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Lionel, a young Frenchman, who has just arrived in Cotonou, Benin, loses his car, airplane ticket and passport and his hopes in riots in the city.
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Eric Laugérias, Maka Kotto, Xavier Letourneur, Aïssa Maïga, René Morard, Tom Ouedraogo, Bénédicte Roy
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