Basic Info
Release: November 27, 1968
Runtime: 90 min
Rating: ⭐ 7.0/10 (43 votes)
Status: Released
Videos
Official Trailer (YouTube)
MANDABI - 4k Restoration Trailer (Vimeo)
Opening scene from "Mandabi" (1968); Audio Track: Masani Cisse (YouTube)
Mandabi
1968
90 min
⭐ 7.0/10
43 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Production Countries
- Senegal
- France
Spoken Languages
- French fr
- Wolof wo
Flatrate
Criterion Channel
Cast
Makhouredia Gueye
Ibrahim Dieng
Younousse Sèye
Méty the First Wife
Isseu Niang
Aram the Second Wife
Mustapha Ture
M'barka the Shopkeeper
Mouss Diouf
Abdu the Nephew
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)
Ousmane Sembène
Public Writer at the Post Office (uncredited)
Crew
Ousmane Sembène
Director
Ousmane Sembène
Writer
Robert de Nesle
Producer
Backdrops
Posters
Logos
