

Hope
Overview
Deep in the Sahara desert, as they try to get to Europe, Leonard, a young man from Cameroon, rescues Hope, a Nigerian woman. In a fiercely hostile world where safety requires staying with one's own people, these two try to find their way together, and to love each other.
Top Cast
Justin Wang
Léonard
Endurance Newton
Hope
Dieudonné Bertrand Balo'o
Cameroonian chairman
Bobby Igiebor
Nigerian chairman
Richmond N'Diri Kouassi
Sisko
Nabyl Fally Koivogui
Félix
Henri Didier Njikam
Monopoly, the Forger
Martial Eric Italien
The Ghetto Commissioner
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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