SLUMLORD (LE MARCHAND DE SABLE)
Production year: 2021
Genre(s): Drama
Director(s): Steve Achiepo
Cast: Moussa Mansaly (School Life, Patients), Aïssa Maïga (He Even has Your Eyes, Russian Dolls), Ophélie Bau (Mektoub: My Love & Intermezzo), Mamadou Minté, Benoît Magime
Synopsis
Affected by years in prison, Djo is a delivery driver in the city of Cergy.
As the crisis erupts in Côte d’Ivoire, he finds himself having to clandestinely house members of his family. The prospect of offering a better life to his daughter is gradually tipping him into a spiral where he will lose control