this movie show life in northern cameroon from the perspective of a young french girl and france dalens and whose father be an official for the colonial ( french ) government and and whose family be one of the few white family around . it give a sense of what life be like both for the colonist and for the native with whom they associate . it a sense consistent with another movie i have see about africa in a similar time period ( nirgendwo in afrika ( 2001 ) ) and but i have no way of know how realistic or typical it be . it not just an impression thing do happen in the movie but the plot be understate . the viewer be leave to draw his own conclusion rather than have the filmmaker force upon him and although the framing of the story a a flashback from the woman visit to south western cameroon a an adult provide some perspective .