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A storyteller named Djeliba comes to the town of a young boy named Mabo with promises that he will reveal the origin of the boy's ancestry.

A Nigerien peasant comes looking for work in Essakane, a dusty gold mine in Northeast Burkina Faso, where he hopes to forget the past that haunts him.

In the capital of Burkina Faso, a band of young people tries to survive and thrive vis-a-vis the thousand and one temptations. Adventures of a band of youngsters, living in a stripped district of Ouagadougou, who seek hopes. The easy way and ingeniousness compensate for the money which often is lacking. Sadness is banished of a resolutely optimistic way of life. Plunders and odd jobs constitute the daily newspaper of this struggle for life. The ones will succeed modestly, the others will fail more or less but a great solidarity of group remains...

Every year the most beautiful girl will be sacrificed to the Python God. When a girl named Sia is the next to be sacrificed, she hides in the house of the village idiot, a man who goes around shouting hyper-aggressive criticisms against everything. Sia is found by the soldiers but the army commander had for some time prepared a revolt against the emperor and saves Sia on the way. Will Sia reveals the terrible secret she learned about the Python God ?

An old man is entrusted with curing a young girl struck by amnesia. He takes her on an eccentric, joyous healing trip to Ouagadougou through the Cape, Berlin, Mali and Belgium.

A dissolute man whose wife cheats on him seeks revenge to preserve his honor.

The film centers on the plan of a government minister to build a road through a sacred forest and the local community's resistance to this project.

A singer loses her husband on their honeymoon, but is unable to cope with the tragedy and continues to pretend that he is still alive.

Thomas is a smuggler, shipping European refugees who hope to find a better life in Africa. One day his boat sinks and he is washed up on the African coast as the only survivor. He then makes his way to the nearest city - Drexciya.

A plastic bag lands in the courtyard of Assitan, a young mother. A plastic bag is very useful, especially for daily shopping but she loses the bag. This bag, like thousands of others will circulate from hand to hand and travel with people.