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Hyenas

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After being kicked out of her African village three decades earlier for getting pregnant out of wedlock, Linguere (Ami Diakhate) has returned home. While Linguere has done well for herself, her home village has fallen on hard economic times. Intent on punishing Dramaan (Mansour Diouf), 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 Dramaan.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Jun 7, 2022
3/4
Mambety doesn’t just point to the evil but fully implicates himself in it–as is shown by the fact that he himself plays the former judge now working as a servant to the rich. Maybe he’s saying something about making movies as well. Go to Full Review Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) Jul 18, 2020
Mambety makes the source material his own, in vivid, witty images. Go to Full Review John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter Apr 25, 2019
A wicked skewering of both the rich and those who seek their handouts. Go to Full Review Jas Keimig The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Feb 2, 2022
The film falls somewhere between satire, drama, and comedy. Go to Full Review Ellie Lucas In Review Online Nov 15, 2020
A haunting, dreamlike, often absurd morality play, told with roguish mischievousness that only Mambéty could conjure. Go to Full Review John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Jun 22, 2020
4/4
This comic masterpiece about a wealthy woman who plunges an African village into chaos is definite in its targets (the persistence of colonialism as consumerism, especially) but universal in its consideration of human existence as both tragedy and farce. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Shuai L @RT02569283 Jun 25, 2025 If you're wise and serious, then I'm wise and serious with you! See more tom e @RT59872142 Nov 26, 2021 The cinematography was the highlight of the movie. The message was so blatantly obvious the movie got tedious as I looked to find what I was missing. Thoroughly disappointed. See more Nov 9, 2013 corruption rears its ugly head See more Dec 18, 2011 Witty, colorful drama about a woman's plan to get revenge on the man and the town that mistreated her in her youth. See more Jan 9, 2011 Great little movie about the revenge of a woman returning to her village in Senegal and the people of the village who are corrupted by greed. See more Dec 2, 2009 A tale of revenge, greed and atonement. A fascinating, interesting film. See more Read all reviews
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Djibril Diop Mambéty

Director

Mansour Diouf

Dramaan

Ami Diakhate

Linguere Ramatou

Mamadou Mahouredia Gueye

The Mayor

Issa Ramagelissa Samb

The Professor

Faly Gueye

Mme. Drameh

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Synopsis After being kicked out of her African village three decades earlier for getting pregnant out of wedlock, Linguere (Ami Diakhate) has returned home. While Linguere has done well for herself, her home village has fallen on hard economic times. Intent on punishing Dramaan (Mansour Diouf), 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 Dramaan.
Director
Djibril Diop Mambéty
Producer
Pierre-Alain Meier, Alain Rozanès
Screenwriter
Djibril Diop Mambéty, Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Distributor
Kino International Corp.
Production Co
Thelma Film AG, ADR Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Wolof
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 18, 1992, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Apr 26, 2019
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 19, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$18.9K
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Mono
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