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What is Mandabi?
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.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1968
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 92 minutes
- Release date
- Nov 27, 1968
- Studios
- Comptoir Français du Film Production, Filmi Domirev
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Updated
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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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Cast
Makhouredia Gueye
Ibrahim Dieng
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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)