Mandabi

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Mandabi is a 1968 Senegalese film by Ousmane Sembène that satirically portrays postcolonial bureaucracy and social inequality through the story of a man trying to cash a money order.

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instanceOf Senegalese film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival ⓘ
basedOn The Money Order ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
castMember Isseu Niang ⓘ
Mariam Niang ⓘ
Ynousse N’Diaye ⓘ
cinematographyBy Paul Soulignac ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Senegal ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
director Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
discussedIn postcolonial film studies ⓘ
distributor New Yorker Films ⓘ
editedBy Andrée Davanture ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
hasSubtitleLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
influenced African cinema ⓘ
leadActor Makhouredia Gueye ⓘ
leadRole Ibrahima Dieng ⓘ
mainCharacter Ibrahima Dieng ⓘ
musicBy Manu Dibango ⓘ
notableFor first feature film in Wolof language ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
Wolof ⓘ
partOf Ousmane Sembène filmography ⓘ
plotFocus attempt to cash a money order ⓘ
producer Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
productionCompany Filmi Domireew ⓘ
protagonistOccupation unemployed man ⓘ
publicationYear 1968 ⓘ
releaseEvent 1968 Venice Film Festival ⓘ
reRelease 2020s international re-release ⓘ
restoration 4K restoration by Janus Films ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 90 ⓘ
screenwriter Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
setting Dakar ⓘ
settingCountry Senegal ⓘ
theme corruption ⓘ
neocolonialism ⓘ
postcolonial bureaucracy ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
urban poverty ⓘ

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Ousmane Sembène → notableWork → Mandabi ⓘ