The Compaquitos in Togo

Oct 12, 2024

★ 0.0

Friends from here, hopes from there.

Overview

Six Scouts and Guides from France are heading to Togo, where they are joining forces with Togolese scouts to build a classroom. This documentary captures their human adventure and the cultural exchange that emerges at the heart of this solidarity project. Through the challenges of construction, a story of friendship, cooperation, and discovery unfolds between young people from two continents.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

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Laurence

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Olivier

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Aristide

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Augustin

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Abigail

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Michel

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Grace

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You

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Pierrot

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Fabrice

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Dorkass

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Ireika

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