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In a 2022 film by a director with this surname, a novelist considers adapting Medea while attending a woman’s trial for infanticide. (15[2])A filmmaker with this surname (15[1])directed a dream sequence in which shots of kids (15[1])running are intercut with a naked man riding (15[1])in a stolen car painted with the American flag. By copying a shot from one of his films to promote their 2018 On the Run II tour, Jay-Z and Beyoncé renewed interest in a director with this surname who adapted Dürrenmatt’s play The Visit into the film (15[1])Hyenas. The phrase “Barcelona or death” (-5[1])refers to the pirogue migrations dramatized in a film by a director with this surname about the spirits of dead (*) construction workers haunting (10[1])a suburb’s Muslim women. In a film by a director with this surname, a couple dream of a trip to Paris (-5[1])while riding a motorcycle adorned with a zebu skull. For 10 points, give this surname shared by the French director of Atlantics and her Senegalese uncle, who directed Touki Bouki. ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

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