一群无薪的建筑工人们出海去异国寻找更好的生活，却一夜之间在海上消失了，被他们留在达喀尔的女人们则饱受莫名高烧之苦。17 岁的艾达私下为爱人苏雷曼（去世的工人之一）而哀悼，但是她已经被许配给另一个男人。她的新婚之夜发生了一场大火，随后一名年轻的警察被派去调查案情。但他不知道的是，这些愤愤不平的工人们回来了，而且已经变成了阴魂不散的、占有欲极强的幽灵。他们中的许多人都是为自己的不公待遇报仇，而苏雷曼却是出于不同的目的，他想要见艾达最后一面。

About the return of the royal treasures of Abomey in Benin, snatched away by colonial plunder, to a country that has had to build itself up and come to terms with their absence.

Made during confinement, “In My Room” plunges us into the poignant story of a woman at the twilight of her life, through recordings of the director’s deceased grandmother. Living rooms become stages where life is performed. Windows become portals to the lives of others.