Mandabi
Sign in to saveMandabi (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.
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7.0A 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.
Released: 1968-11-2792 minDir: Ousmane SembèneComedy, Drama
Cast
- Makhouredia Gueye as Ibrahim Dieng
- Younousse Sèye as Méty the First Wife
- Isseu Niang as Aram the Second Wife
- Mustapha Ture as M'barka the Shopkeeper
- Mouss Diouf as Abdu the Nephew
- Christoph Colomb as Water Seller
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Mandabi
- Film.image
- Mandabi poster (French).jpg
- Film.caption
- French poster
- Film.director
- Ousmane Sembène
- Film.producer
- Ousmane Sembène
- Film.writer
- Ousmane Sembène
- Film.starring
- Makhourédia GuèyeYnousse N'DiayeIsseu Niang
- Film.cinematography
- Paul Soulignac
- Film.editing
- Gilou KikoïneMax Saldinger
- Film.runtime
- 92 minutes
- Film.country
- FranceSenegal
- Film.language
- WolofFrench
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1968
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- Wolof
- Director
- Ousmane Sembène
- Screenwriter
- Ousmane Sembène
- Narrative location
- Senegal
- Duration
- +105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 735012
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- P5021
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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.
==Plot== An illiterate, unemployed, middle-aged, Wolof-speaking Muslim man, Ibrahima Dieng, lives with his two wives and seven children in Dakar. His nephew, Abdou, sends him a money order from Paris worth 25,000 francs, which he has saved from working as a street sweeper. Ibrahima is to keep some of the money for himself, save a portion for his nephew, and give a portion to his sister, Abdou's mother.