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Dahomey (2024)
Directed by Mati Diop
Documentary · 1h 08m
Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.
Cast
L
Lucrèce Hougbelo
(voice)
P
Parfait Vaiayinon
(voice)
D
Didier Sedoha Nassangade
(voice)
S
Sabine Badjogoumin
(voice)
D
Dowoti Desir
Self
M
Micheline Ayinon
Self
B
Bicarel Gnikpo
Self
N
Nadia Vihoutou Kponadou
Self
C
Carlos Ounsougan
Radio Univers
S
Saturnin Olou
Radio Univers
M
Michael Vogbe
Radio Univers
P
Pricette Zannou
Radio Univers
Crew
- Director
- Mati Diop
- Writer
- Mati Diop
- Director of Photography
- Joséphine Drouin-Viallard
- Original Music Composer
- Dean Blunt, Wally Badarou
- Editor
- Gabriel Gonzalez
- Producer
- Judith Lou Lévy, Mati Diop, Eve Robin
Details
- Release date
- 2024-09-11
- Runtime
- 1h 08m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- English, Ewe, French
- Countries
- France, Senegal
- Production
- Les Films du Bal, Fanta Sy, ARTE France Cinéma
- Box office
- $506,090