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2006 | Color | 87 min

Set in a future in which Africa has become a paradise and Westerners are desperate to immigrate, Olivier and Pauline, a French engineer and a teacher, decide to immigrate to Africa in search of a better life. When they are denied an entry visa, they ask for a smuggler?s help and have to face the realities of illegal immigration. Olivier runs away from the transit camp where they have been locked up, and manages to get hold of a visa. Pauline becomes a maid for a rich family


Country: Francia
Direction: Amoussou; Sylvestre
Script: Sauvi; Pierre, Amoussou; Sylvestre
Production: Production; Métis
Photography: Chane; Guy
Sound: Chaumat; Julián
Music: Diop; Wasis
Cast:Amoussou; Sylvestre, Bulteau; Sandrine, Roux; Stéphane, Ebouaney; Eriq, Vermeil; Charlotte
Participation year at FICM: 2007

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