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Mandabi

7.0 90 mins Comedy   Drama   1968
Comptoir Français du Film Production   Filmi Domirev  
Director(s): Ousmane Sembène

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.

Casts of Mandabi

Makhouredia Gueye

as Ibrahim Dieng

Younousse Sèye

as Méty the First Wife

Isseu Niang

as Aram the Second Wife

Mustapha Ture

as M'barka the Shopkeeper

Mouss Diouf

as Abdu the Nephew

Christoph Colomb

as Water Seller

Farba Sarr

as Mbaye Sarr the Business Agent

Thérèse Bas

as Dieng's Sister

Mamadou Cisoko

as Madiagne Diagne the 2nd Neighbor (uncredited)

Moudoun Faye

as Bah the Postman (uncredited)

Ousmane Sembène

as Public Writer at the Post Office (uncredited)

Serigne Sow

as Gorgui Maïssa the 1st Neighbor (uncredited)

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