Dahomey (2024)
1h 7m
Running Time
September 25, 2024Release Date
Dahomey (2024)
1h 7m
Running Time
September 25, 2024Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Gildas Adannou
Self / Assistant Director
Habib Ahandessi
Self
Joséa Guedje
Self
Imelda Batamoussi
Self
Mati Diop
Director
Judith Lou Lévy
Producer
Gabriel Gonzalez
Editor
Eve Robin
Producer
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Dahomey is an upcoming documentary film directed by Mati Diop. The work is about return of 26 of the royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey to Benin.The international co-production among France, Senegal and Benin, it was selected in the Competition at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it will compete for the Golden Bear with its first screening on 18 February at Berlinale Palast. The film was also nominated for the Berlinale Documentary Film Award.It is scheduled for theatrical release in France on 25 September 2024.