Mandabi

Name: Mandabi
Director: Ousmane Sembène
Released: 1968-01-01

1968 film directed by Ousmane Sembène

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Also known as The Money Order

Released: 1968
Director: Ousmane Sembène
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0063268/Retrieved 2016-04-27
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Screenwriter: Ousmane Sembène
Cast: Isseu Niang
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0063268/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-27
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, Christoph Colomb
, Mustapha Ture
, Makhourédia Guèye
+6 more
Runtime: 105 min
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: Senegal
, France
Original language: French
, Wolof

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Mandabi is a 1968 film written and directed by Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. The film is based on Sembène's francophone novel The Money-Order and it is the first feature film in the Wolof language, Sembène's native tongue, and the first feature-length film in an African language. Since most of the Senegalese population at the time did not understand French, Sembène wanted to create cinema for Wolof speakers.

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Title: Mandabi
Narrative location: Senegal
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/34349
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Review score: 100%(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 22 critic review
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“The Money Order”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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8.1/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“The Money Order”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: fails
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2023-02-15
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