
Dahomey
2024
Documentary
1h08
Marie Pichot rated ★ 8/10
Sur le retour de 26 œuvres d’art au Benin. Ce que cela induit chez les béninois . Les jeunes, notamment. Film sobre. Les bruits, les visages, la vitalité. Et le mystère des oruvres
Synopsis
Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.
