Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to be tried under South Africa's Terrorism Act despite the UN ruling that South Africa must abandon its 'illegal administration' of their country..
A village is assaulted by rebels. Everybody flees except for little Fabrice. He is first taken care of by the government army but subsequently dressed in uniform. With other children he is fighting in combat against the rebels. As a result of peace talks he is demobilized. After having rejoined his sister and little brother back home, he's following a training as a carpenter so as to have some potential to merge into civil society..
