心向黎明

　　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.

　　前园小春（岛崎遥香 饰）是独自在大都市奋斗的独立女性，因为总是在情场上受伤，交往过的男性都是已婚人士，感到疲惫不堪的小春决定回到阔别已久的老家。谁知道在这个节骨眼上，小春经营咖啡店的父亲病倒了，咖啡店即将因为资金链断裂而面临倒闭的结局。
　　无论如何都想要保护父亲珍爱的咖啡店的小春，决定接受一位名叫龙之介（稻叶友 饰）的神秘男子所提供的帮助，但有一个前提，那就是小春必须要成为他的妻子。荒唐的是，龙之介已经娶了两个妻子了，因为小春的老家实行了一夫多妻的婚姻制度，这也就意味着，小春必须和另外的两个女人共处一室。