整容室 第三季

A dangerous game, full of traps. A dispute of power, money and desire. On one side of the board, delegate Giovanna Torres, on the other, the wife of a businessman, Maya Manoela. In this game, only one will fall. Who will give Checkmate?

　　The film accompanies Magaye Niyang, a star of Touki-Bouki, a 1972 classic directed by her own uncle Djibril Diop. Following this path, we are witness of Niyang travel to a special screening of the film, which has a public release in his old town. Niyang seems detached and with a heavy longing from the past, and therefore, the film debris permeates everything with unescapable sorrow and fascination.
　　Diop film is, first and foremost, a nostalgic travel through memory, time and recreation. It is also a watermark in contemporary experimental documentary, a very intimate portrait of a lost long journey through the past that isn’t returning anymore, a detachment of rejected fame, recognition and connection which is heavily grounded on a legacy that belongs to the past, and that connects directly to a country (Senegal) and its heritage, which is sometimes feel excruciating for the old ones (a testimony such as the taxi scene in the film, where the cab driver longs for changes, and claims that the old generation had done nothing for that).
　　Mille Soleils (A Thousand Suns) and, in itself, Mati Diop’s crucial talent, should be a point of reference into what could easily be one of the most interesting proposals of hybrid documentary cinema which has come from France, and which deals with a strong African heritage. Since 35 Rhums, where she proved her actress talent, Diop seems like a true promise for the following years of cinema.

　　早坂萌（米仓凉子 饰）是一名公司白领，个性独立而又坚强的她一心扑在工作上，对恋爱和结婚都没有什么兴趣。阿萌的好友琉璃子（高冈早纪 饰）则恰恰相反，她的人生，便是由不停的恋爱、结婚再离婚所构成的。在两人长达二十五年的友谊里，阿萌早就认清了琉璃子的“真面目”，所以，当自己的前男友室野信之（永井大 饰）成为琉璃子的第三任结婚对象的消息传来，阿萌一点都不觉的惊讶。
　　一次偶然中，阿萌收留了一位名叫秋山崇（佐野和真 饰）的十六岁高中生，果然不出阿萌所料，得知了阿崇存在的琉璃子立刻就露出了一幅见到了猎物一般的表情。一个是不想恋爱的女人，一个是不断结婚的女人，在这两个女人之间，会发生怎样有笑有泪的故事呢？