Les Fleurs du manguier

Hoping to reunite with their scattered family, 4-year-old Shafi and his 9-year-old sister, Somira, leave a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh to head for Malaysia. With a child's perspective as guide, they embark on a perilous journey. - 'When I began to think about the story I wanted to tell, I felt a deep need to depict the Rohingya's journey from their homeland in search of a place where they could live in peace. Their path is fraught with stumbling-blocks : the forces of nature, the exploitation inherent in cross-border trafficking, and the constant hardships that test their strength and resilience. Relating their journey was essential to conveying the reality of the Rohingya�a people with neither nationality nor citizenship, forced to live in precarious circumstances wherever they go, always searching for a place to truly belong… If cinema can be an art form that symbolizes �living together,' I hope that through this film, the Rohingya�who may seem distant to many�will appear closer to us, like neighbours, like friends.' Fujimoto Akio