![Isaach De Bankolé](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/pr2AoaFlgQfdbIIv88UhCyp8wuF.jpg)
A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon. Her strongest memories are of the family's houseboy, Protee - a man of great nobility, intelligence and beauty - and the intricate nature of relationships in a racist society.