La tumultueuse vie d'un déflaté

The film portrays the hectic life of the "Great Z", an engine driver of the Abidjan-Ouagadougou line for 20 years, laid off in 1995 by the National Railways of Burkina Faso following the privatization imposed by the World Bank. To the sound of his own particular language, of his harsh and tormented words describing his past and present misfortune, his hate and his hope. An inveterate hedonist to the bone, he suddenly found himself struck down as he was experiencing pure joyfulness. He lost everything, and has since then lived a gloomy life waiting for his retirement pension.