Mandabi (1968)
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.
- Date of release
- 1968-11-27
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (50)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Ousmane Sembène
Casting
- Makhouredia Gueye — Ibrahim Dieng
- Younousse Sèye — Méty the First Wife
- Isseu Niang — Aram the Second Wife
- Mustapha Ture — M'barka the Shopkeeper
- Mouss Diouf — Abdu the Nephew
- Christoph Colomb — Water Seller
- Farba Sarr — Mbaye Sarr the Business Agent
- Serigne N'Diayes — Iman
- Thérèse Bas — Dieng's Sister
- Mamadou Cisoko — Madiagne Diagne the 2nd Neighbor (uncredited)
- Moudoun Faye — Bah the Postman (uncredited)
- Ousmane Sembène — Public Writer at the Post Office (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Mandabi is a 1968 film written and directed by Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. The film is based on Sembène's francophone novel The Money-Order and it is the first feature film in the Wolof language, Sembène's native tongue, and the first feature-length film in an African language. Since most of the Senegalese population at the time did not understand French, Sembène wanted to create cinema for Wolof speakers.
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