Saloum (film)
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Directed by | Jean Luc Herbulot |
Written by | Jean Luc Herbulot Pamela Diop |
Produced by | Pamela Diop |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Gregory Corandi |
Edited by | Nicolas Desmaison Alasdair McCulloch Sébastien Prangère |
Music by | Reksider |
Production companies | Lacmé Rumble Fish Productions Tableland Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Countries | Senegal France |
Languages | French Wolof |
Saloum is a 2021 Senegalese thriller film directed by Congolese director Jean Luc Herbulot and produced by Pamela Diop.[1] The film stars , Mentor Ba and Roger Sallah in the lead roles whereas Evelyne Ily Juhen, Bruno Henry, and Marielle Salmier made supportive roles.[2] The film revolves around Bangui's Hyenas, an elite trio of mercenaries that extract a drug dealer and his bricks amidst of Guinea-Bissau's coup d'état of 2003.[3][4]
The film made international premiere in the Midnight Madness section at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on 30 September 2021.[5] The film received critics acclaim and screened worldwide.[6][7]
Herbulot won the Award for the best director in the Next Wave section at the Fantastic Fest,[8] and the film won the Audience Award for most popular film in the Altered States program at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival.[9]
Cast[]
- as Chaka
- Roger Sallah as Rafa
- Mentor Ba as Minuit
- Evelyne Ily Juhen as Awa
- Bruno Henry as Omar
- Marielle Salmier as Sephora
- Babacar Oualy as Salamane
- Ndiaga Mbow as Souleymane
- Cannabasse as Youce
- Renaud Farah as Felix
- Alvina Karamoko with voice
Reception[]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100 percent based on 19 critics, with an average rating of 7.40 out of 10.[10]
Richard Kuipers of Variety wrote that "[Saloum f]reely mixes and marries the cinematic languages of spaghetti Westerns, samurai dramas and classic monster movies to tell an exciting and distinctly African story".[11]
Valerie Complex of Deadline Hollywood praised the film for its "supernatural horror elements", which, according to him also contain "comedy and suspense".[12]
According to Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting, the film's "Spirituality, morality, mythology, and mysticism get thrown into a gritty crime thriller blender, culminating in a refreshingly unique type of genre-bender".[13]
References[]
- ^ Scheck, Frank (21 September 2021). "'Saloum': Film Review: TIFF 2021". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Saloum". Fantastic Fest. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Saloum". TIFF. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "'Saloum' Is A Kinetic, Genre-Bending Revenge Story [TIFF Review]". theplaylist.net. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Saloum". TIFF. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Saloum". Cineuropa. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ Saveliev, Alex (30 September 2021). "Saloum: Film Threat". Film Threat. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ Stiff, Victor (17 September 2021). "TIFF 2021: Saloum Review". That Shelf. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ Steve Newton, "Vancouver International Film Fest announces award winners". The Georgia Straight, October 13, 2021.
- ^ "Saloum". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ Kuipers, Richard (15 September 2021). "'Saloum' Review: Genres Collide in a Lively Crime-Horror-Fantasy-Western Hybrid from Senegal". Variety.
- ^ Complex, Valerie (14 September 2021). "Toronto Review: Midnight Madness Film 'Saloum'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ Navarro, Meagan (17 September 2021). "Movies [TIFF Review] 'Saloum' Blends Crime Thriller with Supernatural Mysticism in Unpredictable Genre-Bender". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
External links[]
- 2021 films
- French films
- French horror thriller films
- 2021 horror films
- Senegalese films
- 2020s Western (genre) horror films