Senegal / 2021 / 80mins / Thriller / Wolof and French

Shot down after fleeing a coup and extracting a drug lord from Guinea-Bissau, the legendary mercenaries known as the Bangui Hyenas must stash their stolen gold bounty, lay low long enough to repair and refuel their plane, and escape back to Dakar, Senegal. When they take refuge at a holiday camp in the coastal region of Sine-Saloum, they do their best to blend in with their fellow guests, but when the past catches up to one of the mercenaires, his decisions have devastating consequences.

Jean Luc Herbulot

Jean Luc was born and raised in Congo Brazzaville. In 2000, Jean Luc moved to Paris to pursue Economics before transferring his creative interests into graphic design. In 2004, while studying editing as part of his multimedia studies, he directed his first short movie, titled Vierge(s), for which he also did the scriptwriting, storyboard, lighting, and editing. He graduated as a multimedia project manager and started to work for TF1 as a graphic designer. In 2009, he co-produced and directed the short film Concurrence loyale, which was bought by Canal Plus. In 2013, Jean Luc won his first award for a hip hop music video at the French International Music Video Festival in Paris. He worked for TF1 for six years before moving to Los Angeles. Repped by WME, he shot his first feature in 2014, Dealer, which became the first French indie movie bought by Netflix. He moved back to Africa in 2017, and in 2019 he created, directed and operated as show-runner for the TV series Sakho & Mangane, entirely filmed in Dakar, Senegal for Canal+ Afrique. In 2019, he partnered with producer Pamela Diop in Dakar, Senegal and together they started LACME STUDIOS in order to create a stronghold for African filmmaking, starting with Saloum, which Jean Luc wrote and directed in 2020. In 2021, Jean Luc and Pamela partnered with filmmaker Hus Miller (Tableland Pictures) and went into production on the action/thriller ZER0, which he wrote and directed in Dakar, Senegal. Learn More