Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.
As World War II rages in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray.
Henry, a rich Londoner bored, shipwrecked in the Atlantic and ends up in San Francisco. The adventure has just begun. From the novel "Naufrage en eaux troubles" by François Ponthier.