Hyenas

Hyenas

7.2IMDb Score
Released:1992-09-18
Duration:110 min
Director:Djibril Diop Mambéty
Actors:Djibril Diop Mambéty, Mansour Diouf, Ami Diakhate, Makhouredia Gueye, Calgou Fall
Production:ADR Productions, Thelma Film, Maag Daan, mk2 Films, George Reinhart Productions, Schweizer Fernsehen DRS, Channel 4 Television, TSR

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.

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