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Mandabi

Mandabi

Ousmane Sembène, 1968

Spine #1065

Picked by 2 guests

Comedy / Drama

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Ousmane Sembène

Written by Ousmane Sembène

Cinematography Paul Soulignac

Edited by Gilbert Kikoïne, Max Saldinger

Cast Makhouredia Gueye, Younousse Sèye, Isseu Niang, Mustapha Ture, Mouss Diouf, Christoph Colomb, Farba Sarr, Serigne N'Diayes

Picked by

Carrie Coon

“Oh, oh, Sembène! I don’t know this film, so I’m gonna put this in my bag. It’s Mandabi, The Money Order.”

Carrie Coon
Rosine Mbakam

“Mandabi of Sembène. When I saw that film I just really see for the first time someone who was looking at me, someone who was looking at my culture. I was looking when I was child a lot of American films and French film also, but it was open me to the world but not connect me to my reality. It was the first time that I was seeing a film that really connect me to my reality.”

Rosine Mbakam