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Hyenas
Hyènes
Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
1992•1h 50m•NR•★ 7.1
Comedy / Drama
Synopsis
To the bankrupt, drought-stricken Senegalese desert town of Colobane arrives Linguère Ramatou, a former resident who was banished pregnant and penniless thirty years earlier and has now returned as the richest woman in the world, offering the starving citizens an astronomical fortune of one hundred billion CFA francs on one condition: that they execute her former lover Dramaan Drameh who abandoned and framed her in court. Djibril Diop Mambéty's Cannes-competing satirical masterpiece adapted from Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Visit.
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DirectorDjibril Diop Mambéty
WriterDjibril Diop Mambéty
CinematographyMatthias Kälin
MusicWasis Diop
Principal CastDjibril Diop MambétyThe Judge
Mansour DioufDramaan
Ami DiakhateLinguere Ramatou
Makhouredia GueyeThe Mayor
Issa SambThe Professor
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Calgou FallThe PriestFG
Faly GueyeMme. DramehOB
Omar BahChief of ProtocolTechnical Specifications
Runtime1h 50m (110 mins)
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DirectorDjibril Diop Mambéty
LanguagesWolof
CountrySN, CH, FR
StudioThelma Film • Maag Daan
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