For his sixth movie, a Shakespearean power drama, the Haitian filmmaker sought inspiration in his own experience as Minister of Culture under Aristide. Moloch Tropical is the story of the last 24 hours of the president’s life, when he was cornered in his fortress.

Adam, a former swimming champion now in his sixties, is the head lifeguard at the swimming pool of a luxury hotel in N'Djamena in Chad. When the hotel is taken over by Chinese investors, he is replaced by his son Abdel. He takes this change in his circumstances very badly: for him, it involves a loss of social status. The country is going through a civil war. The government, under threat from armed rebels, calls on the population to aid the war