Luck Razanajaona

A tiny courtyard, life within the walls of the penitentiary... This is their daily life. But that cannot fully define them. These are also young people with dreams. "Outside", everything seems violent, chaotic and limitless…

Madama Esther, a housekeeper in her fifties, has just been fired and cannot keep her promise to take her grandson to see the sea. She agrees to host illegal cockfighting in her yard, a world where angels and villains come together.

Madagascar, nowadays. Kwame, 20, struggles to make a living in the clandestine sapphire mines. An unexpected event takes him back to his hometown. As he reunites with his mother and old friends, he finds himself confronted with the rampant corruption plaguing his country. He will have to choose between easy money and loyalty, between individualism and political awakening.