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This second feature by Ousmane Sembène was the first movie ever made in the Wolof language—a major step toward the realization of the trailblazing Senegalese filmmaker’s dream of creating a cinema by, about, and for Africans. After jobless Ibrahima Dieng receives a money order for 25,000 francs from a nephew who works in Paris, news of his windfall quickly spreads among his neighbors, who flock to him for loans even as he finds his attempts to cash the order stymied in a maze of bureaucracy, and new troubles rain down on his head. One of Sembène’s most coruscatingly funny and indignant films, Mandabi—an adaptation of a novella by the director himself—is a bitterly ironic depiction of a society scarred by colonialism and plagued by corruption, greed, and poverty.

  • Year
    1968
  • Runtime
    91 minutes
  • Language
    French, Wolof
  • Country
    Senegal
  • Director
    Ousmane Sembène
  • Screenwriter
    Ousmane Sembène
  • Producer
    Robert de Nesle
  • Cast
    Makhouredia Gueye, Ynousse N'Diaye, Isseu Niang
  • Cinematographer
    Paul Soulignac
  • Editor
    Gilbert Kikoïne, Max Saldinger