This week we have a look at the thriller Saloum which is now available on Shudder. This is Episode #380!
Saloum is a 2021 Senegalese thriller film directed by Congolese director Jean Luc Herbulot and produced by Pamela Diop. The film stars Yann Gael, Mentor Ba and Roger Sallah in the lead roles and Evelyne Ily Juhen, Bruno Henry, and Marielle Salmier in supportive roles.[4] The film revolves around the Hyenas, an elite trio of mercenaries that extract a drug dealer and his bricks of gold amidst of Guinea-Bissau's coup d'état of 2003.
The film made international premiere in the Midnight Madness section at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on 30 September 2021.The film received critics acclaim and screened worldwide.
Herbulot won the Award for the best director in the Next Wave section at the Fantastic Fest. and the film won the Audience Award for most popular film in the Altered States program at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival.

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