A son's desperate journey to save his sister from a marriage she never chose.
Koumba is a brave boy, and a good son who works on a plantation. He leaves his native town of Ngounié to repay the dowry of his sister.
Direction
Simon Augé's patient, observational style lets suffering breathe.
Production
Rare 1970s Gabonese cinema preserved against odds.
Director
Simon Augé
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of fewer than five feature films produced in Gabon during the 1970s — most now lost.
The plantation setting deliberately echoes forced labor under French Equatorial Africa, linking personal debt to colonial extraction.
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