Asiemut chronicles the 8000 km journey of Olivier Higgins and Mélanie Carrier. Riding their bicycles and pedaling through Asia, Olivier and Mélanie traveled from Mongolia to Kolkata, at the mouth of the Ganges in India, passing through Xinjiang, the Taklamakan Desert, Tibet and Nepal. Along the way, they discover the world, but over all, they discover themselves. Who are they? What do they want? What is their place in this world? Maybe, between the encounters, obstacles and the discovery, this daring journey made them reflect... Do we not all have a common "Asiemut"?
It focuses on five individuals from around the world: Fred, a caregiver from Zambia who rides from village to village visiting AIDS patients; Carlos in Guatemala, who invented a pedal-powered device that offers a small-scale alternative to diesel-fueled machines; Sharkey, who avoids gang life by working in a Santa Barbara, California neighborhood bike shop; Bharati, a young girl in India who gets an education because she has a bicycle to ride to school; and Mirriam, a bike mechanic in Ghana stricken with Polio.
Fortuné est un passionné de vélo. Il n'hésite pas à abandonner son poste de groom pour rejoindre une course cycliste quand elle passe devant l'hôtel où il travaille. Renvoyé, il finit par trouver un emploi chez un fabricant de cycles avant de réussir à participer avec succès au Tour de France.
Jetés dans le camion d'un ferrailleur, des vélos racontent ce qu'ils ont vécu avec leurs propriétaires respectifs : un enfant dans un quartier, un champion cycliste et un facteur rural.