RETURNEE

At 36, a successful businesswoman living in France returns to Benin after a personal tragedy forces her to leave everything behind. Back in the country of her birth, she struggles to reconnect with a place that is both familiar and unfamiliar. As she navigates between contemporary life and ancestral traditions, she faces cultural expectations, unresolved grief, and questions about her own identity. Through encounters that challenge her beliefs and reshape her perspective, she gradually rediscovers the meaning of belonging. RETURNEE is an intimate and poetic story about resilience, identity, and the search for home—a universal journey of departure, return, healing, and reconciliation with one's roots.