在这部美丽歌声歌舞片中,欧洲留学前，年轻的非洲女孩维达对母亲发誓自己再也不唱歌了。因为家族的咒语说所有唱歌的女人都要被咒死。在巴黎，维达爱上了乐手皮埃尔，并开始重新歌唱。同时，也因为自己没履行诺言而忐忑不安。皮埃尔说服她录制了一张唱片，立刻大获成功。但是，由于担心母亲会知道自己违背了誓言，维达决定回到家乡，面对死亡……
2002威尼斯电影节正式参赛影片
It has always been a firm conviction of the family that any woman who sings, will die. Now, while a girl is in France she becomes an international star. She realises that sooner rather than later her mother in Africa will learn that she sings. To solve this dilemma she goes back to her native village and arranges her own funeral, albeit with instantaneous rebirth. She is lying in the coffin while all invited guest form a queue and pass the coffin one by one. When she needs go to the toilet a boy will take her place. And then one of the guests says: How different she looks after having died. Is this an allusion to Bergman's movie "Now About These Women"?
关于死亡的幽默与悲伤。
