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The interior journey of a character who finds a way to lose himself. It is a simple story of letting go of one’s ego. The characters are castaways from the shipwreck of life, marooned in a gold mine where everything seems possible but nothing is achieved. Happiness is too far away, out of reach. They are all carrying a burden: a heavy past, a child on their back or a sack of stones. In this way they all echo the main character, Mocktar Dicko, who arrives carrying a suitcase but also the guilt he feels for the death of his little girl. Essakane is a makeshift gold mine located in the far north of Burkina Faso and also the perimeter of the film.