

A young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.

Ava attempts to go straight after prison, but her twin is murdered and being a witness to the shooting, she is forced to run for her life.

Mara, a Romanian nurse, has married one of her patients. She is waiting for US citizenship and is being blackmailed for an alleged sham marriage. She is on her own. Her husband does not help her.