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Director
  
Djibril Diop Mambety

Music director
  
Wasis Diop

Duration
  

Language
  
Wolof

7.5/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Drama

Screenplay
  
Djibril Diop Mambety

Country
  
Senegal

Hyenes movie poster

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

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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.

Cast

  • Ami Diakhate as Linguere Ramatou
  • Djibril Diop Mambéty
  • Mansour Diouf as Dramaan Drameh
  • Calgou Fall as The Priest
  • Faly Gueye as Mme. Drameh
  • Mamadou Mahourédia Gueye as The Mayor
  • Issa Ramagelissa Samb as The Professor

    • Critical response

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    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.

  • "A timeless story...The strong story line and fine ensemble acting provide a faster, more easily assimilated rhythm than many African films." - Variety
  • "This pungent film adaptation's change of locale lends the tale a new political dimension...(Mambety) inflects the grim drama with an edge of carnival humor. This film carries a sting!" - New York Times
  • "This wicked tale, told with wit and irony, has all the ingredients of a crowd-pleaser." - The Village Voice
  • "Funnier and warmer than Dürrenmatt ever dared to be but with the tale's bleak, ominous edges still in evidence." - New York Newsday

    • References

    Hyènes Wikipedia
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