Hyenas
A now-rich woman returns to her poor desert hometown to propose a deal to the populace: her fortune, in exchange for the death of the man who years earlier abandoned her and left her with his child.
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Djibril Diop Mambéty
The Judge
Also in
Contras' City
Badou Boy
Mansour Diouf
Dramaan
Also in
Rocking Poponguine
Ami Diakhate
Linguere Ramatou
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Makhouredia Gueye
The Mayor
Known for
Mandabi
Calgou Fall
The Priest
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Faly Gueye
Mme. Drameh
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Issa Samb
The Professor
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Omar Bah
Chief of Protocol
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Kaoru Egushi
Toko
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Mbaba Diop
Lord of the Feather
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Abdoulaye Diop
The Doctor
Known for
Yao
Coup de Torchon
Rama Thiaw
The Mayor's Wife
Djibril Diop Mambéty Director · Friedrich Dürrenmatt Author Wasis Diop Composer
United States release June 14, 1995 · Produced in Senegal, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom · Languages French, Japanese, Wolof
Production
ADR Productions
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Thelma Film
Production
Maag Daan
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George Reinhart Productions
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Schweizer Fernsehen DRS
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Channel 4 Television
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TSR
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MK2 Productions
Production
Senegal · Switzerland · France · United Kingdom
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Languages
Original title
Hyènes
Original language
Wolof
Spoken on screen
French · Japanese · Wolof
Release dates
France · May 13, 1992
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · June 14, 1995
Limited theatrical · San Francisco, California
United States
October 3, 1992 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
Canada
September 18, 1992 · Theatrical
France
January 2, 2019 · Theatrical
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