Mandabi (1968)

7.0/10 92 min Comedy Drama

Overview

A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more modern one.

Cast

Makhouredia Gueye

Ibrahim Dieng

Isseu Niang

Aram the Second Wife

Mustapha Ture

M'barka the Shopkeeper

Mouss Diouf

Abdu the Nephew

Ousmane Sembène

Public Writer at the Post Office (uncredited)

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