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In a film by a director with this surname, the protagonist first appears giving a lecture on Marguerite Duras, (15[1])who the director later identified as a major influence on the film. A director with this last name attended the trial of Fabienne Kabou, inspiring a film (15[1])about (15[1])the similar trial of a woman (15[1])who abandons her (*) 15-month infant on a beach. This is the (10[1])surname of a director who won the 2024 Golden Bear for a documentary about 26 artifacts being returned from France to Benin. That filmmaker with this surname also directed a film in which Souleiman’s spirit returns to Senegal after he is lost at sea and possesses a detective. For 10 points, give this surname shared by Alice, who directed Saint Omer, and Mati, who directed Dahomey and Atlantics. ■END■

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