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- 1 h 8 m
- MUBI
- 1 h 8 m
Summary The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin. Diop artistically voices a new generation's demands.
- MUBI
- 1 h 8 m
- MUBI
- 1 h 8 m
Dahomey
85
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Summary The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin. Diop artistically voices a new generation's demands.
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
85
100% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Dahomey begins where Statues Also Die ended, wondering what remains of our identities when the things those cling onto suddenly disappear––then resurface from oblivion. To this, Diop offers no clear answers. But in the heart-shaking passion of that university debate, in those students’ resolute commitment to reappropriate their own narratives, she finds something rarer still: a snapshot of a generation for whom this isn’t just the story of a restitution. It’s a resurrection.
Dahomey is a striking, stirring example of the poetry that can result when the dead and the dispossessed speak to and through the living.
Diop folds the poetic into the political, without ever becoming didactic.
At just over an hour, Diop’s strange, captivating and rigorously intellectual film leaves a mighty impression well beyond its compact length.
[An] agile, cerebral film.
It is an invigorating and enlivening film.
For those who know little about the subject matter, Dahomey is a bold and memorable history lesson. But with Diop’s expressive talents as they are, it’s fair to hope that she returns to the world of fiction next time.
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Production Company
Arte France Cinéma,
Fanta Sy,
Les Films du Bal
Duration 1 h 8 m
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Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations