4 Films & TV Shows Set In Benin

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  Burning Ghost

  🇧🇯 Benin

  Juste wanders the streets of Paris looking for people only he can see. He collects their last memory before helping them into the afterlife. One day Agathe, a young woman, recognizes him. She belongs to his previous life. She is alive and he is a ghost. How will they manage to love each other and seize this second chance?

  Released in 2019 • 104 minutes
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  Abeni

  🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇧🇯 Benin

  Abeni is in love with Akanni, the son of Chief Bello's former gateman. But Chief Bello is not in support of his daughter's intention to marry a pauper's son. Will Chief Bello succeed in breaking the bond between the lovebirds?

  Released in 2006 • 110 minutes
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  Women with Eyes Open

  🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇧🇯 Benin 🇲🇱 Mali 🇸🇳 Senegal The 1990s

  Portraits of contemporary African women from four West African nations: Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin.

  Released in 1994 • 52 minutes
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  Cobra Verde

  Africa - General 🇧🇯 Benin The 19th Century

  A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of Don Octávio Countinho. Not knowing that his new guest is the notorious bandit and impressed by his ruthless ways, Don Octávio hires Cobra Verde to oversee his slaves. But when Cobra Verde impregnates Don Octávio’s three daughters, the incensed plantation owner exiles the outlaw to Africa where he is expected to reopen the slave trade. Following his trans-Atlantic journey, Cobra Verde exploits tribal conflicts to commandeer an abandoned fortress and whips an army of naked warriors into a frenzied bloodlust as he vies for survival.

  Released in 1987 • 111 minutes