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Saloum

Saloum

Horror · Thriller · Fantasy · 2023

Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.

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Saloum

“Once upon a time in Africa...”

2023 Horror · Thriller · Fantasy 1h 24m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Saloum?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jean Luc Herbulot

Written by

Paméla Diop · Jean Luc Herbulot

Yann Gaël

Yann Gaël

Chaka

Roger Felmont Sallah

Roger Felmont Sallah

Rafa

Evelyne Ily Juhen

Evelyne Ily Juhen

Awa

Bruno Henry

Bruno Henry

Omar

Mentor Ba

Mentor Ba

Minuit

Marielle Salmier

Marielle Salmier

Sephora

Babacar Oualy

Babacar Oualy

Salamane

Court is in session

Put Saloum on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.