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Diya

2026 · 97 min

A slow, heavy plunge into moral debt and grief, where every quiet negotiation tightens the screw.

Overview: Dane, a driver for an NGO in N’Djamena (capital of Chad), has the misfortune to run over a schoolboy. His pregnant wife runs to his aid to pay the hospital bills, but it’s too late: the child succumbs to his injuries, and his family summons Dane’s. He will be subjected to the diya, the blood debt, the payment of an exorbitant sum he doesn’t have.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: None
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: drama, mystery, thriller
Directed by: Achille Ronaimou
Written by: Achille Ronaimou
Starring: Ferdinand Mbaïssané, Moussa Zakaria Ibet, Ramada Mahamat, Youssouf Djaoro, Solmem Marina Ndormadjingar, Haïkal Zakaria, Guindja Mah, Prisca Maceleney Trabi
Music: Caleb Rimtobaye
Cinematography: Cyrille Hubert
Runtime: 97 min
Country: Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, France, Germany
Languages: Arabic, French