Mandabi
- Original title
- Mandabiaka
- AKA
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- The Money Order
- Year
- 1968
- Running time
- 90 min.
- Country
- Senegal
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Ousmane Sembene. Novel: Ousmane Sembene
- Cast
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Senegal-France;
- Genre
- Drama | Social Drama. Satire
- Synopsis
- The film is about an unemployed African man, Ibrahima, who lives with his two wives and kids. A nephew of his sends him a money order from France worth 25,000 Francs which he has saved from working as a street sweeper. He is to keep some of the money for himself, save a portion for his nephew, and give a portion to his sister. However, Ibrahima faces numerous difficulties with the Senegalese bureaucracy in trying to cash the money order. The film explores themes of neocolonialism, religion, corruption, and relationships in Senegalese society.
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