About this episode

This episode discusses the themes of deception in Djibril Diop Mambéty's 1973 film, Touki Bouki.

Following last week's (unrelated) discussions about the concept of deception and films with identical bookends, this week's episode had to centre on Djibril Diop Mambéty's 1973 Senegalese film, Touki Bouki (also known as Journey of the Hyena ). Contact Us Email: contact@jimmybernasconi.com

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