In the early 1920s, George Georges Laffont, traumatized by the terrible Battle of trench, decided to leave his life and go to West Africa, accompanied by Diofo, to the vast territories of Upper Walter, who was also a survivor and survivor of the great war. From village to village, George uses Diofo's talents to recruit villagers to serve as labour on Ghanaian plantations. But the adventure brought him to an end, and he returned to Nantes, where his brother Marcel lived with his mother because of the futility of the war. Life went on without him after the war in Europe. George will try desperately to find her place with the help of her sign language teacher, Helene. Helene will have a tumultuous relationship with his family and the family he selfishly abandoned. He will eventually try to heal their wounds.