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Not sure what the exact timeframe of the movie is, but I'm betting they'll also leave out the Battle of Adégon, where the French launched a bayonet charge at a Dahomey force consisting primarily of Agojie. Over 500 Dahomey died, over 400 of which were women. 6 French died.
I heard 1820s. It's before the First Franco-Dahomean war, so it's unclear to me what the historical context for the film is, if any