#saloum

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Saloum (2021, 🇸🇳)

Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot Cinematography by Gregory Corandi

[dare-g]

Saloum (2021)

[peachypaddys]

ten frames.

saloum (2021) — dir. jean luc herbulot

vfg31 horror film challenge: day 12 · black directed

[steampunkforever]

Saloum is what Quentin Tarantino wishes the Hateful Eight could be. A group of east African Mercenaries laying low at a Senegalese resort after their plane is forced down meet a colorful cast of characters, each with their own secrets. Trade the snowy mountains for tropical senegalese climes and you have the basic tune of Hateful Eight, except everyone in Saloum is incredibly dripped out.

You need to go into this movie blind. Jean Luc Herbulot built a tight horror masterpiece, and not enough people are talking about it for as good as it is. A24 wishes they produced this.

My only gripe with the film, if you can call it that, is the color grade. Maybe this is because european film (Herbulot is Congolese but produces a majority of his work through the French) tends to lag behind US film the same way US philosophy lags behind that of Continental philosophers, maybe this was a personal choice to create a feeling of a barren waste in a land of color (my personal theory), but either way the movie felt trapped in the washed out digital gray grade so commonly found in the 2010s, and the color really didn't get as crazy as I wanted it to til things got spooky.

This is literally the only critique I have. This movie goes so incredibly hard, handles itself with such finesse, and has a haunting soundtrack that you may find yourself obsessing over. I'm not going to tell you anything else about the movie except that you should go watch it.

Quentin WISHES he made this.

[brody75]

Saloum (2021)

[scenesandscreens]

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."

[oozequest]

Saloum (2021) | When your mutuals keep getting called out.

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saloum (jean luc herbulot, 2021)