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Hyènes (VOSTF)
Location
Main screening room
Date
September 20th, 2022
Duration
110 min
Cycle
Dialogues with Pasolini

This year, Pier Paolo Pasolini would have been 100 years old. From his first writings in his youth to his early death in 1975, he has traced a path and a body of work - cinematographic, literary, essayistic - that has never ceased to nourish reflection, fuel debate and inspire artists and thinkers over the decades. As part of the PPP / RRR: Pier Paolo Pasolini / Riprese Reprises Retakes academic colloquium on Pasolini's contemporary legacy, scheduled to take place in Montreal and Ottawa at the end of September, we pay tribute to the filmmaker by highlighting his impact on the present. In the form of a series of double programs, this cycle proposes to put some of his major films in dialogue with those of contemporary filmmakers, in the presence of some of them, researchers or special guests.

For more information on the PPP / RRR: Pier Paolo Pasolini / Riprese Reprises Retakes conference, visit labdoc.uqam.ca

In the presence of Julie de Lorimier

Hyènes
Directed by
Djibril Diop Mambéty
Language
French and Wolof with French subtitles
Actors
Issa Ramagelissa Samb, Makhouredia Gueye, Mansour Diouf, Ami Diakhate
Origins
Senegal, France
Year
1992
Duration
110 min
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Format
35 mm
Synopsis

Griots announced to the population of Colobane, a small town in the Sahel in the heat of the Gambia, the incredible news that Linguere Ramatou had become a multi-millionaire. During a big banquet, Linguere announced her intention to give 100 billion to the city. But in return, she asks for the death of Draman, her former lover, who had driven her out of the city with false testimony while she was carrying his child. The crowd is dismayed. At a meeting, they all decide to kill Draman so that justice can be done. That is when Linguète intervenes...

Hyènes

The film will be presented with French subtitles.

Djibril Diop Mambéty

Djibril Diop Mambéty was a Senegalese actor, screenwriter, and film director, born in Colobane, near Dakar. He is considered one of the most influential African filmmakers of his generation. At just 17, Mambéty founded Senegal's first café-théâtre. Shortly afterward, the director of the French Cultural Centre in Dakar lent him equipment and a cameraman to create his first short films, Contras’ City and Badou Boy. In 1973, he directed his groundbreaking debut feature, Touki bouki, and a follow-up, Hyènes (1992), a tale of a humiliated woman seeking revenge. Together, these two films form a diptych exploring themes of power and madness. In 1995, Mambéty began to work on a trilogy titled Histoires de petites gens. He completed two parts: Le franc (1995), which won Best Short Film at the Milan African Film Festival, and La petite vendeuse de soleil (1999). He tragically passed away from lung cancer in 1998 while editing this final installment. He was the subject of the 2008 documentary Mambéty For Ever and is the uncle of actress and filmmaker Mati Diop.

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Hyènes by Djibril Diop Mambéty

Hyènes by Djibril Diop Mambéty

Hyènes by Djibril Diop Mambéty

Hyènes by Djibril Diop Mambéty

Hyènes by Djibril Diop Mambéty

About Hyènes
Full cast
About Djibril Diop Mambéty
Filmography
Djibril Diop Mambéty - Interview (1997)
Cinema : The legacy of Djibril Diop Mambéty | Quai Branly
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