影片将通过展现海地女孩Clairvius Narcisse的个人命运，来探讨民族与幻想的边界。Narcisse是伏都教法术的牺牲品，巫术将她变成了僵尸。时间线将在1962年的海地与现代法国巴黎之间跳跃，而故事则围绕着15岁的Narcisse，和她身为巫毒女祭司的姨母之间进行。

The Living and the Dead Ensemble, an artist collective from Haiti, France and the UK, bring an embodied and contemporary perspective to the history of the only uprising of enslaved peoples that led to the creation of a state. Shot in Haiti and France, through complex conversations and performances, Ouvertures considers ideas around language and translation as well as major themes of colonialism, power, cultural memory, generational trauma, knowledge and resistance.

Francois leaves Haiti by sailboat to the USA, leaving behind his wife, Mirlande, who is six months pregnant. She has to wait ten days to hear from her husband. And now ten years later, without any news, the woman who still hopes and waits offers a sacrifice to Agwe, the divinity of the oceans.