The title refers to the five most difficult (and thus prized) animals to hunt on foot in Africa, the lion, the leopard, the rhinoceros, the elephant and the buffalo.
Was initially meant to be shot in English in South Africa and star Daniah De Villiers, but this turned out to be impossible with the country being in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so when the filmmakers had the opportunity to instead film in Senegal in French, they took it.