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  • 2hr 3m
  • 80

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Ousmane Sembene

Producer:

Paulin Vieyra

Release Date:

Jan 1, 1975

Runtime:

2hr 3m

Synopsis

A corrupt politician is cursed with impotence on the night of his third wedding after embezzling 100 tons of rice.

Cast

  • Thierno Leye
  • Myriam Niang
  • Seune Samb
  • Fatim Diagne
  • Younouss Seye
  • Mustapha Ture
  • Iliamane Sagna
  • Dieynaba Niang
  • Langouste Drobe
  • Farba Sarr

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75

Despite the rather washed-out color photography it's very much worth seeing.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
80

Sembène depicts a corrupt system that replaced white dictators and profiteers with black ones; the symbolic ending, a glimmer of revolutionary hope, is as gratifying as it is implausible.

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Richard Brody
The New Yorker
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