Samba (Bakary Sangare) has returned unannounced to his home village, bringing with him a suitcase full of money. Despite his protests that this is money that he earned in the city, the villagers have their doubts. In fact, he held up a gas station and unintentionally killed its attendant, and is in hiding here. Meanwhile, he has married a woman (Mariam Kaba) with a child who left her husband and built a house for her. He is building a bar with his remaining money, but he encounters a situation which makes him believe that he will be exposed to the police, and runs away, leaving a pregnant, very ill wife behind, much to the disgust of the villagers and Samba's own family.

Deux hommes s’avancent dans la nuit. Ils commentent un crime dans une station-service. L’un d’eux est tué, l’autre, Samba, s’enfuit avec une petite mallette remplie de billets de banque. Samba retourne dans son village où une nouvelle vie commence pour lui… Mais oublie-t-on jamais le passé qui vous poursuit ?

On s’y pose des questions sur sa soudaine fortune !

Samba foge para sua aldeia, depois de um assalto a um posto de gasolina. O amigo morre num tiroteio. Samba escapa com o dinheiro, mas perde a paz. Ele conhece Saratou. Os dois passam a viver juntos, dando apoio um ao outro, na tentativa de esquecer o passado. Saratou tem um filho de dez anos, Ali, de um homem a quem abandonou. Salif, um amigo de infância, e sua mulher Binta, testemunham o ato de desespero de Samba de se livrar de seus pecados.