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Saloum (2021, 🇸🇳)

Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot Cinematography by Gregory Corandi

[peachypaddys]

ten frames.

saloum (2021) — dir. jean luc herbulot

vfg31 horror film challenge: day 12 · black directed

[brody75]

Saloum (2021)

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Saloum (2021)

Director - Jean Luc Herbulot, Cinematography - Gregory Corandi

"We say that revenge is like a river whose bottom is reached only when we drown."

[watchingmoviesandshit]

Saloum (2022)

[moviemosaics]

Saloum

directed by Jean Luc Herbulot, 2021

[watchingalotofmovies]

Saloum

Saloum    [trailer]

In 2003, a trio of mercenaries escaping a coup in Guinea-Bissau take refuge in a hidden region on the Saloum river of Senegal. But something from beyond the grave awaits them there.

Has lots of elements of a classic western. But what makes it special is the African setting and its landscapes.

I could've done with less of the supernatural horror elements, especially since they take over the film towards the end. But I have to admit that they were visually well done and fitting for the production.

As usual, I feel obliged to point out, you can't carry with one hand a suitcase full of gold bars like that.

[moviesteve]

Saloum https://bit.ly/3CGMr0D There are a lot of interesting films coming out of Africa right now. Here’s Saloum, not perfect but pretty damn exhilarating for its first half at the very least. It’s an open homage to Tarantino putting colourful characters with unexpected skillsets into tense situations and then watching as the pinball-machine consequences play out. Congolese director Jean Luc Herbulot gives us a fascinating opening shot of a shadowy figure entering what might be a lake with a gun. What are we about to see? A western? A sci-fi movie? A war movie? A revenge drama? There are flavours of most of those in what Herbulot eventually delivers. But first let’s meet the team: a … Read more