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''Les Saignantes'' is a 2005 Cameroonian science-fiction film by Jean Pierre Bekolo, although it really is like nothing else within the genre.

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.

What ensues is a commentary on the political elite, community and womanhood, incorporating elements of Beti spirituality.

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!!''Les Saignantes'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* TheChessMaster: Women are shown to hold a certain power, but only from [[TheManBehindTheMan the shadows]].
* CorruptPolitician: All the ones shown fit the profile.
%%* DisposingOfABody
%%* {{Dystopia}}
%%* GuileHero
* 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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* RealLifeSuperPowers: Many have made the observation that Majolie and Chouchou use bodies as their superpower.
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* UnproblematicProstitution: Somewhat. Majolie and Chouchou are still not in a position of power.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The director expressed that the constant night served to expose Cameroon's true essence.
* 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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