When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.
The movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief Guimba, and his son Jangine in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali.
Passionate sculptor Makan discovers he just won the lottery. This marks the start of a long chase in the streets of Bamako to search the coveted ticket. However, he misses the most important: the beautiful Sira has come to his house to read to her father...
