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6	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/110491-b-les-saignantes_4113.jpg]]
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8	''Les Saignantes'' is a 2005 Cameroonian science-fiction film by Jean Pierre Bekolo, although it really is like nothing else within the genre.
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10	The plot follows two young women living in a dystopic Yaoundé, Majolie (Adèle Ado) and Chouchou (Dorylia Calmel), as they attempt to hide the body of a political leader who died during sex.
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12	What ensues is a commentary on the political elite, community and womanhood, incorporating elements of Beti spirituality.
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15	!!''Les Saignantes'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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17	* TheChessMaster: Women are shown to hold a certain power, but only from [[TheManBehindTheMan the shadows]].
18	* CorruptPolitician: All the ones shown fit the profile.
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21	%%* GuileHero
22	* GoldDigger: A sympathetic portrayal. The director himself observes that young women in Cameroon are often forced by circumstances to perform sex acts for money and advantages from a very young age, even being encouraged by their families, and the healing ritual of mevungu is performed as a result.
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24	* RealLifeSuperPowers: Many have made the observation that Majolie and Chouchou use bodies as their superpower.
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26	* UnproblematicProstitution: Somewhat. Majolie and Chouchou are still not in a position of power.
27	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The director expressed that the constant night served to expose Cameroon's true essence.
28	* WomenAreWiser: Justified in that the film focuses on the emancipation and spirituality of women, especially the concept of mevungu which empowers and binds Beti women together through a moral promise.
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