Rêves de poussière tells of Mocktar Dicko, a Nigerien peasant, who goes to look for work in a gold mine in northeastern Burkina Faso.

He hopes to forget the past in this prison, where the bars are made of dust and wind.

[1] The film was a France-Canada co-production between Athénaïse – Sophie Salbot and ACPAV – Marc Daigle.

[1] The associate producer was Sékou Traoré of the Burkina Faso company Sahelis Productions.

[3] A reviewer says the "opening shot reminds you of a choreographed musical—only there is no music, only silence and the sounds of workers’ tools".