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.
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Setting
Set in Senegal
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Ousmane SembèneWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 27, 1968
- Original language
- Wolof
- Countries
- Senegal, France
Production
Cast
Makhouredia GueyeIbrahim Dieng- Younousse SèyeMéty the First Wife
Isseu NiangAram the Second Wife
Mustapha TureM'barka the Shopkeeper
Mouss DioufAbdu the Nephew- Christoph ColombWater Seller
- Farba SarrMbaye Sarr the Business Agent
- Serigne N'DiayesIman
- Thérèse BasDieng's Sister
- Mamadou CisokoMadiagne Diagne the 2nd Neighbor (uncredited)
- Moudoun FayeBah the Postman (uncredited)
Ousmane SembènePublic Writer at the Post Office (uncredited)- Serigne SowGorgui Maïssa the 1st Neighbor (uncredited)
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