Jean Pierre Coly

After his mother develops cancer from dépigmentation, Khalilou fights toxic beauty standards. Disguised as Leila, he enters the "Miss Students" pageant, where light skin reigns, to give dark-skinned girls a chance to shine.

A young woman from a wealthy family, driven from her home after a series of behaviours deemed unworthy, meets a young man from a working-class neighbourhood in Dakar.