By turns horrific and hilarious, touching and repulsive, it showcases West Africa as an emerging force in contemporary cinema.
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Saloum is tense and, when it kicks into high gear, scary as hell.
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The Film Stage by Jared Mobarak
One mystery is solved so another can begin without missing a beat as revenge takes on new meaning in the aftermath of its completion.
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Revenge is a dish served with considerable style and imagination in Saloum, a fast and furious crime-horror-thriller that twists and turns its way around the mangroves, islets and inlets of Senegal’s Sine-Saloum coastal region.