Ababacar Sow

Dune a 11 ans. Depuis toujours, chaque été, elle traverse la France avec ses parents pour passer les vacances dans leur vieille maison des Landes. Là-bas, Mathilde, 9 ans, l’attend de pied ferme. Une amitié sans failles. Mais cet été-là ne sera pas un été de plus. L’année dernière, Dune et ses parents ne sont pas venus. On ne lui a pas dit pourquoi mais elle sent que quelque chose a changé. Sa mère si distante, les disputes des parents, Mathilde qui tarde à grandir, l’odeur des pins entêtante, le sable qui n’est plus si doux, les films d’horreur ridicules, les amours des grands ados du coin, tout met Dune en alerte. Elle veut comprendre, savoir. Cet été-là Dune va grandir.

For Ababacar and Mbaye - two Senegalese immigrants who met and established a great friendship in Buenos Aires - the challenge goes beyond adapting to the customs and living conditions in Argentina, or dealing with the indifference and racism they suffer on a daily basis: both came to an instance of their lives in which they must define a course, and in turn accept that their identities and needs have become more complex. The decision to leave their country was driven by the urgent objective of financially supporting their families, but the stay in Buenos Aires crossed them with new people, new ways of seeing things, and even an economic situation different from that which they found at home. Their different ways of seeing things allow them to see in each other a different version of themselves.

For Ababacar and Mbaye - two Senegalese immigrants who met and established a great friendship in Buenos Aires - the challenge goes beyond adapting to the customs and living conditions in Argentina, or dealing with the indifference and racism they suffer on a daily basis: both came to an instance of their lives in which they must define a course, and in turn accept that their identities and needs have become more complex. The decision to leave their country was driven by the urgent objective of financially supporting their families, but the stay in Buenos Aires crossed them with new people, new ways of seeing things, and even an economic situation different from that which they found at home. Their different ways of seeing things allow them to see in each other a different version of themselves.