Kinshasa, a city of seventeen million people, is plunged into darkness and insecurity as its inhabitants struggle to access light. In a relentless quest, Kudi mobilizes his neighbourhood, Kisenso, to buy the stolen cable to restore electricity in time for the festivities. At Christmas, Kudi turns into Santa Claus, illuminating the streets of Kinshasa. Davido, looking for shelter after his house was flooded by the Congo River, kills time by working out and waiting for the river to recede. Teetering between hope and faith is a fragmented portrait of a population reinventing itself in an environment marked by violence.
