SENEGAL · 1968

Mandabi

Ousmane Sembène
Senegalese Cinema corruption modernization family dynamics post colonial africa bureaucracy
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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.

Year1968
CountrySenegal
DirectorOusmane Sembène
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