Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.

A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family...

It is the dawn of Senegal's independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have...