1977 · drama · tourism · social
Hyena's Sun
Directed by Ridha Behi1h 44m1977
In a small, self-sufficient Tunisian fishing village, German developers set up a hotel infrastructure, with the complicity of local councillors. The lives of the villagers are turned upside down.
Our read: Hyena's Sun (1977) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · tourism · social entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / tourism, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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