At a time when the government is carrying out major urban infrastructure projects to reduce traffic congestion in Dakar, more and more inhabitants of the popular Guinaw Rails neighbourhood are dislocated. In front of the walls and ruins, my mother tells me of her attachment to Guinaw Rails, where she has lived for 40 years. The mother is the one who cares and passes on. But when this leading figure crumbles, what's left? Our relationship between son and mother unfolds as we witness the destruction of the neighbourhood. When Macky Sall's government inaugurates Africa's first TER (regional express train), Senghor's 1960’s utopia of “Dakar will be like Paris” becomes reality, placing Senegal at the centre of the world and in its relationship with France. The inauguration of the TER, operated by the Paris-based SNCF, raises the question of how the Senegalese society continues to be shaped by French neo-colonialism and how those in power neglect the interests of the people.
 
Alors que l'État mène d'importants travaux d'infrastructure urbaine pour décongestionner la ville de Dakar, le quartier de Guinaw Rails se vide lentement de ses habitants. Creusant le fossé entre la banlieue et le centre de Dakar, la population est dispersée, le sens de la communauté disloqué. Face aux murs et aux ruines du quartier, ma mère raconte son attachement à Guinaw Rails. Mêlés aux archives des discours de développement de Dakar promis par les hommes politiques depuis les Indépendances, les récits de ma mère et des habitants du quartier témoignent du ballottement des consciences et des espoirs de changement. A travers l'histoire du lancement du premier TER africain, le film interroge le développement économique et ses impacts sur les gens ordinaires, loin des enjeux de la mondialisation.