We need to call the radio station and newspapers to help us find this star.
Let's go out and find the face of Gold Coast Lounge.
Yeah!
An announcement for the whole nation,
John Donkor from Gold Coast Lounge
says he is holding a new audition,
for all ladies across the country, that can sing
Girls girls girls!
You are the lucky ones to have reached the finals of the auditions
By the close of the day, one of you will be chosen to be the face and voice of Gold Coast Lounge!
After that, you will perform in a few weeks
in front of Record Executive OB Jackson!
OB Jackson from OB Records,
may offer her a record deal
to take her music to the world,
and money to put in her pocket.
So ladies! I wish you the best of luck.
Thank you1
I'm saying, if I win
I will wear the most expensive jewelry,
and the most dazzling fabric.
I will blind you with my shine.
Now me too, if I win.
Bus? I won't take the bus again.
I will only ride in a Mercedes Benz.
Who the hell is that?
Thank God you were able to make it.
Nice voice but it's a stupid song.
What is this?
Ama can sing?
Ama, thank you, good voice.
But get off the stage.
Sir, please.
Just give her a chance.
You'll never know. Just try.
Not marketable. Her fruits are not ripe.
Virgin! Get off the stage!
Adjoa!
Bring the next girl, I don't have all day!
Hello father.
You need to leave.
Relax Daniel.
To what do we owe this painful visit Akatua.
I'm here to knock you back to your sense.
A week since you've returned and you haven't opened the lounge to the public.
My businesses are running down.
All because of this stupid audition.
If you do not mind could you please take your businesses elsewhere.
Since you don't want to evolve with the new Ghana.
I will operate at the Gold Coast Lounge as I want. It is my birthright.
If you were not family.
I would have disposed of you a long time ago.
When this new government settles in
They will come after you and make you rot so bad.
Flies will even ignore you.
You cannot hide behind my name anymore Akatua.
We have stopped bribing the police.
You're on your own.
I'm on my own.
Once everybody sees that this is not going to work
they are all going to leave you.
Adjoa.
Who is she?
Rose. Her name is Rose.
Rose. She is our black star. Our Black Rose.
And there she is, Naa Adorley.
You have bloomed gracefully with age.
My dreams have come to life.
Naa Adorley!
Nii!
It's been too long.
Yes. Its been too long.
When did you leave the village?
Not long after you left.
In fact, right after you left.
Nii.
I can't.
Adorley.
Do you work for Donkor?
Answer me!
It doesn't matter.
My future, my dreams.
It's all I care about.
I'm not the girl you used to know Nii.
You're not the only one that has changed.
Auntie Adjoa tells me that you were one of the girls in Kumasi.
Is that correct?
Yes. It's true.
I assigned Wisdom to be in charge of the girls in Kumasi for a year.
He tells me, that you escaped from us. Is that also correct?
Yes, it's true.
You're beautiful, powerful.
What do you want Mr. Donkor to do for you?
I want to be a star, I want to go to New York.
Then you will have the finest jewelry in town.
You will be clothes in the finest fabrics in Accra
You will rise in the finest cars. Fly in the sky. Everybody will know your name.
My Black Rose.
Ive been fighting John my whole life,
I guess it's what happens when your parents born you at age of 15.
We need to put some sense into my father's head.
He has already made up his mind.
I cant take it anymore.
I am losing my patience.
Oh you are losing your patience?
I cannot get clients outside the lounge,
all the wealthy money-spenders go there!
He made us,
but hes becoming a government puppet.
The girl, Black Rose, she is making him soft.
He is vulnerable, but we can manipulate him.
But there is just one problem,
Daniel has to go.
Finally, you agree with me.
Come with me, I have an idea.
Danny boy.
What is it? What is wrong?
Nothing.
No no no, Danny boy.
All these years, I've been dreaming to meet her.
Then I finally do,
just to have my life in turmoil.
Even when I think about it,
it gives me a heart attack.
Look...
I feel your pain.
I'm the one who recruited her from the village to Kumasi.
This makes me feel bad.
I didn't know that, you knew each other, or in love,
or anything of that sort, I didn't know.
Everything will be alright. Okay? Danny boy.
Hey! My friend stop it! You don't have any powers. Just give us the medicine that we need.
Would you keep your voice down Wisdom?
You dont believe in God and you dont believe in juju,
what is your problem?
Is this your idea?
What do you propose? Hire a hitman? Gunshot, stabbing?
Something that will require an investigations and possibly point fingers at us?
I don't think so.
This is the best way.
Take.
This poison
it's very effective.
everything you want is in it.
Coma, slow death.
That is what you'll get.
However, there is an antidote for it.
Perfect.
We'll take it.
Why?
Why?
Akatua do you have sex just to climax in 1 minute?
Or do you do it for the pleasure to last as long as possible before you climax?
Take!
This will make you go all night long.
My friend shut up! Put it away.
Akatua listen,
I want Daniel alive but broken.
I want him to be paralyzed,
I want him to be in pain, and suffer for the rest of his life.
I want him bound to a wheelchair,
conscious,
powerless.
While he sees us rise to the top.
Take!
This is going to give him an instant death.
Which one will you take?
Hey over there.
I want some of the coconut.
Tell me about this dream of yours?
For several years I have been selling my body for cheap because I had nothing. I was nothing.
What do you want me to do?
This is the chance for me to finally be something in this world.
You are selling yourself and you dont even know it.
You are just with him because of the promise he made you.
Rose, you should be with me.
And then what?
Do you have John Donkors wealth?
Do you own
the Gold Coast Lounge?
Rose, We are starting! Come down.
She is doing well.
Yes, she is doing well.
Is everything alright with you?
You have not been yourself lately.
Everything is alright.
I see the way you look at her.
Sir?
Don't bullshit me Daniel.
She is from the same gutter village where I found you.
That is why I trust you to protect her and not do anything that will cloud your judgment.
Mr. Daniel, your cake is ready.
In reality, every man wants something he can't have.
But that's the devil whispering in your ear.
Like how he tempted the lady, with the forbidden apple.
Like this cake for example.
Instead of eating 'bofrot'.
you eat something foreign.
Never lie to yourself,
always know your place.
That was brilliant!
But I need some more attitude. More movement,
aggression in your body when you move.
This performance has to be,
one to die for!
John! John!
Bring the car closer!
John. John!
No! No!
Go back! John.
Whoever did this is in the house!
Go to the kitchen, find them and finish them!
I repeat, finish them!
You. Which one of you three did it.
Boss, but you gave me.
Chef, tell the truth.
Wisdom. For 22 years, I have served Mr. John.
Someone that I loved, you think I would kill him?
I worked here before you came here.
I swear on my 3 children.
I swear!
If this knife touches me,
I curse you.
I curse your children!
If God shows you no mercy,
and you go to hell.
I will be there to welcome you at the gate.
Wisdom, may God punish you!
May God punish you well Wisdom!
You.
You did this to John. Why?
You were jealous of Rose?
You wish it was you he chose to be the face of Gold Coast Lounge?
Why did you do it? Confess?
Please, I beg you, it wasn't me.
Please, let me pray first before I....
Pray? Pray to who?
Today is the day that a man finally opens your body. You virgin bitch. Confess!
Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
John is our father, why? why?
Kweku, what is this?
Stop this nonsense you're doing.
She couldn't have done this! She doesn't work in the kitchen anymore!
Have you forgotten?
-She works with Rose now.
-It's true
Let her go. Kweku let her go now!
I know you didn't do it, go.
Daniel is back!
Welcome back sir.
Dear God.
Am I in charge?
The empire, the lounge, the rose, it's all mine now.
New leadership, new direction, new policies.
We will hurry to meet our deadline.
I want us to own our own clothing line, drinks. Much more.
Drinks? What would you call it?
Black Rose.
This is my philosophy as a leader.
Here is the state of our nation.
On one hand,
you have cake introduced by our colonisers.
and you have our indigenous 'bofrot' cake.
I say, as long as they are made in Ghana,
we can consume both.
No more putting excess money in our pockets,
we will employ the youth and the veterans alike.
Everyone's talents will be exploited,
for the rise of 'Gold Coast Lounge'.
Borrowing and importing is killing us! Every single year it is the same problem,
when we cut down on importation, eventually we will have enough capital for expansion.
We should be producing and manufacturing everything ourselves!
My main concern is,
let's strengthen our resources and labour force.
When we strengthening our farms, and factories, do you know what will happen?
People will have jobs.
People will be able to feed their families.
My friend listen, we are here because of the importation. This is Gold Coast Lounge,
You think people come here to buy 'akpeteshi' and palm wine, that they can easily get in the village?
They want proper American whiskey!
So, lets give them some local drinks. Drinks that they can't get in the village and increase the price!
Drinks that they can only get here!
Eh heh! It's all about packaging!
I'm telling you. Wisdom doesn't have a package.
Didn't you know?
If you want to pay tribute to John,
then you should proceed with his policies.
Where will you get the capital to produce this drink?
How about we go to Mr. Oscar Bronioli, okay? we send him a proposal, we apply for a loan.
If we stop doing business with the white men,
there will be trouble.
If you owe them money, they will own you, especially when you can't pay them back!
Wisdom, we don't have time for that, you and I will pay for it.
Now everyone! 60% of salary this month enter into production of this new plan!
We shouldn't depend on anybody.
See. You are looking at today and tomorrow. I am looking at the long term picture.
While other countries will gain independence after us, why should they prosper before us?
We're bigger than that.
No begging.
I am just praying that 50 years from now our children and our grandchildren
should still not be having this same argument!
-It's time to run
-You'll run.
Run immediately!
-It's time to run!
-Run
Invite the news guy to come here tonight.
He should see Rose's rehearsals
and write an article for the morning newspaper.
You are looking very handsome.
-"Ey Ama, your hair looks nice".
-Ey, it looks nice?
-"Your dress looks good too."
-Ey, you like my dress too?
Take me on a date tonight. Oh thank you.
Children.
The minister has reduced your deadline.
You now have five days.
Five days to prove to the government that
this lounge will improve tourism and culture! With no delinquent activities!
I thought he had something important to tell us!
You think we're afraid?
We will over deliver!
Black Rose! Black Rose! Black Rose!
My modern ideas will impress our government,
and we will make John proud.
Snake! Snake!
-Time to run!
-Run
Black Rose! Black Rose! Black Rose!
Mr. Daniel.
Now that 'Gold Coast Lounge' is in your hands,
what new changes should we expect?
John Donkor did well as a leader
but I can take 'Gold Coast Lounge' further.
Let's say my ideas are not old-fashioned.
No strings attached.
We have heard some rumors that you are getting married.
Now what are your comments?
Oh well, who wouldnt want to be the wife of a handsome man like Daniel?
Does that mean it's true?
That's enough. Thank you all for coming.
Sweetheart. Stop giving them ideas.
Them? Or you?
Business will Boom more than ever.
Just remember to send 50% of all your profits to the daughter of John Donkor.
3am you know where to find me.
Welcome, to Gold Coast Lounge.
Are you excited tonight?
I said are you excited tonight?
Are you excited tonight?
So clap! Sister clap!
Round of applause!
Right now,
I am about to invite a man on this stage.
A man, that I love like he was my own son.
A man, responsible for the new success of the lounge.
So if you are ready,
then give a large round of applause,
for the new president of 'Gold Coast Lounge'.
Mr. handsome,
Mr. Daniel!
Thank you all!
Thank you all so much!
Tonight has been nothing short of a success.
and I have all of you to thank for that.
I promise to make this place welcoming.
With more booze,
More class, with our culture and music...
and my workers, next week,
I will multiply your salaries.
So keep drinking, but don't get drunk.
Don't break glasses, enjoy yourselves.
-Mr. Bronioli!
-Wisdom
Yes sir, good to see you. Nice suit.
You're looking pretty good yourself.
Thanks you so much. Just like you. This way.
Thank you all!
Keep clapping, keep clapping for Mr. Daniel.
You are a sweet talker.
'Gold Coast Lounge', always entertaining.
Nothing special.
At my house we keep two dogs,
they are wonderful creatures.
But they get a little crazy, when I'm not at home
So we keep them in the cages,
take a guess what happens, when we let them out?
Instead of both basking in my glory,
they fight.
They are selfish, they don't want to share me.
And that's the problem with your people.
I don't blame you at all. You have been in a cage for too long.
Besides insulting us by comparing us to animals,
to what do we owe the painful visit, Mr.Bronioli.
This is a cheque
for 50,000 US dollars.
I want to buy
Gold Coast Lounge.
We will take it.
Wisdom! It is not your choice to make.
I am sorry Rose, but maybe if you fucked me you will agree to everything that I am saying as well.
What did you say to me?
Mr. Bronioli. This is an offer we cannot refuse.
this is exactly what John would want.
John is not here anymore Wisdom.
This is Daniels decision to make.
Daniel, listen to me. This is our way out. We take this money and we are free.
Is this freedom? Or bribery!
Daniel. I did not bring Mr.Bronioli here for you to humiliate him like this.
John made us, he made John.
Everything that we are as a people in Gold Coast Lounge is influenced by him.
This money is a reward for everything that we have accomplished.
Open your eyes. Yes,
they have thought us their way of life,
deep down our roots we will still be who we are.
African warriors!
"Gold Coasters"!
Black stars!
Our roots?
Does that mean you are still an illiterate village thief?
If you don't take this money...
If you don't leave now,
your hand will come off this time.
My apologies Mr.Bronioli,
I am hoping their decision will not bring any offense to you.
Mr. Donkor and yourself were very good friends Mr. Bronioli.
For years we have depended on you to import saxophones, drums, clothes, shoes...
and we want to say thank you.
We have discovered how to make wine and whiskey,
with our own resources.
The Gold Coast Lounge is setting a trend where our traditional Akpeteshie drink,
will stand right next to our own brand of Black Rose Whiskey;
whether our patrons wear kente or a 3 piece suit,
everything we wear, everything we eat, everything we listen to
will be 100%, made...in...Ghana.
I understand you will lose a lot of money in the process,
but that is exactly what our government means by independence.
Good night Mr. Bronioli, make sure to try some of our fresh palm wine before you leave.
You were my inspiration.
Nii, I want to do everything I possibly can to make you proud of me.
I love you.
I wanted to ask.
Do you feel good about chopping down Johns woman?
Remember this book?
You opened it? Already?
Most of it is about you.
How much do you know about your mother?
Excuse me?
There is an envelope on the second page. Its her suicide letter.
We all know John kept a lot of secrets. He planned on telling you the truth one day,
thats his reason for this book.
After you were born, my brother George Donkor and I, were having
a fight concerning the property of Gold Coast Lounge. We shared the place 50/50.
During the course of all our fights,
it was revealed that your mother had an affair with George.
Yes Akatua, you are not the daughter of John Donkor. You are the daughter of George Donkor.
This angered me extremely, I was on a wild hunt to kill my brother for this.
Your mother hanged herself, and George feared for his life, and disappeared.
I vowed never to love again,
I recruited young boys, outlaws, rejects from society just as angry as I was,
and decided to make the best of them my legal adopted child to be heir to my properties.
which includes The Gold Coast Lounge.
We all remember that day,
that day you made your first kill, effortlessly.
John told us it was just an exercise, your initiation.
You sign or you die.
We didnt know what was happening.
We couldn't recognize him under all that madness and addiction.
This can't be true.
He screamed like he wanted to tell you something. But it was too late.
John made you kill your own father. For his personal revenge.
No! No! No!
Akatua, you will always be like a sister to us.
As the only legal offspring of John Donkor, I now own Gold Coast Lounge.
When its time, I will give you the funds you need to start your own lounge.
Good bye Akatua.
I'm not who I thought I was.
John's not my father.
My whole life, was a lie!
Baba.
One last time.
One more night Akatua.
After the performance,
then it's showtime.
How fast will it work?
Only 12 hours.
Then I will use it now.
In the entertainment news tonight,
the lead singer of 'Gold Coast Lounge'
'Black Rose', will be performing at 7pm tonight at 'Gold Coast Theatre'.
In attendance will be OB Jackson from OB Records.
'Black Rose' will perform for a chance
to sign an international record deal.
From all of us at GCN News,
we wish her all the luck and courage.
Daniel. Who is she? This is like the 4th time I'm seeing her.
Just a beggar.
But she looks familiar...is she from our village?
Focus on your performance. We need to move forward, not backwards.
This is us now.
Don't hold me back.
Rose.
We're waiting for you.
Marvelous! Absolutely marvelous.
Well thank you Mr. Jackson.
I hope to hear some good news from you soon.
How would you like to be signed to OB Records?
Yes! Yes! We'd love to.
Well thank you. Perhaps you'd like to speak with manager Mr. Daniel.
Good question.
I would like to invite you to my room for a private discussion.
I'm sorry I don't think...
Yes! I would love to.
We are supposed to move forward not backwards.
Don't hold me back Daniel.
I'll be right back.
I'm going to change.
He smells funny.
Sir. I don't think I can do this.
Come on. Is it because of that small boy?
I am your gateway to America.
New York City, Big Apple, Apollo Theatre.
I will make sure you play there.
No!
I'm sorry. I...I.
Let go off him!
Somebody help! Please! Daniel!
What have you done?!
What does he look like?
He raped Rose.
No no. Daniel listen,
this is bad.
The inspector is going to have us all behind bars.
Her career, Gold Coast Lounge, everything will be lost.
Wisdom...Wisdom!
What?!
Get your men to clean this up.
Get rid of the body.
Frame the bodyguard.
Can you do it?
Wisdom?!
Ok. Everybody run. Run!
Daniel.
Daniel come out immediately!
Daniel where are you?
Daniel I said come out immediately!
Daniel I said come out, we're waiting for you!
Daniel come out, Akatua's looking for you!
You said you are a man.
-Time to run.
-No running.
Who does he think he is?
You're not Daniel.
So,
three big grown men like yourselves,
you're going to let that woman open her mouth,
to make you people do this nonsense.
This Akatua that you are following,
won't bring anything beneficial to us.
Daniel is the leader,
that will help us all.
He is the one, that will bring us our progress.
You have no sense at all!
Yaw Yaw! Yaw get up.
The whole country is looking for the man who killed OB Jackson.
One of John's closest friends.
You have gone too far.
Now everybody wants your head.
The police, the minister, OB Jackson's family.
I will have yours and Timothy's for killing Yaw.
Anybody associated with you will die.
You do not deserve to own the Gold Coast Lounge.
Not a village Ga boy should ever be in power instead of me!
Now the whole world knows what a hypocrite you are.
...and it's all because of love.
Anytime a powerful man gets close to your Rose,
something bad happens to him. Why? Because you cannot stand it!
Shut up1
I will kill you.
rip you apart with my bare hands1
I will plough you.
Sweetheart.
If you knew what was coming next, you'd be more careful.
You hear me?
Actually, you'd end up killing yourself!
Timothy!
I will end you!
I will end you and your generation!
It's like God himself imprisoned me.
Only this time,
it was much worse.
As I laid there in my hospital bed,
not being able to move, or open my eyes,
every single news I heard about the lounge,
broke my heart into pieces.
Why?
Why Daniel?
Me
Why did you do this to me?
You wanted me to suffer while I witness you
steal everything that I built?
You.
You who I discovered as a village rat.
I made you.
And now you took
my empire, my money, the lounge!
And then my own...
You took my woman?
No.
No, this can't be real.
No.
No, this is not true.
No.
Am I real now?
I promised the wife of my best friend,
that I'd deliver the head
of the bastard that murdered her husband.
He raped her.
He raped Rose!
So what? He raped her and so what?
She was a prostitute for years!
Can't she open her legs once for business?
Listen to yourself!
Are we supposed to rape women?
I love her!
I'll do anything to protect her!
I found my purpose.
And you people,
you are all lost.
If anything happens to her...
over my dead body!
Well that was on our schedule today.
Daniel.
You?
You were like a son to me.
I loved you the most.
With all my heart.
Yet, you never visited me in the hospital.
Doctor said you'd never wake up from the coma.
He said you'd be dead soon.
And you just couldn't wait?
Couldn't you?
I guess I'll leave him in charge now.
Who?
Who?
Who?
Take care of business my boy.
I cannot watch this.
I understand.
Is that what you want?
And all I had to do was watch you dig your own grave.
Someone had to lead,
there was no time,
Doctor said John was never going to make it.
Lead?
You disrespected John's allies,
and you rejected 50,000 dollars.
50,000 dollars! Are you crazy?
We need to be independent and self-sufficient as a people.
The Gold Coast Lounge, Rose, and our dignity as a people is not for sale.
Unlike your worthless ass.
You and Akatua will die.
Boss let's just kill him, let's not waste time.
Since I was a kid,
I used to mop the floors,
I used to clean the toilets of Gold Coast Lounge.
I worshipped John,
I followed him everywhere.
I wanted to be just like him.
His money, his power, his class.
What hurts me is this;
Why John
would pick a random kid from the village
and prefer him over his own daughter,
and prefer him over me.
Why?
Because of some boxing match?
A boxing match!
Does that make you better than me?
I taught you how to read!
John should have left you to rot in that village with your father.
I will kill you with my bare hands!
I will kill you!
Come on, beat him, rough.
You foolish village boy!
Stop stop sto stop.
Bring the stuff!
Wisdom!
Confess, confess that I'm better than you.
Wisdom please please. Rematch, rematch!
Wisdom I beg you. Please please, rematch.
Wisdom I beg you don't do this.
Rematch.
Auntie Adjoa is here.
He's getting away! Get the gun! Foolishness!
Grandma!
After all those years,
that your mom left you in my care.
After all those years, you abandoned me.
You left for long, chasing money.
Nii Lamptey,
do you think it's your money we need?
Never.
Because of you I can't sleep.
I think about you, I miss you!
Oh, God.
You have returned my grandson to me!
God I thank you.
You have answered my prayers.
Bra Daniel. What will you do now?
I will do what I have to do.
Why don't you run with us?
You know you could die right?
I know.
So you are doing all this,
because of her?
You wouldn't understand.
You are too young.
and what will you do exactly? Kill them all?
No Daniel, no.
If you go to war, 'Gold Coast Lounge' will be destroyed.
You are the only one police is searching for.
You are the only one.
Daniel, nobody wins in a civil war.
Except outsiders that want our downfall.
Let me tell you something Ama.
If I didn't love her or cared about 'Gold Coast Lounge',
I'd still burn that place down
after what John, Akatua and Wisdom did to me.
They will all die.
Please, leave.
I left the village
for what they did to my father.
for what they did to me.
I swore never to return.
Nii Lamptey.
Your father made many mistakes.
But one thing he never did, was abandon his family.
And now I want to let you know.
The conflicts you saw in this village
are also present in the big city.
It's everywhere.
Grandma
The city life consumed me,
but my love for Naa Adorley
was the only thing that brought my mind back to the village.
Back to my roots.
Back to you.
Now the demons in the city,
they want to kill and consume her too.
It's all my fault.
If you love her, then go and save her.
Nii Lamptey,
we will be united as one family.
It's all I have.
Stop right there! Stop right there! Go get her!
Wisdom. Wisdom please.
Wisdom please, please.
Please don't shoot.
I beg you. Okay?
At least let the little girl go.
Let her go. She's done nothing.
She cannot harm you, let her go. Okay?
Where is Daniel? John wants his head.
Kweku. Are you sure that John is looking for him?
Or you are the one that wants him dead?
You think I never knew what was going on?
Everything you're doing, you don't think I know?
We could have all lived so well together.
We could have all been rich, living in prosperity.
All in peace.
But thanks to you, your tribalism, your jealousy.
Your evil greed.
that's what killing us all, Kweku.
You lost faithless bastard.
You are a slave.
You are a slave to money.
You are a slave to power.
You are a slave to white man.
Look, you're the one who should be kneeling.
You should be on your knees.
Now, you should tell the truth.
Tell the truth. Tell the truth.
Confess to God, all your countless sins.
Evil man.
You think I'm afraid?
I'm not afraid.
You left me for dead! And then you moved on to the next guy and you two kill OB Jackson?!
You disgusting selfish man!
You expect me to slow down and pause my dreams because you got sick?
Sick?!
You cheating disloyal fools poisoned me!
Grow some sense before you accuse the wrong people of being disloyal!
Wisdom and Akatua are the ones you should watch!
And you! You set me up to sleep with your rich friends?
For what? For a recording deal?
He raped me John!
Am I supposed to give you a hug?
You were a whore all these years! It is who you are!
Stop that!
You know what John?
Everything was better when you were gone!
Everything was better when Daniel was in charge!
Is that right? Everything?
You lied to me.
You took advantage of my dreams,
fed me with false promises when in reality
you just wanted to sell my body in secrecy for a high price!
This singing career. It was all just a mask for your corruption!
You know what? Black Rose will go on.
And I will sing, and you can find your whores elsewhere.
You people can continue your filthy games, and I will sing in order to fix this place!
You cannot do that without me.
Neither can you.
And New York?
New York was my dream.
But I am not what New York needs.
I don't need New York anymore.
I want to stay right here at Gold Coast Lounge, and prosper here until I die.
We will make much less money.
But we will be proud of a life we can live John.
Have you not seen the accounts?
Daniels ideas have made us self-sufficient! Please let us all work together!
With my voice,
your experiences and Daniels creative ideas, we will prosper!
The past, the present the future leadership need to work together for Gold Coast Lounge!
Do you love him?
John. We all have to forgive each other, or we will fall.
We will testify to the police, he killed OB in defense, OB assaulted me!
-I said do you love him?!
-Yes.
Yes John. I am sorry. I can't do anything without him.
You see? You also lied and deceived me.
You also used me. Someone has to take the fall for OBs death!
You people insulted my authority and stained my reputation!
I will not continue before I have Daniels head delivered to me at my feet!
No. John! Stop it!
It's time.
Gunshots!
What's going on?
Not one sudden move.
What is this? Akatua.
You can call this a Coup D'etat.
We are taking over.
Uncle John.
Wait right here.
Daniel is coming.
He is coming for the rose.
I read your book.
Everything.
I'm sorry.
I tried to raise you.
Love you, like my own child.
But I could not.
Every single time I look into your eyes
I see your mother,
the woman I fell in love with.
But as you grew older.
I also saw the woman who broke my heart.
and I also saw, my brother's betrayal.
You made me kill my father.
and I turned your son against you.
We're almost even.
Mr. John Donkor.
Sign or you die.
Don't do it, don't!
Daniel!
Daniel!
If you run this place, you will burn it to the ground with your dirt.
Oh you are as dirty as I am.
You're just bad at hiding it.
Sign it!
No I will not.
Daniel!
You will pay for what you did to Auntie Adjoa.
At least I spared the little girl.
You're welcome.
The Gold Coast Lounge should belong to me!
Timothy!
You fool!
How is he supposed to sign the document if he's unconscious?
Madam, let's splash some water on his face.
John!
Daniel.
Not one person was supposed to die.
All you had to do was eat your fucking cake.
I won. I won!
I won.
Nii Lamptey!
Confess that I am better than you.
Huh?!
Confess!
Confess that I am better than you.
Is that my knife?
This is what I learned from my father, picking pockets.
Daniel.
Please...
Let me pray before I die.
Now that you're dying
you are a believer?
Our father,
who art in heaven
hallowed be thy name...
Thy kingdom come.
Nii Lamptey.
Don't be like them.
This is why others call us savages.
Son.
Let there be peace.
We all must unite.
I will be a savage like them!
Like you.
Rose.
No no no no.
Rose. Rose.
We all failed Daniel.
We all failed.
Rose! Rose!
We were given 3 weeks to work together as a family.
But through this senseless civil war,
our dreams died with all these bodies.
The Gold Coast Lounge was shut down by the new government
and was auctioned to the highest bidder.
The end.