The director engaged in conversations with her seamstress cousin, and these discussions about her reality form the foundation of the film. While describing scenes during the filming process, the seamstress often suggested alternative ideas that she wanted, and the director states that she took the seamstress's suggestions to incorporate her own reality into the director's fiction. This approach marks a solution that the director found while navigating the power the camera-wielder holds within the shooting relationship, establishing boundaries. The mutual understanding, respect, and affection that the director and the seamstress, Pierrette, as the two co-authors of this film, hold for the characters' world seamlessly integrate the complex significance that sewing brings to Mambar, allowing it to be a medium through which she showcases her skills, takes care of her family, soothes her neighbors, and connects with the world. Sewing becomes an expression of Mambar's passionate commitment to preserving her own life, perhaps because this quiet passion serves as the central theme. Despite the misfortunes that befall Pierrette and the challenging realities surrounding her, they cannot overwhelm Mambar. Amid the multitude of issues Cameroon and societies worldwide must address—welfare, poverty, child-care, education, relationships—Mambar's life serves as a conduit for awakening these concerns, and addressing them should begin with learning the sturdy rhythm that Mambar's straightforward, continuous journey creates.