Hyenas

  • Senegal Hyènes
Senegal, 1992, 110 min

Directed by:

Djibril Diop Mambéty

Screenplay:

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (theater play)

Composer:

Wasis Diop
(more professions)

Plots(1)

After being kicked out of her African village three decades earlier for getting pregnant out of wedlock, Linguere Ramatou has returned home. While Linguere has done well for herself, her home village has fallen on hard economic times. Intent on punishing Draman Drameh, the man who fathered her child but refused to own up to the act, Linguere makes a proposal: She will help the town financially, if the locals agree to execute Draman. (Cannes Film Festival)

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