Winner of the Golden Bear, filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics) takes a look into the complexities of returning stolen artefacts to a country...
Winner of the Golden Bear, filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics) takes a look into the complexities of returning stolen artefacts to a country over a century after they were taken.
November 2021. 26 royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Along with thousands of others, these artefacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude to adopt to these ancestors’ homecoming in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? The debate rages among students at the University of Abomey-Calavi.
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99 %91 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
"Superb, short but potent."
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Variety
Variety"Diop folds the poetic into the political, without ever becoming didactic."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"(An) agile, cerebral documentary by Mati Diop."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Informed and inquisitive."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"Diop is back, and she is just as searing and imperative as ever."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"Invigorating and enlivening."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"(A) strange, sensitive doc."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Diop’s strange, captivating and rigorously intellectual film leaves a mighty impression well beyond its compact length."
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Time Out
Time Out"Haunting and powerful."
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Slant Magazine
Slant MagazineDahomey | Details
Award winner- Golden Berlin Bear (Best Film) winner at Berlin Film Festival 2024.
- Rating
- G,
- Runtime
- 68
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- Benin, France, Senegal
