Senegalese tirailleur
Mayo de 1940, en pleno hundimiento de Francia, cuando millones de personas se hicieron a la carretera temerosas del avance del ejército alemán, se nos cuenta la historia de un hombre alemán que ha escapado del nazismo y busca a su hijo, el cual se encuentra con una maestra rural a la que lo había confiado.
Daouda
Mitraillette is 12 years old and lives in Rose City, a housing estate he would not leave for anything. His whole world comprises his family, especially his 16 year-old cousin Isma, who has taken a fancy to Narcisse, the local crime boss. His older brother Djibril is 22, a student at the Sorbonne who dreams of becoming a lawyer. As for Mitraillette, he has his eye on Océane, the most beautiful girl in his school...