The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin. Diop artistically voices a new generation's demands.

Edward, civil servant, flees fiancée Molly on their wedding day in Rangoon, 1917. His travels replace panic with melancholy. Molly, set on marriage, amused by his escape, trails him across Asia.

A French woman drinks makgeolli in Korea after losing her means of income, then teaches French to two Korean women.

A self-portrait of the director and his oeuvre, revisiting in free-form more than 40 years of the author's filmography.

August 1922. An American journalist, Jerry Thompson, travels to the Soviet Union and arrives in Azerbaijan. He visits the settlement of Mardakan in Baku. There, he meets an elderly man at a villa Thompson can hardly believe what he hears. Standing before him is Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, a once-great oil producer, millionaire, and philanthropist who lost all his wealth after the establishment of Soviet rule. Haji recounts his life story to the guest, a journey that saw him rise from a humble mason to an influential oil industrialist. Thompson can hardly believe what he hears. Standing before him is Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, a once-great oil producer, millionaire, and philanthropist who lost all his wealth after the establishment of Soviet rule. Haji recounts his life story to the guest, a journey that saw him rise from a humble mason to an influential oil industrialist. Small oil gushers are starting to erupt on the Absheron. With great hopes, Haji spends all his time searching for land with potential oil reserves. However, after four years, the situation on the site disappoints him - despite all efforts, oil is still nowhere to be found... Peninsula.

A young professor struggles in her marriage, only to meet Matt, a man from her past who wanders onto her university campus.

A Chinese woman lives for herself in silence, celebrating the prosperous Belle Epoque with songs and dance.

In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato ponders: what would happen if one of the prisoners managed to free themselves from their chains and escape from the cave? What if that prisoner were Jay, a little 7-year-old boy?