Ouagadougou, its buildings and shanty-towns… Wealth in a modern city and poverty in the suburbs…
Fousseini, a Muslim firmly attached to his faith and traditions, tries to run his family according to the old precepts and the code of honour inherited from his ancestors. One of his sons is a cinema projectionist and supports ail the family against his wife’s will. The other son idles around all day long in Ouagadougou, looking for a girlfriend.