Investigating the disappearance of a ship and its fishermen, a group of widows from a small french archipelago, confront the interests of the State and find themselves on the front line of a civil uprising.

In the crater of a long-extinct volcano, where the legacy of apartheid South Africa, and the possibility of a new and brighter future, clash over blackjack tables, topless revue bars and sold-out stadia, aspiring singer Franki Nzo sets her sights on superstardom.

“A case of self-defence during a robbery goes lethally overboard, which sets off repercussions that will force those with vastly different lives to collide in an intertwining tale of love, loss, concealment and transformation.”

A seventh-tier themed samba school lacking plot, leadership, and direction is taken by two teenagers aiming to turn São Paulo’s Carnival into Michael Jackson’s Thriller and a Korean teenager pursuing a career as a samba singer.