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Mandabi

1968

1h 30m

7.10

Comedy, Drama

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

Mouss Diouf

Abdu the Nephew

Ousmane Sembène

Public Writer at the Post Office (uncredited)

Ynousse N'Diaye

Méty the First Wife

Mustapha Ture

M'barka the Shopkeeper

Christoph Colomb

Water Seller

Farba Sarr

Mbaye Sarr the Business Agent

Serigne N'Diayes

Iman

Thérèse Bas

Dieng's Sister

Mamadou Cisoko

Madiagne Diagne the 2nd Neighbor (uncredited)

Moudoun Faye

Bah the Postman (uncredited)

Serigne Sow

Gorgui Maïssa the 1st Neighbor (uncredited)

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