With the war escalating and extremist Islamic forces threatening to execute cinema owners on charges of corruption and immorality, all cinemas in the city closed down and cinema owners fled the city to save their lives. But Carlos makes an important decision. He sends his family abroad and stays alone in the war zone to save his cinema from imminent death. Now Carlos is running his own cinema amidst the war in Syria while hearing the sound of shooting and firing is considered normal.

An engaging journey through Gambia, Finland, and Italy, following the story of Essa, a former UN soldier and refugee, and his struggle to achieve well-being for himself and his loved ones. The film explores how the protagonist successfully established a business in Europe to financially help his village in Africa: Bureng. However, the outbreak of the Coronavirus gravely challenges Essa’s privileged position and his family's stability, leading him to one of the most serious crises of his life. "The Strong Man of Bureng" is both a contemporary odyssey and an intimate story of the deep motivations that have brought a person to leave his own country in an effort to satisfy universal needs.