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"Hyenas"
1992
Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety

A woman is banished from her village 30 years before this story begins.  Based on Friedrich Durrenmatt's play The Visit of the Old Woman, Hyenas .  Linguere Ramatou (Ami Diakhate) is left poor, unmarried and pregnant, and now makes her triumphant return.   Wealthy, free--and vengeful, Linguere promises the people of the village of Colobane her entire fortune in exchange for the life of Dramaan Drameh (Mansour Diouf), the man who betrayed her and sent her into exile. A brilliant metaphor for post-colonial Africa. "A crowd pleaser…a wicked tale told with wit and irony" (Georgia Brown, The Village Voice). Wolof with English subtitles. Senegal.  113 minutes.