In Cameroon, Sobgui is a 'Clando', an illegal (clandestine) taxicab driver. It’s not an easy life. There’s hostility from the yellow cabs and constant police harassment. At home, Sobgui’s relationship with his wife is tense. Then one morning Sobgui finds two men waiting outside his house.
They want information and Sobgui ends up as witness to a murder. So it is with great relief that Sobgui leaves Cameroon. He heads to Germany to buy a used car with the intention of starting a real taxi business when he finally returns to his home in Cameroon. Out of gratitude for the village leader who finances his trip, Sobgui goes to Cologne to look for the old man’s long-lost son.
In Cologne, Sobgui meet Irene, a young political activist fighting for minorities and immigrants’ rights. She is curious and wants to know everything about Sobgui. He tells her about the last year of his life, a year of turmoil and violence that has left its scars. But on the eve of legislative elections he is abducted and transformed into a victim of his government’s senseless repression. Irene’s interest and her questioning finally force Sobgui to reconsider his commitment to struggle for change in Cameroon. via African Film Library
