Meiji U Tum'si

Salif, un jeune Africain de 18 ans, est envoyé par ses parents à la recherche de son frère aîné vivant à Paris qui ne donne plus de nouvelles. S'il ne le retrouve pas, il devra se substituer à lui en travaillant afin de soutenir financièrement sa famille. Il a pour seul viatique, une photo de son frère, un cachet de la poste sur une enveloppe et la force de l'innocence.

Maverick director Melvin Van Peebles translates his own satirical novel to the screen with this multi-national portrait of race, class, and hypocrisy. The film's title refers to the name of a haute cuisine restaurant run by a self-satisfied conservative couple, Henri and Loretta. When the two find themselves overworked in the kitchen, they retreat to the local orphanage to find some cheap waitressing help, and the teenaged Diamantine fits the bill perfectly. The haughty couple has more plans for the girl than just waiting tables, however -- the conspicuously accommodating Henri and Loretta are actually bad-mouthing the girl behind her back to the townspeople and the restaurant's patrons. They go so far as to ask the naive Diamantine to pretend that she's pregnant, and she complies under the assumption that it's a harmless prank. When their intentions are revealed, however, the girl becomes wise to the couple's self-satisfied scheming, and sets her sights on revenge.

Une femme, un homme, un été à Paris. La passion, la rupture, les retrouvailles. Une histoire d'amour dans le désordre.

BB works as a political cartoonist at a liberal newspaper, his more outrageous efforts duly appreciated but not necessarily published by his boss. He's in love with the boss’ lovely, talented computer-scientist daughter, Kesso. But his choice meets with stiff opposition from his strict Muslim father Karamako, who is the chief of his village as well as imam of Conakry, especially when Kesso becomes pregnant with BB’s child.