A high-ranking official loses the respect of the community in Ousmane Sembene's comedy. Set in a newly independent Senegal, the story centers on influential official El Hadji, who decides to take advantage of the rampant corruption by using government funds to marry his third wife. But on his wedding night, El Hadji discovers he has &NFi;xala&NFi_;, the curse of impotence. With his virility in question, he tries a number of ridiculous and bizarre cures.