Overview

In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont, traumatized by the horrific trench warfare, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa. In the vast territories of Upper Volta he - with the help of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great War - try to recruit the villagers as labor for plantations in Ghana. But his adventure leads him to a dead-end, and he comes back to Paris desperate to find his place in the world.

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Cast

Romain Duris

Céline Sallette

Julie-Marie Parmentier

Grégory Gadebois

Yvon Martin

Wabinlé Nabié

Morwenna Spagnol

Thibault Pinson