France and Burkina Faso / 2017 / 82mins / Drama, Family / Dioula and French

Thirteen-year-old Ady no longer listens to his father, who is raising Ady on his own in France. Running out of resources, Ady’s father decides to entrust Ady to his Uncle Amadou for the summer. Amadou and his family live on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea, in Burkina Faso. Things are quite different there, however, as boys of Ady’s age are expected to already become men. Ady must learn these lessons as he comes to understand the world a little differently during this life-changing holiday.

Berni Goldblat

Berni Goldblat is a Swiss-Burkinabe film director. He has been directing, producing and distributing films since 1999, predominantly documentaries, in and about West Africa. He co-founded Cinomade, an association aimed at creating and disseminating audio-visual awareness-raising tools, as well as Les films du Djabadjah, an independent film production company located in Burkina Faso. Learn More