SENEGAL · 1973

Touki Bouki

Djibril Diop Mambéty
Senegalese Cinema migration and escapism class struggle colonial ambition urban versus rural life young love and partnership
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Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.

Year1973
CountrySenegal
DirectorDjibril Diop Mambéty
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