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

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.

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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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