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From transfers to better equipped training clubs to sanctions; the tribulations of three young soccer players in Abidjan: Isidore, Bakari and Davila. Trainers and families live in the hopes raised by their boy. He is their "forward." The North/South networks that tap "tournament cattle" with the complicity of unscrupulous agents and parents make the headlines. But in Africa there is a way of using transfers and Fifa regulations to grow with protective families and good coaches. Becoming autonomous far from the images of the Dark Continent’s never-ending enslavement.

France - 2009 - 1 h 08 mn - HD • 16/9 - Colour

Director Éliane de Latour Writer Éliane de Latour Camera Éliane de Latour Sound Éliane de Latour Editing Mathieu Parmentier Music Éric Thomas

Production Taggama, 21 avenue Simon Bolivar, 75019 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4230 1333 E-mail : taggama.production@gmail.com Co-Production Les Films d'un Jour, CNRS Images

Sales Daniela Elstner Doc & Film International, Daniela Elstner, 13, rue Portefoin, 75003 Paris, France Tél : +33 1 4277 5687 Fax : +33 1 4277 3656 E-mail : d.elstner@docandfilm.com