In Dakar, Senegal, a poor young cart driver is confronted by a rich customer in a residential district which prohibits this type of vehicle. A cop stops him, makes a complaint, and seizes the cart. Deprived of his livelihood, the poor fellow loses his sole claim to self-respect in an exploited community.

Restored in 2013 by Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory and Laboratoires Éclair, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, and the Sembène Estate. Restoration funded by Doha Film Institute.