In eastern Congo, three European development aid workers are forced to question what it means to help. Raúl, a French-Spanish economist doing research on rebel groups, realizes that he is leading his Congolese colleagues into great temptation with his project funds, Peter from Germany, after 30 years in Africa, reaches retirement age and he is fighting a losing battle to stay in Congo and the relationship of Anne-Laure, from Belgium, is put to the test when her Congolese boyfriend, after a stay in prison, becomes a high-profile regime critic. Deeply personal insights into coexistence and cooperation between Europe and Africa – and the question: how helpful is the help of the West?
Director of Photography: Daniel Samer; Editor: Miriam Märk; Music composer: Sebastian Fillenberg; Commissioning Editor: Eva Katharina Klöcker (ZDF / Das kleine Fernsehspiel)