Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako loses himself with the story of an Ivorian woman who emigrates to China. From the credits, an ant zigzagged across her white tulle dress.
The camera lingers for a long time on the insect which is either very well trained or recreated digitally. Neither one nor two, Aya leaves her Ivory Coast to settle in Canton. The heroine sets down her suitcases in Chocolate City, a district where Africans gather.