In the capital of Burkina Faso, a band of young people tries to survive and thrive vis-a-vis the thousand and one temptations. Adventures of a band of youngsters, living in a stripped district of Ouagadougou, who seek hopes. The easy way and ingeniousness compensate for the money which often is lacking. Sadness is banished of a resolutely optimistic way of life. Plunders and odd jobs constitute the daily newspaper of this struggle for life. The ones will succeed modestly, the others will fail more or less but a great solidarity of group remains.
There are very few animals in the film. The only sequence that might cause some concern is a very brief documentary shot of Ouagadougou street life showing numerous chickens being driven on a couple of motorcycles strapped to the drivers by their feet, which in the Global North might seem cruel.