Mandabi
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Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival 1968 and considered the first feature-length film in an African language, Mandabi (SFF 2021) is regarded as one of Sembène’s most significant works.
Ibrahima Dieng (Makhourédia Guèye) is a lazy, pompous man with two hard-working and obedient wives Mety and Aram (Ynousse N'Diaye and Isseu Niang) and little money. But Dieng suddenly receives a money order from his nephew, a street cleaner in France, for 20,000 francs.He immediately realizes, however, that he cannot cash it because he does not have identity documents, and a bureaucratic nightmare begins.
Shot with stark simplicity, this beautifully restored print renders the vivid colours and the 1960s architecture of Dakar utterly tangible.
- Program Strand
- Ousmane Sembène Retrospective
- Year
- 1968
- Classification
- Unclassified 15+
- Country
- Senegal
- Language
- In French and Wolof with English subtitles
- Director
- Ousmane Sembène
- Producer
- Robert de Nesle
- Cast
- Makhourédia Guèye, Ynousse N'Diaye, Isseu Niang
- Screenwriter
- Ousmane Sembène
- Cinematographer
- Paul Soulignac
- Editor
- Gilbert Kikoïne, Max Saldinger
- Genre
- Africa, Politics & Economics, Festival Award Winners, Cinephile, Retrospective
- Company Credits
- Australian Distributor: Studiocanal Australia
