ThefilmaccompaniesMagayeNiyang,astarofTouki-Bouki,a1972classicdirectedbyherownuncleDjibrilDiop.Followingthispath,wearewitnessofNiyangtraveltoaspecialscreeningofthefilm,whichhasapublicreleaseinhisoldtown.Niyangseemsdetachedandwithaheavylongingfromthepast,andtherefore,thefilmdebrispermeateseverythingwithunescapablesorrowandfascinationccc　　Diopfilmis,firstandforemost,anostalgictravelthroughmemory,timeandrecreation.Itisalsoawatermarkincontemporaryexperimentaldocumentary,averyintimateportraitofalostlongjourneythroughthepastthatisn’treturninganymore,adetachmentofrejectedfame,recognitionandconnectionwhichisheavilygroundedonalegacythatbelongstothepast,andthatconnectsdirectlytoacountry(Senegal)anditsheritage,whichissometimesfeelexcruciatingfortheoldones(atestimonysuchasthetaxisceneinthefilm,wherethecabdriverlongsforchanges,andclaimsthattheoldgenerationhaddonenothingforthat).　　MilleSoleils(AThousandSuns)and,initself,MatiDiop’scrucialtalent,shouldbeapointofreferenceintowhatcouldeasilybeoneofthemostinterestingproposalsofhybriddocumentarycinemawhichhascomefromFrance,andwhichdealswithastrongAfricanheritage.Since35Rhums,wheresheprovedheractresstalent,Diopseemslikeatruepromiseforthefollowingyearsofcinema.

　　Madeduringconfinement,“InMyRoom”plungesusintothepoignantstoryofawomanatthetwilightofherlife,throughrecordingsofthedirector’sdeceasedgrandmother.Livingroomsbecomestageswherelifeisperformed.Windowsbecomeportalstothelivesofothersccc

　　一群无薪的建筑工人们出海去异国寻找更好的生活，却一夜之间在海上消失了，被他们留在达喀尔的女人们则饱受莫名高烧之苦。17岁的艾达私下为爱人苏雷曼（去世的工人之一）而哀悼，但是她已经被许配给另一个男人。她的新婚之夜发生了一场大火，随后一名年轻的警察被派去调查案情。但他不知道的是，这些愤愤不平的工人们回来了，而且已经变成了阴魂不散的、占有欲极强的幽灵。他们中的许多人都是为自己的不公待遇报仇，而苏雷曼却是出于不同的目的，他想要见艾达最后一面ccc