Mandabi (1968)
- Directed by
- Ousmane Sembène
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Senegal, France
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 45 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man in Senegal receives a money order from a relative in France. He faces a series of obstacles as he tries to cash it.
everydayfrustratingslow-pacedobservationalgroundedseriousbureaucratic
What happens
Mandabi (French: Le Mandat, "The Money Order") 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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