
Hyenas(1992)
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.


Magaye Niang
Mory

Myriam Niang
Anta
Christoph Colomb

Mustapha Ture

Aminata Fall
Aunt Oumy
Ousseynou Diop
Charlie
Ndou Labia
Touki Bouki is a drama, romance film released in 1973 exploring themes of ship, emigration, senegal, road trip, motorcycle, avant-garde. Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty, it stars Magaye Niang, Myriam Niang, Christoph Colomb. Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.
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