Hyènes
7.6 /10 1 Votes
Director Djibril Diop Mambety Music director Wasis Diop Duration Language Wolof | 7.5/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama Screenplay Djibril Diop Mambety Country Senegal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 18, 1992 (1992-09-18) (Toronto Film Festival) Based on The Visit
by Friedrich Durrenmatt Writer Djibril Diop Mambety, Friedrich Durrenmatt (play) Initial release February 10, 1993 (France) Cast Djibril Diop Mambéty , Mansour Diouf (Dramaan), Ami Diakhate (Linguere Ramatou), Mamadou Mahourédia Gueye (The Mayor)Similar movies Set in Senegal, Switzerland movies, Movies about poverty |
Hyenes
Hyènes is a 1992 Senegalese comedy film adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Swiss-German satirical play The Visit, directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty. The intimate story of love and revenge parallels a critique of neocolonialism and African consumerism. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
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Plot

Hyènes (Hyenas) tells the story of Linguere Ramatou, an aging, wealthy woman who revisits her home village of Colobane. Linguere offers a disturbing proposition to the people of Colobane and lavishes luxuries upon them to persuade them. This embittered woman, "as rich as the World Bank", will bestow upon Colobane a fortune in exchange for the murder of Dramaan Drameh, a local shopkeeper who abandoned her after a love affair and her illegitimate pregnancy when she was 16.
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Critical response

Critical response to the film was mostly positive. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 69% of critics gave the film positive reviews based upon a sample of 159, with an average score of 3.7 out of 5. Hyènes was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.