某市镇的文化馆是个不大不小的文化衙门。王副馆长尽忠职守多年，但始终不获提升，先后来了两位从外面派来的新馆长，引致馆内职员的态度也跟着左摇右摆。王副馆长空有才华，却斗不过上级的用人标准，乃从每事亲力亲为的态度转变成漠不关心。不料，此时馆长的职位却落到他头上。

At a difficult turning point in his personal and professional life, choreographer Florent Mahoukou returns to the city of Pointe Noire where, for him, it all started with dance. His native country has evolved very little and nothing is offered to people to get out of their precarious situation. Only informal activities allow them to survive. "Face à Face" is a questioning of oneself with a will to understand life, where the coping system borders on art.