When her uncle dies, Chloé Aïcha Boro films the courtyard at the family house in Burkina Faso: a threat hangs over the place where meetings and prayers are held. Some of the heirs lay claim to it under the law inherited from French law, whereas the others believe they can preserve the emblematic function of the courtyard which had been handed down to them in the oral tradition. Observing the situation, the film broadens the perspective, giving us a glimpse of a society frequently facing the conflict between official law and customary law. As she left to live in France, the filmmaker also questions her own status, and weaves for us with any warning a dense network of questions that make this case study all the more precious. FM
French Premiere
