Hyenas

Sep 18, 1992

1h 50m

★ 7.1

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

ADR Productions

Thelma Film

Maag Daan

MK2 Productions

Georges Reinhart Productions

Schweizer Fernsehen DRS

FilmCompany Amsterdam

Ministère Français de la Coopération et du Développement

Département Fédéral de l'Intérieur

Agence de la Coopération Culturelle et Technique

Film4 Productions

TSR

Hyenas Trailers

Cast

The Judge

Djibril Diop Mambéty

Dramaan

Mansour Diouf

Linguere Ramatou

Ami Diakhate

The Mayor

Makhouredia Gueye

The Priest

Calgou Fall

Mme. Drameh

Faly Gueye

The Professor

Issa Samb

Chief of Protocol

Omar Bah

Toko

Kaoru Egushi

Lord of the Feather

Mbaba Diop

The Doctor

Abdoulaye Diop

The Mayor's Wife

Rama Thiaw

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