

Their reunion is interrupted as the bell sounds, summoning the girls of the Comme Il Faut cigarette factory back to work.

José hears of the young girl who was looking for him and recognizes Micaela who grew up at his house.

As the children of Port-Au-Prince pretend to mounted guard, led by captain Zuniga and corporal José, arrive in the market. The men assure her that he is on his way but Micaela says she will return later and leaves. Micaela is looking for a specific soldier, Don José. In the bustling market members of Duvalier’s private militia, nicknamed the Tonton Macoute, patrol the square, while Morales, a soldier in the Haitian Army, stands around chatting with some fellow soldiers and the local men of Port-Au-Prince, when Micaela, a young girl from Anse a Pitres, approaches them.
