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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[1])A filmmaker with this surname directed a dream sequence in which shots of kids 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 Hyenas. The phrase “Barcelona or death” 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 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■ (0[1])

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