Inspired as much by Romeo and Juliet as by African legends, this film is a love story going on in ancestral times.

In a Cameroon village, the rigid customs governing courtship and marriage mean that a betrothed couple, though deeply in love, can be torn apart by the lack of a dowry and another man’s claiming the young woman—a rupture that sets the stage for a clash between a patriarchal society and a modern generation.

After her mother pressures her to find a man, a young career woman persuades a work colleague to pose as her boyfriend for a family event.