Libreville, Gabon, 1993. Lili (5) and her brother Alpha (9)
celebrate the opening of their mother’s nightclub. Celeste,
a charismatic self-made Cameroonian, already runs a
restaurant with the help of her eldest son, Roger (20).
When Lili and Alpha’s conservative father discovers the
discotheque, he threatens to send the kids to his village in
Senegal. Celeste takes them to France on a vacation, but
once in Bordeaux, she returns alone to Gabon to manage
her businesses. Left behind, the three siblings have to fend
for themselves. Uprooted, separated from her mother
and facing racism, Lili grows up haunted by PTSD. To
cope, she dissociates into doubles – bolder, freer versions
of herself who never left Africa. As her family’s situation
worsens, Lili struggles to stay grounded and heal, while
still striving to fulfil her mother’s dream of success.