Dahomey

French-Senegalese documentary, 68 min, 2024

In original French language, with Hungarian subs

Director(s): Mati Diop

Actor(s): Gildas Adannou, Habib Ahandessi, Joséa Guedje, Imelda Batamoussi

Distributor: Mozinet

PREMIERING: 22.11.2024.

Full price ticket: 1900 Ft
Student, pensioner and educators: 1600 Ft

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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.