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Director Ousmane Sembene Duration Initial DVD release May 31, 2005 Cinematography Paul Soulignac Country France
Senegal | 7.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama Running time 1h 30m Screenplay Ousmane Sembene Writer Ousmane Sembene Language Wolof, French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1968 Similar movies Directed by Ousmane Sembene, Set in Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mandabi (English: The Money Order) is a 1968 film directed by Ousmane Sembène. The film is based on Sembène's novel The Money-Order. It is the director's first film in his native Wolof language.
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Opening scene from mandabi 1968 audio track masani cisse
Plot
An unemployed African man, Ibrahima, lives with his two wives and kids. A nephew of his sends him a money order from France worth 25,000 Francs which he has saved from working as a street sweeper. He is to keep some of the money for himself, save a portion for his nephew, and give a portion to his sister. However, Ibrahima faces numerous difficulties with the Senegalese bureaucracy in trying to cash the money order. The film explores themes of neocolonialism, religion, corruption, and relationships in Senegalese society.
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Mandabi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
Mandabi IMDb Mandabi themoviedb.org