Fake it till you make it

Over a phone message, a man explains how to use his tractor so that the person on the other end can mow the lawn in his garden in his absence.

A former traditional wrestling star, who has now changed profession, Madické regularly refuses requests for clandestine fights. To protect his son's future, he accepts a final duel, sacrificing his honour and his art.

Shortly after her 15th birthday, Manuela, a young woman from Togo who is passionate about music, meets Simon, a great percussionist. She quickly finds out that this man, who has returned to the country to teach his art, comes from a pro-slavery family and he is her father.

Young Antoine dreams of becoming an astronaut. One day, when he goes to the hairdresser with his mother, he slips under the hood of the hair dryer and suddenly finds himself aboard a space ship.

Ten-year-old Lili has always gone swimming topless. When her parents demand that she wears a bikini top for a waterpark trip, she is outraged: why does she have to hide her flat chest when her friends, who are all boys, do not have to?

A man swims in the sea. As he advances, memories come flooding back. From early childhood to his adult life, all his memories are connected to water. Some are happy, others glorious or even traumatic...

Newly released from prison, Sylvie turns up unannounced in the village of her birth. Secretly, she visits her mother, Thérèse, hoping to persuade her to leave her violent partner.

Malik, Daouda's eldest son, wants to marry Mariama. But when a meeting between the two families, both originally from Senegal, is organised over a meal, Daouda discovers that they are from two very different social classes. His family is "griot"; Mariama's is noble.

Confronted with the emotional difficulties of a mother in distress, 12 year-old Djenaba, takes on a parental role to protect her.

After surviving the journey across the Mediterranean, a young Guinean migrant finds refuge in Paris with a Senegalese dandy who makes a living by renting out his ID documents.