Section: Long Narrative
Country: Burkina Faso
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 105 minutes
Director: Apolline Traoré
Screenplay: Apolline Traoré
Cinematography: Ali Lakrouf
Editor: Sylvie Gadmer
Cast: Jimmy Jean-Louis, Naomi Nemlin
Synopsis: After the brutal massacre of his family in Haiti, Francis Desrances resettles in the Ivory Coast. Years later Francis, his wife Aissey and their 12-year-old daughter Haila await the birth of a son who shall inherit the name Desrances. As the birth looms, war erupts in Abidjan and amidst the melee, Aissey goes missing. Haila courageously steps forward in ways that challenge her father's notion of what constitutes a rightful heir.
