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Hyènes

1992

A fabulously wealthy old woman returns to the impoverished Senegalese town that shunned her decades ago and offers its people a fortune — in exchange for killing the man who once betrayed and abandoned her. Djibril Diop Mambéty's savage fable of greed.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Senegal

This film is stop 5 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Senegal. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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