Hyènes = Hyenas / Kino International ; ADR Productions, Thelma Fil AG, Maag Daan, MK2 Productions S.A. ; produit par Alain Rozanes et Pierre-Alain Meier ; un film de Djibril Diop Mambéty ; adaptation et dialogues, Djibril Diop Mambéty.

A rich woman agrees to share her wealth with the people in her poor village in return for the life of the man who ruined her reputation when she was young.

"Awash in the hypnotic colors and intoxicating sounds of West Africa, Hyenas is a wicked comedy by director Djibril Diop Mambéty, depicting the devastating effects of greed on a small, poverty-stricken village. Dramann Drameh is a respected, convivial shopkeeper in the tiny village of Colobane. But a forgotten act of cruelty committed thirty years in his past comes back to haunt him when the young girl he impregnated and abandoned returns seeking revenge. Now a weary, calculating millionairess, Linguère Ramatou offers the citizens of Colobane her riches in exchange for just one thing: the life of the man who betrayed her. Dramaan's neighbors at first scoff at Linguère's gruesome offer but -- dazzled by the televisions, cigarettes and refrigerators Linguère's money can buy -- they begin to reconsider their allegiance to Colobane's once beloved merchant ... and 'the reign of the hyenas' begins. A shrewd glimpse of human nature at its darkest, Hyenas has been celebrated by audiences around the world as a witty, acidic satire of consumer culture and its corruption of modern Africa. It was ingeniously adapted by Mambéty from Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play The Visit."--Container notes.

Mansour Diouf, Ami Diakhate.