The year is 1943 and the place is Balandou, a small village in Guinea. The plot revolves around Adjutant Mariani, some kind of a misfit. Despised by his superiors, hated by his wife Marie-France, he represents colonial France while dreaming of Africa and its mysteries. When pro-independence Lanseye Kante, the new manager of the school, arrives in the village, turmoil arises.
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Maka Kotto
Marianne Basler
Mariam Kaba
Sam Amidou
Mahmoud Zemmouri
Eric Averlant
Paul Le Person
Tom Novembre
Didier Flamand
Max Douchin
Keita Alama
François Berland
Mamy Camara
Moussa Camara
Amidou Cissoko
Lansanaba Condé
Amadou Diakité
Sadou Diakité
Kalou Diallo
Cheik Doukouré
Sabou Doumbouya
Djebil Fodé Doumbouya
Ibrahima Kalil Touré
Mamadou Kanté
Aboubacar Kolta
Tady Kossoko
Fanta Kouroama
Mamadi Kourouma
Mohamed Kourouma
Sandaly Kouyaté Balacala
Lanfia Kouyaté Sara
Lamine Kouyaté
Constance Lequesne
Nabé Mamadi
Daniel Pourcel
Théoplile Soulé Napo
Tiranka Traoré