Description
A well-dressed young woman disembarks in Port Banana in Belgian Congo with her two small children. She is there to meet her husband Andre, who is established in Ruanda-Urundi, the land of the tall lords and their sacred cows.An enterprising businessman, Andre had bought land to grow quinine, a miracle cure for malaria. The journey home takes them across the Congo.Adapting to Rwanda is challenging for his wife and children. The youngest, Elsa, acts out and becomes unmanageable, even at school.