Touki Bouki (1973)

Original title

Touki-Bouki

Directed by

Djibril Diop Mambéty

Genre

drama film

Country

Senegal

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 120 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young couple in Senegal dreams of leaving their lives behind and moving to Paris. They scheme to get money for the journey, but their plans lead them into unexpected situations.

restlessenergeticdreamlikemelancholicvisually experimentalunconventionalbittersweetfreewheeling

What happens

Touki Bouki (pronounced [t̺ukˑi bukˑi], Wolof for The Journey of the Hyena) is a 1973 Senegalese drama film written and directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty. It was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. In 2008, Touki Bouki was restored by the World Cinema Foundation at the Cineteca di Bologna / L'Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory. In 2022, it was ranked as the 66th greatest film of all time in the Sight and Sound Critic's Poll. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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