Saloum(2021) -
is a stylish, genre-bending thriller from Senegalese director Jean Luc Herbulot that masterfully blends elements of spaghetti Westerns, crime drama, and supernatural horror . Set against the backdrop of the 2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état, the film follows a legendary trio of mercenaries known as the Bangui Hyenas . Plot Summary
After extracting a drug lord during the coup, mercenaries Chaka, Rafa, and Papa Minuit are forced to make an emergency landing in the mysterious Sine-Saloum Delta of Senegal due to a fuel leak. They seek refuge at a remote holiday camp, but as they attempt to lie low, Chaka's secret past resurfaces, unleashing ancient, malevolent forces that turn their survival mission into a fight against the supernatural. SALOUM Q&A | TIFF 2021 Saloum(2021)
