A young biracial woman raised in France travels to Burkina Faso in search of the mother she hasn’t seen in many years. Meanwhile, in Paris, an émigré from Burkina Faso who makes her living as a cleaner teaches the Dioula language to a white middle-class office worker, in this affecting story of global displacement.
2nd February 2011
15 years ago
1 hour 22 minutes
Finishes at 9:25pm
1 win & 1 nomination
6.3/10
65%
64%
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