Tom Kane（凯尔希·格兰莫）是“风城”芝加哥的市长，可以说他就是位于这座城市权力之网中心的那只大蜘蛛，这个网同时也是权力与进步达成的契约之网。 人们希望被领导，争端被解决，工作被分配，忠诚被回报，如果必须通过骗术与违背道德的方式才能达成这一切，Tom meijubar.net Kane觉得也未尝不可。只要任务完成了，人们便会另眼相看。 尽管他算是近几年来成绩斐然的一位市长，渐渐显现的老年痴呆症的魔爪却在将一切一点一点地从他身边剥离走，他不能相信自己的记忆力、最亲密的盟友、甚至是他自己。 他的妻子Meredith并不知道这些，他们的婚姻其实也是利益、权力趋向所造就的产物；他的顾问，Kitty O’Neil，一直对他有所怀疑但也不敢言语；他的政治顾问Ezra Stone，一个脾气不太好的耶鲁毕业生还依然蒙在鼓里。 只有Emma， 和Tom Kane闹僵的女儿，在一次偶然的机会下得知了父亲的这一秘密。这位顶级“老板”眼下正经历着最为艰难的时刻......
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.
