Realease in France : November 2008 Realease in Belgium : 9 Septemeber 2009
Selection
Festival of Cannes - selection "Un Certain Regard" - Prix de l'Espoir
Festival Sundance - selection "Spectrum"
Operating results
Sold territories
UK
Synopsis
Africa, nowadays. Johnny, fifteen years old, a child soldier of rapper aspect, armed to the teeth, the mad dog he wants to become is living inside him. With his little commando unit, Baby AK, Small Devil and Chili Pepper, he steals, forays, and kills everything on his way. Some teenagers full of Hollywood imaging and misinformation playing war. Laokolé, sixteen years old, driving her infirm mother in a ramshackle wheelbarrow and trying to imagine a nice future thanks to a brilliant scholarship, is leaving the city at the hands of child soldiers militias. She is on her way with her 10 years old brother as well. While Johnny is moving forward, she is running away. Shortened childhoods, an African continent devastated by absurd wars, a citizenry trying to survive and keep his humanity…
