Rokhaya Gueye

In this working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Dakar, stands the proud house of Ndiouga Thiam, a renowned jeweler and family patriarch, who has realized his dream of bringing almost all his descendants together under one roof. Baabel thus unites four generations living in a single house. The challenges of coexistence don't prevent the residents from maintaining a certain equilibrium under the rule of the authoritarian Ndiouga. This equilibrium is disrupted when Khalil, Ndiouga's youngest son, returns from France with his brand-new wife, Fa Bintou. Nicknamed "the Parisian," and now the perfect daughter-in-law in Ndiouga's eyes, she disrupts lives and routines, thereby becoming the target of her sisters-in-law...

Awa abandons her studies in Saint-Louis when her mother, a domestic worker in Dakar, is accused of theft by the Diop family and thrown in prison. Convinced of her mother's innocence despite her silence, Awa infiltrates the Diop household to uncover the truth in a home riddled with secrets.