Carlos (based on Shakespeare's
Cassio) is a young Spanish student searching for the renowned
Senegalese poet Souli, who may be the last
griot to possess the "Thiossan tale". Souli, based on
Othello, is working as a fisherman and living with a young French woman Mona (based on
Desdemona). Abela's version of the villainous
Iago is French trader Yann, who, helped by his girlfriend Abi, plots to destroy the lives of Souli and Mona. ==Cast==