It's an election year in Togo, where Africa's longest serving ruler is hanging on to power. Marius, amateur philosopher and jazz enthusiast, has left his life as a Ghanaian intelligence officer and is living in Lome. He likes nothing better than a beer at his friend Mibou's jazz bar, especially when Louis plays trumpet. But Louis is found hacked to death on a beach near Lome. Police assume he was dealing drugs, but Marius and his friends know better. They decide to try to clear Louis' name and find the real killer. Marius pieces together Louis' last hours; one minute he was talking on his...