Screening Date: 17th November Screening Time: 5:30 pm Location: SOAS Language: French Certificate: Duration: 20 mins
Synopsis
Kémi is a Frenchman of Beninese origin living in Paris. One day, while going through his grandfather’s belongings, he finds a photo of a house in Benin, on the banks of a lagoon. This house, which once belonged to his family, has now become a vacation home. Having just arrived in Cotonou, Kemi decides to book the house for a weekend with friends, in the hope of learning more about his family and its origins. His grandfather Sourou, an austere and reserved old man, had severed all ties with Benin when he moved to France. In the company of his friend Thomas, his wife Afiavi and the beautiful Mériga, who has never left him indifferent, Kemi meets a mysterious young woman whom he saves in extremis from drowning in the lagoon. Her name is Angèle, and she tells him she knows his grandfather Sourou…
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