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Mandabi

1968· 1h 32m

ComedyDrama

Directed by Ousmane Sembène

7.1/ 10

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Criterion Channel

Criterion Channel

Overview

A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more modern one.

Cast

Makhouredia Gueye

Makhouredia Gueye

Ibrahim Dieng

Younousse Sèye

Méty the First Wife

Isseu Niang

Isseu Niang

Aram the Second Wife

Mustapha Ture

Mustapha Ture

M'barka the Shopkeeper

Mouss Diouf

Mouss Diouf

Abdu the Nephew

Christoph Colomb

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