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The men are all gone.
Theyve taken a boat to Spain, and they might not survive the voyage.
But on the fateful night, the celebration is interrupted someones set fire to the marital bed.
Examining the scene the next morning, the police find nothing that could have sparked a flame.
Then a few of the girls from the club start getting sick, as does one of the detectives.
The boys boat turns up in the ocean, capsized.
In Diops telling, vengeful spirits are far less frightening than the patriarchy.
The ocean is both the escape to a better life and the wall keeping Ada in place.
But her first time could not have gone any better.
Outside afterwards, Sane and the rest of the cast seemed to be instant movie stars.
Diop strolled down the Croisette with her mentor, Claire Denis.
There wasnt a baton, but there could have been.
