sentences:  Madame tells Diouana that if she does not work, she cannot eat.Diouana refuses to work.Then, in an unexpected plot twist that is the climax of the film, Diouana commits suicide by slitting her throat in the bathtub of the family's home.The film ends with Monsieur journeying to Senegal to return Diouana's suitcase and mask to her family.