Synopsis: Bandian lives in the small Guinean village of Makono, deep in the forest. He’s not yet 13 years old. Yet, it’s clear he has the makings of a great football player. Madame Aspirine, a young Western doctor who has taken a liking to him, gives him a leather ball. Bandian is delighted, but he misuses it so badly that he’s forced to flee his village. A series of adventures leads him to participate in a match with older players, whom he easily outplays, and attracts the attention of Béchir Bithar, a wealthy man who immediately senses a lucrative opportunity…
By Cheik Doukouré
With Aboubacar Sidiki Sumah, Agnès Soral, Habib Hammoud
