Xala
Sign in to saveXala (, Wolof for "temporary sexual impotence") is a 1975 Senegalese satirical comedy film written and directed by Ousmane Sembène, an adaptation of Sembène's 1973 novel of the same name. It stars Thierno Leye, Seune Samb, Douta Seck, Younousse Sèye, Fatim Diagne, and Myriam Niang.
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6.9A rich businessman in Senegal is cursed with crippling erectile dysfunction upon the day of his marriage to his third wife; the only cure is brutal public humiliation.
Released: 1975-10-01121 minDir: Ousmane SembèneComedy
Cast
- Thierno Leye as Hadji Aboucader Beye
- Myriam Niang as Rama (as Miriam Niang)
- Seune Samb as Adja Assatu, Beye's wife
- Fatim Diagne as Saleslady / Secretary
- Younousse Sèye as Aram, Second Wife
- Mustapha Ture as The Client
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Xala
- Film.image
- XalaDVD.jpg
- Film.caption
- DVD cover
- Film.director
- Ousmane Sembène
- Film.based_on
- Xala by Ousmane Sembène
- Film.producer
- Filmi Domireve SNC
- Film.screenplay
- Ousmane Sembène
- Film.starring
- Thierno LeyeSeune SambDouta SeckYounousse SèyeFatim DiagneMyriam Niang
- Film.music
- Samba Diabara Samb
- Film.cinematography
- Georges Caristan Orlando L. López Seydina D. Saye Farba Seck
- Film.editing
- Florence Eymon
- Film.studio
- Films DomireewSociété Nationale Cinématographique
- Film.distributor
Key dates
- Published
- 1975
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Senegal
- Original language
- French
- Creator
- Ousmane Sembène
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Ousmane Sembène
- Screenwriter
- Ousmane Sembène
- Narrative location
- Senegal
- Duration
- +90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 195087
- Distribution format
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Characters
- Release
- Reception
- Critical reception
- Criticism
- Awards
- See also
- References
- External links
Xala (, Wolof for "temporary sexual impotence") is a 1975 Senegalese satirical comedy film written and directed by Ousmane Sembène, an adaptation of Sembène's 1973 novel of the same name. It stars Thierno Leye, Seune Samb, Douta Seck, Younousse Sèye, Fatim Diagne, and Myriam Niang.
The plot depicts El Hadji, a rich businessman in Senegal, who is cursed with crippling erectile dysfunction upon the day of his marriage to his third wife; that could only be cured by him stripping naked before the lowly of the society and have them spit on him. The film satirizes the corruption in African post-independence governments; El Hadji's impotence symbolizes the failure of such governments to be useful at all.