Hyènes (1992)
- Directed by
- Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Senegal, France
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 36 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy woman returns to her hometown offering a fortune, but the townspeople soon realize her gift comes with a terrible condition tied to a past betrayal. The community faces a moral choice that exposes greed and desperation.
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What happens
Hyenas (French: Hyènes) is a 1992 Senegalese film adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Swiss-German satirical tragicomedy play The Visit (1956), 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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