A young man arrives in Paris from Mauritania with high hopes, only to swiftly discover that the colonial society offers him no opportunities. He soon comes face to face with racism that can manifest itself as overt brutality or hide behind a veneer of liberalism.

Restored by Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in collaboration with Med Hondo. Restoration funded by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation and The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project. This restoration is part of the African Film Heritage Project, an initiative created by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers and UNESCO – in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna – to help locate, restore, and disseminate African cinema.