JOURNEY OF THE HYENA
Senegal, 1973
Original title: Touki Bouki
Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty. Sory and screenplay: Djibril Diop Mambéty. Cinematographer: Pap Samba Sow, Goerges Bracher. Editor: Siro Asteni. Film score: Joséphine Baker, Mado Robin, Aminata Fall. Sound manager: El Hadji Mbow. Cast and characters: Magaye Niang (Mory), Mareme Niang (Anta), Aminata Fall (Tante Oumy), Ousseynou Diop (Charlie). Production: Cinégrit. Length: 88’.
Format: DCP. Source: Cineteca di Bologna, under licence from Teemour Mambéty.
Original version. Subtitles: English
Restoration by World Cinema Foundation and Cineteca di Bologna in its L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory.
Mory decides to abandon his life as a shepherd and rides around the city on an old motorbike. Anta, a university student, is breaking the image of the traditional woman. Both dream of escaping from Dakar to reach Paris by sea.
“Touki Bouki is a prophetic film. His 1973 portrait of Senegalese society is not too different from today’s reality. Hundreds of young Africans die every day in the Strait of Gibraltar trying to reach Europe. Who has never heard of it? All their difficulties find expression in Djibril’s film. Young nomads think they can cross the deserted ocean to find luck and happiness, but they are disappointed by the human cruelty they encounter. Touki Bouki is a beautiful, shocking and unexpected film that makes us doubt ourselves. “(Souleymane Cissé)
Saturday 30 April 2022, h. 11:00 am