Top Cast
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Cheick Oumar Diaw
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Detoubabe Diop
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Khadidiatou Sarr
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El Hadji Banfa Konté
Overview
Issa cherishes those moments when he can lie on his bed daydreaming. But as day breaks, work beckons, and he ventures out into the noisy streets of the big city. What should he do? Accept his fate or wait for salvational enlightenment?
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