Skvoz zhizn i stremleniya odnoy devushki Tsitsi Dangarembga pokazyvaet sudbu tseloy natsii. Eto ostraya i pronzitelnaya kniga ob obschestve i o tom, chto s nami proishodit, kogda vse nadezhdy terpyat krah.
Tambudzay uvolilas s prievsheysya raboty i poselilas v hostele dlya molodezhi. Teper perspektivy, otkryvshiesya pered ney, krayne tumanny. Ona uporno pytaetsya vystroit svoyu zhizn, odnako za kazhdym sleduyuschim povorotom ee podzhidayut vse novye neudachi i unizheniya. Chto stanetsya, kogda surovaya realnost vozobladaet nad tem buduschim, k kotoromu ona stremilas?
