在达喀尔的一处热闹郊区，某未来主义塔楼工地的工人们因数月未获薪酬，决定渡海离乡寻求更好的未来。他们中包括苏莱曼——他已心属艾达，而艾达却被许配他人。
Mame Bineta Sane
Ada
Amadou Mbow
Issa
Ibrahima Traore
Souleimane
Nicole Sougou
Dior
Aminata Kane
Fanta
Mariama Gassama
Mariama
Coumba Dieng
Coumba
Ibrahima Mbaye
Moustapha
Diankou Sembene
Mr. Ndiaye
Abdou Balde
Cheikh
Babacar Sylla
Omar
Arame Fall Faye
Ada's mother
Ya Arame Mousse Sene
Ada's grandmother
Babacar Samba
Ada's father
