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1940's, Elesin Oba,[)= the king\(*?9s c(=@hief horseman, suc,=(cumbs to the lure of beaut(y!* and@*
se!:;xua l desire =^*on the \ ^very evening he is s*:et to*^ di-_e i-* n or)`der to fulfil his lifelong^ debt of ritual su .icide to :?#accompa=n%y _=the d[\ead ^Alaafin -;t!_[o t/ !he realm of +@_the ances tors, he dera@` ils /fro=m a very impo($\rtant generatio$%=nal and spiritual t*ransaction.! This=\(- s=e ,
ts in mot#.ion a .#+s`eries of ca tastrophic c\onsequences, in %,a*$, s,p\ el $l-b$.
inding film,)% (of emotion!\`s, humour, and +;tragic :rol#?.e reve$rs?]als ]
t/=?hat puts ancient bel. ,iefs and customs)): on trial in an ever _\increasing\$ ;ly post-modern an\[d Western .]world.