At a time when the government is carrying out major urban infrastructure projects to reduce traffic congestion in Dakar, more and more inhabitants of the popular Guinaw Rails neighbourhood are dislocated. In front of the walls and ruins, my mother tells me of her attachment to Guinaw Rails, where she has lived for 40 years. The mother is the one who cares and passes on. But when this leading figure crumbles, what's left? Our relationship between son and mother unfolds as we witness the destruction of the neighbourhood. When Macky Sall's government inaugurates Africa's first TER (regional express train), Senghor's 1960's utopia of "Dakar will be like Paris" becomes reality, placing Senegal at the centre of the world and in its relationship with France. The inauguration of the TER, operated by the Paris-based SNCF, raises the question of how the Senegalese society continues to be shaped by French neo-colonialism and how those in power neglect the interests of the people.


writer-director Mamadou Khouma Gueye
producers Rosa Spaliviero, Aminata Ndao
coproducers Eugénie Michel Villette, Stefanie Bodien
image Amath Niane, Oumar Ba
sound Ousmane Coly, Abbas Sow
editing Geoffroy Cernaix
sound editing Arno Ledoux


Produced by
Sine Films
Twenty Nine Studio & Production

In coproduction with:
Les Films du Bilboquet
Pictanovo avec le soutien de la Région Hauts-de-France
L'Atelier de production du GSARA
Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains

Supported by
Centre national du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée
TËNK
Fond Image de la Francophonie
Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
Fonds de Promotion de l'Industrie Cinématographique et Audiovisuelle
La PROCIREP - Société des Producteurs et de l'ANGOA