{"id":19819,"date":"2024-09-27T18:10:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T18:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2024\/dahomey\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T18:16:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T18:16:33","slug":"dahomey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2024\/en\/dahomey\/","title":{"rendered":"Dahomey"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAHOMEY<\/span><\/p>\n

Golden Bear, Berlin 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

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Original language: French, Fon, English<\/span><\/p>\n

Subtitles: English, Romanian<\/span><\/p>\n

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Directed by: Mati Diop<\/span><\/p>\n

Country: France, Senegal, Benin<\/span><\/p>\n

Year of production: 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Length: 67 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

Genre: fantasy documentary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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November, 2021. Twenty-six 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 artifacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude to adopt to these ancestors\u2019 homecoming in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? While the soul of the artifacts is freed, debate rages among students of the University of Abomey-Calavi.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>