Lonan tché

Bourgeois, who was a scammer in Côte d'Ivoire and dreamed of living rich, arrived illegally in Europe ten years ago at the risk of his life. He has been living in France without legal papers ever since. He will soon be thirty. Like his friend Kader, who lives in Italy, he dreams of returning to his homeland. Kader returns, but only for a short stay, while Bourgeois finally settles down in France: he marries, has children, obtains papers... He will now have the choice between two countries, two identities, but realizes that his life is in France. In Côte d'Ivoire, he will be an immigrant. In his own country, as in France, he has become a foreigner, a "lonan tché",as they say in Bambara.

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