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Information
- A.k.a.
- Journey of the Hyena
- Year
- 1973
- Runtime
- 85 min.
- Director
- Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Genre
- Drama
- Rating *
- 7.0
- Votes *
- 1,721
- Checks
- 1,246
- Favs
- 90
- Dislikes
- 16
- Favs/checks
- 7.2% (1:14)
- Favs/dislikes
- 6:1
Top comments
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Windill
The film (somewhat) tells the story of two young Senegalese who dream to escape their country to go to France. Unfortunately inspired by the Nouvelle Vague, I found it rather boring. A couple of scenes with funny dances and brawls is all I'll remember from it. 3 years 5 months ago -
rgreene
How condescending of you to talk about it as a "little African film", mi-16evil. It is a huge film. 12 years 2 months ago -
jmars
Fantastic and inventive on its small budget, and much has been said of its cultural and cinematic relevance. But am I the only one who read this as ? 1 year 6 months ago
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Login to see which of your friends have seen this movie!In 9 official lists
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This movie ranks #11 in Slate's The Black Film Canon
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This movie ranks #34 in Sharon A. Russell's Guide to African Cinema
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This movie ranks #56 in Empire's The 100 Best Films of World Cinema
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This movie ranks #68 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time
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This movie ranks #173 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
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This movie ranks #335 in Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey
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This movie ranks #648 in Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
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This movie ranks #832 in The Criterion Collection
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This movie ranks #909 in The New York Times's Book of Movies
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