"Cave 72, a small bar in Brazzaville, is a popular meeting place. It belongs to Mâ Vouala, known to everyone as Maman Nationale. Over the years, her bar has become a haven for anyone who likes to discuss God and the world, love and everyday madness over a beer. Verdass, Ferdinand, Didi and Stephan, sworn friends, also meet in the Cave every evening.
One day, a sinister plot is hatched. With a perfidious plan, the regime succeeds in accusing the unsuspecting young men and Maman Nationale of plotting a terrorist coup and arresting them. But there is resistance and the country is thrown into turmoil.

Fann Attiki succeeds in creating a visually rich, eloquent and ironic portrait of a corrupt, patriarchal power structure that leaves no future opportunities open for the well-educated young generation." (Publisher)

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