Hyenas (Hyènes)

HYENAS

Lat Kura! The same rascal as always.

You're an even greater rascal than I am!

Guess who I saw yesterday? Penda Gueye.

I think she's pregnant again. Is that your doing?

- You mean your doing, you scoundrel! - Are you kidding?

Lat Kura, I haven't seen you in ages.

- Let me buy you a drink. - Peace be with you.

- How are you? - We're fine. Thank you.

- Peace be with you, Dramaan. - Thank you.

- And how's the little lady? - She's here.

She's grown!

Here, that's for my little darling.

- And how are your husbands? - Everyone's fine.

- What would you like? - Rice, Dramaan, good rice.

- I only have good rice. - We hope the price hasn't gone up.

A little, but it is good.

I am glad you come here to shop.

I'll go myself to Saraba to get rice at a better price.

Here, Dramaan. That's for the three of us.

Thank you.

Give my regards to Corgui Sarr and Corgui Sene.

I'll come and visit you with my wife Khoudia Lo.

Hey, old pal!

Hey, Dramaan! Bring us the wine...

you promised us yesterday.

Everyone's waiting. We're dying of thirst here!

It's always the same here!

It's your own fault.

Don't worry. Things are going to change.

You're not making things easy for me.

You're our friend, Dramaan. You know that.

What do you want to do?

Ruin my marriage? Don't count on it.

One thing's sure... you'll pay for that before sundown.

- How's the wine? - Exquisite!

Hey, you! Did you pay for this drink?

- Sure I did! - And how much did it cost?

Because of you, my wife despises me.

Have dignity!

Don't worry. We'll pay!

Let's drink to Dramaan's health.

I'll complain! I'll tell everybody!

I'll complain to the Mayor! Yes, to the Mayor!

Take the whole building while you're at it!

It's nasty, nasty, nasty!

Seize a city hall like Colobane's!

A town like Colobane!

Stop, stop, we can negotiate. Don't go!

You don't have the right to do that!

Come back! It's unfair, unfair!

They've seized city hall. They've seized city hall!

We're not going to leave it at that!

I'll complain to the Mayor!

Linguere Ramatou, is returning to Colobane, after thirty years!

People of Colobane! Hear the good news!

The poor but dignified people of Colobane are going to welcome her.

She knows our sorrows. That's why she's coming back to us.

Our once beautiful city of Colobane is going to live again.

Linguere who had gone is coming back to us.

- Alright, then. I'm going to Saraba! - Go to hell!

- I'm fed up too! Damn you! - Don't ever set foot here again!

Mister Mayor!

- It's a catastrophe! - What's a catastrophe?

Colobane!

What about Colobane?

- Seized? - Seized!

- City hall? - Colobane!

Linguere Ramatou who had left Colobane through the back door

is returning rich, richer than the World Bank.

She is expected before sundown

on Xaar Yalla road.

Linguere Ramatou, here in Colobane?

That's birdseed with milk!

All our problems are solved.

- Did you know her? - No. Not very well.

She was born here in Colobane. Her roots are here.

I want you to gather...

all the city advisors to discuss her visit.

Tell them to meet me at city hall.

Didn't you get it? I just told you city hall had been seized!

Damn! You're right. What shall we do?

Tell them to meet me at "Hyena Hole".

Hurry! Right away!

Hyena Hole, I said!

The end of our penance! Linguere Ramatou...

Fly, fly, climb on high

Fly, fly, higher and higher

Friends from the same hut

Girls from the same courtyard

Fly, fly, climb on high

My friends!

I have gathered you here...

to save our dear city of Colobane.

We have fallen into an abyss so deep...

that only the Lady who is coming today can drag us out of it.

It is all in your hands.

God willing.

Leave God out of it! He's not the one paying!

Head of protocol!

Is the Golden Leaf Inn ready?

The Lady will certainly wish to stay there.

She is due before sunset...

through the Xaar Yalla road.

No one has ever taken us by surprise.

Perfect!

I'll need a few details on the Lady...

for my speech at the banquet at the Golden Leaf Inn.

Professor! She was in your class.

I've looked through the school records.

All zeros in maths.

Zeros in maths did not stop her

from becoming richer than the World Bank.

I'll mention her sense of initiative, gentlemen.

We cannot do any better.

However, she could tell stories like no one else.

She never left anything out.

A phenomenal memory! Phenomenal!

Thank you, Professor!

That's good for my speech.

Linguere Ramatou, courted by the greats of this world,

never forgot this hole that is Colobane.

Noble spirit.

I heard her father was a mason.

Can anyone remember a house he built?

Wait...

One of us used to know the Lady very well.

See who I mean?

Mister Mayor...

It's true. I knew Linguere Ramatou well.

I loved her deeply. We were young and full of life.

I can still see her.

She was like a light in the shadow.

Life... Life tore us apart.

Life! It happens.

Mister Mayor, I can help you.

Mention her love of justice.

Once, they arrested a vagabond.

And she attacked the officer... with stones.

It was quite a sight, Mister Mayor.

Never seen before!

Love of justice!

That will sound good in my speech.

She was generous.

She used to share with everybody.

Propensity to kindness. This, gentlemen...

I'll absolutely have to mention. It's capital.

Dramaan Drameh,

you have long been Colobane's...

most popular personality. I'll resign in the winter...

I have already contacted the opposition and we agreed...

to present you as my successor.

- You want to appoint me Mayor? - Absolutely!

- Here's our man! - Dramaan Drameh!

Now I know what you want!

You want Linguere Ramatou...

to pour her millions into Colobane.

So Colobane regains its splendor!

First I'll tell Linguere Ramatou about...

the miserable conditions in Colobane, the famine...

I'll do that and she will give us her money!

People of Colobane. You really are good people.

Once again, you are proving your love for Colobane.

That is why today...

I hereby introduce to you, your future Mayor: Dramaan Drameh.

Thank you. I'll help you.

I'll help you.

I'll protect you.

I promise I will.

I promise I will.

My friends, thank you.

This gathering touches my heart.

Today is a great day for Colobane, for we are going to welcome...

Linguere Ramatou. And you can be sure she's worth it.

Wave your handkerchiefs.

Keep the hyenas at a distance!

Don't seem too enthusiastic about the secretary's visit.

It would make a bad impression.

Rather a restrained happiness. Some tears.

The tenderness of a city that has found its child.

Who set off the alarm?

Gaana, who's that guy? Did he think I was going to jump off the train?

In the name of the Railroad Management, I protest!

You could have taken the Xaar Yalla bus.

What's he talking about?

Does he want me to travel the dusty roads in a bus?

You'll regret it, Madam.

Gaana, give him a hundred thousand.

A hundred thousand?

Add three hundred thousand...

for the Colobane's Lonely Women's Association.

- There is no such association. - Create it.

Create it?

Who? Ramatou?

You are Madam Linguere Ramatou?

Let me give you your money back, Madam.

Keep it!

Keep it... Keep it.

It goes without saying that we would have stopped in Colobane...

had we known... We apologize, Madam.