Hyènes

A once-prosperous Senegalese village has been falling further into poverty year by year until the village's elders are reduced to selling town possessions to pay debts. Thirty years after being banished, Linguère Ramatou, a former resident and local beauty, now very rich, returns to this, the village of her birth. The elders hope that she will be a benefactor to the village. To encourage her generosity, they appoint a local grocer, Dramaan, as mayor--who once courted her and will now try to persuade her to help. In fact, Linguère has returned with the intention of sharing her millions with the village but only in return for an unexpected action. This plot twist brings human folly and cynicism into sharp focus. Based on the story written by the Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt 'Der Besuch der alten Dame', it is a reflection on corruption and cowardice, on the power of money and a metaphor for the dependent Africa versus Western aid. The story is the revenge of a wounded woman who settles accounts and that of the despoiled Africa that one day will dictate its conditions: "The world has made me a whore. I will turn the world into a brothel. "