À Madagascar en 1947, les rebelles insurgés contre le système colonial sont appelés fahavalo, "ennemis" de la France. Ce voyage dans les archives est éclairé par les séquences filmées aujourd’hui dans les villages où se sont déroulés les faits, le long des lignes de chemins de fer qui traversent la forêt, des Hauts Plateaux vers la côte est de Madagascar. Les derniers témoins évoquent leurs longs mois de résistance dans la forêt, seulement armés de sagaies et de talismans.

After World War II, 9.800 Malagasy soldiers travelled back to their island, Madagascar, on the liner named Ile-de-France. Upon reaching their homeland, they had no choice but to return to their "indigenous" status.
As independence of Madagascar was absolutely not on the French agenda, they became the leaders of a rebellion, harshly repressed by the Colonial authorities. The army staff claimed 89.000 deaths at the time. The police reports often mention that the insurgents - only armed with spears, machetes and talismans - resisted for more than 18 months in the bush.
Through written and oral testimonies, the film will explore the insurrection of 1947 in Madagascar, from a Malagasy point of view and will do so with the support of traditional divination tools.