Dahomey vs Yalla Habibi!
Yalla Habibi! has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Dahomey). Dahomey is the shorter watch at 1h 8m compared with 1h 30m. Dahomey is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dahomey
Yalla Habibi!| Dahomey | Yalla Habibi! | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 8m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Mati Diop | Edwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger |
| Main cast | Lucrèce Hougbelo, Parfait Vaiayinon, Didier Sedoha Nassangade, Sabine Badjogoumin, Dowoti Desir | Ryan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou |
Synopsis
Dahomey
Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.
Yalla Habibi!
FortNine attempts to break the circumnavigation world record with award-winning filmmaker Edwin El Bainou riding pillion. It's a dangerously silly race across thousands of kilometres per day, with the polished and authentic eye that only a ride-along cinematographer can capture. Part documentary and part dark comedy, this is motorcycling as FortNine has never shown before. In less than 19 days, the trio must ride from Anchorage to Miami, Lisbon…
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