The film tells the tale of Maggie, a film star whose world collapses when her film director husband is outed by the paparazzi when it’s discovered his new leading lady…

Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.

Amidst turmoil and racial battle in a Francophone African state, a white French lady fights for her espresso crop, her household and in the end for her life.