La Cinéfabrique

On the evening of his 25th birthday, Ismaël receives a message from his mother that he has not seen for almost 10 years... Her best friends Chaïneze and Maeva have an idea: to hit the road to join her.

Locked up in their own apartments, some neighbors tell the camera about the little troubles of life in a community. Little by little, when everything piles up, it’s enough to drive one mad.

Paul and Stefan are two 14 year old friends. Little interested in school, they hang out together in the Paris of the 80s and fantasize about adult life. They have an idea in mind: break into the Moulin Rouge. So before Stefan moves out, Paul struggles to find a way to enter this mythical and inaccessible place.

Yangbo and Foungou love each other since childhood. On a fishing day, Foungou mysteriously disappears in the Oubangui river. In response to this situation, Yangbo blames Penda, a newcomer in the village who keeps courting her, for killing her boyfriend with an occult power, called Talimbi.

For years Néhémie has been subjected to racism. As a young adult, she decides to talk to her white parents and adoptive brothers and sister. Her mum waters down her reaction but her dad accepts to talk about his past. Every one will react to her truth.

Ebounda, 12 and fatherless orphan, gets raped by a stranger while coming back from her school, ten kilometers away from her village, Bossas. Despite her mother’s efforts, she falls into a deep silence. But, one night, she gets carried away by the traditional dance.