In the midst of a volatile regime change in a Francophone African state, Maria Vial is fighting to sustain her family’s coffee plantation. With rebels and the army struggling for control, French peacekeeping forces move out, warning the remaining white residents that they’re on their own. But Maria refuses to be driven off the land, even as tragedy looms.

Hua, a woman in her late twenties, goes against her family to become a teacher in Paris. She falls in love with men who physically abuse her. Will she ever find her true love?

Best friends Majolie and Chouchou are two beautiful young women trying to get ahead in a near-future Cameroon. After accidentally killing a powerful politician during sex, the two come up with a plot to dispose of the body, and get into the glamorous wakes that have taken over the local nightlife.

A widower and his daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at her university.

Olivia is a young undocumented immigrant who works as a maid in a Parisian hotel. Her illegal status compels her to remain invisible in order not to draw any suspicion. As Olivia starts to suffocate under these constraining life conditions an irrepressible desire is growing within herself.