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A lovely pianist sneaks his mistress in under the pretext of rehearsal. This is a risky business, especially when the wife is in the next room.

For 18 years, the Cabanyal, the historic maritime district of Valencia, withstood with difficulty a foolish urban project of the town hall that planned to tear it down. In 2015, the arrival of a municipal government feeds many hopes in the neighborhood. But how to heal the wounds suffered in neighbors and houses? How to rehabilitate without betraying the utopias born of the struggle? Following several neighborhood residents, this is an intimate chronicle of a micro-society at risk of dehumanization.

This film begins, so to speak, where ‘Vol spécial’ left off. The reality of migration bears its teeth: Following a scuffle, 20-year-old Koumba from France is sent back to the place where she was raised – Senegal. She returns to the lost village of her ancestors hysterical, argumentative and unproductively rebellious. Now the mother of a toddler, she continues to come to terms with the two cultures; the outcome is unforeseeable, as is the outcome of this cinematic long-term observation. The risk of its failure due to its protagonist is palpable. But Koumba’s fascinating metamorphosis is also obvious, her body and character have taken on a more harmonious nature. All hope is not lost.