一个年轻人被关进了“马卡”监狱，这所监狱位于科特迪瓦的森林中，监狱由犯人自治。根据这所监狱的传统，这里的老大指定他为新的“说书人”，他必须要给其他的犯人讲一个故事。了解到自己将面临怎样的命运后，他开始讲述传奇罪犯“扎马王”的神秘人生。他别无选择，只能让这个故事持续到破晓之时。

For Goran and his team of amateur shooters, the plan was almost perfect: to enter a hypermarket at night to rob a jeweler. But these "broken arms" had not anticipated the arrival of a vigil like no other: Walter, a former African warlord who will send them to hell ...

Feeling uprooted and looking for a purpose, Ousmane, a newly arrived Burkinabé immigrant living in Montreal, has his life take a turn when he meets an elderly, disoriented lady, Edith, at the end of a long workday.

The film follows in the footsteps of three prisoners who get to spend a weekend together, on the outside, for the very first time. They have 48 hours to find their feet, 48 hours to reconnect with their loved ones and 48 hours to make up for lost time.