Dahomey

2024

68 mins

Directed by Mati Diop
97%
Documentary
Award Winner

Winner of the Golden Bear, filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics) takes a look into the complexities of returning stolen artefacts to a country... More

Winner of the Golden Bear, filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics) takes a look into the complexities of returning stolen artefacts to a country over a century after they were taken.

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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Dahomey | Ratings & Reviews

97_%36 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating

"Superb, short but potent."

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Variety

"Diop folds the poetic into the political, without ever becoming didactic."

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Hollywood Reporter

"(An) agile, cerebral documentary by Mati Diop."

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Screen Daily

"Informed and inquisitive."

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Little White Lies

"Diop is back, and she is just as searing and imperative as ever."

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RogerEbert.com

"Invigorating and enlivening."

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The Guardian

"(A) strange, sensitive doc."

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IndieWire

"Diop’s strange, captivating and rigorously intellectual film leaves a mighty impression well beyond its compact length."

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Time Out

"Haunting and powerful."

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Slant Magazine

Dahomey | Details

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Award winner: Golden Berlin Bear (Best Film) winner at Berlin Film Festival 2024.
Runtime: 68
Genre: Documentary
Country of origin: Benin, France, Senegal