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Mandabi (1968)
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
Comedy, Drama · 1h 32m
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
Ibrahim Dieng
Y
Younousse Sèye
Méty the First Wife
Isseu Niang
Aram the Second Wife
Mustapha Ture
M'barka the Shopkeeper
Mouss Diouf
Abdu the Nephew
C
Christoph Colomb
Water Seller
F
Farba Sarr
Mbaye Sarr the Business Agent
S
Serigne N'Diayes
Iman
T
Thérèse Bas
Dieng's Sister
M
Mamadou Cisoko
Madiagne Diagne the 2nd Neighbor (uncredited)
M
Moudoun Faye
Bah the Postman (uncredited)
Ousmane Sembène
Public Writer at the Post Office (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Ousmane Sembène
- Writer
- Ousmane Sembène
- Director of Photography
- Paul Soulignac
- Editor
- Gilbert Kikoïne, Max Saldinger
- Producer
- Robert de Nesle
Details
- Release date
- 1968-11-27
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- WO
- Spoken languages
- French, Wolof
- Countries
- Senegal, France
- Production
- Comptoir Français du Film Production, Filmi Domirev