In the French film, a small town called Cicada, where poverty and racial tension reign, a complex and provocative story unfolds. The setting is a "lost paradise" where a white Army veteran, Bob, asks a black woman, Bessie, to the Saturday night dance, sparking a chain of events that exposes the dark underbelly of the town's social dynamics.
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A high school dance invitation sparks a wave of racial tension and violence in a desert town, threatening to upset the fragile social harmony.
