In Benin, each death sets in motion an economy in which craftsmen, traders of all kinds, sellers of fabrics, gris-gris, etc., all find their account. In the bereaved families who are under social pressure to organise the most beautiful funerals in the country, one person is appointed to take care of the common expenses. From negotiations to transactions, from the bank to the mortuary, the waltz of service providers begins, leading our hero into a race of indebtedness for prestige that will begin the day after the death, to end in beauty a few months later, on the occasion of the grandiose celebration that follows the burial, the Aga.

Film by Lionel Ulrich Doyigbe