Three days on foot — in the heat, in an unknown direction, without sleep, food, water, or a change of clothes.

The film follows Leolidé, who at fifteen survived a fire that destroyed his village deep in Madagascar — and with it, his chance at an education. He decided to reach school on foot. Along the way his life filled with dramatic turns: an armed robbery by bandits, work in illegal gemstone and gold mines, and many brushes with death. He trained as a laboratory technician. Around his journey, the film portrays children working in illegal mines, on rubbish dumps and in small quarries, and people living with leprosy.