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Based on his own story and script, Djibril Diop Mambéty made Touki Bouki with a budget of $30,000 – obtained in part from the Senegalese government. Though influenced by French New Wave, Touki Bouki displays a style all its own.
Nov 5, 2018 · When it came out in 1973, Touki Bouki was panned by the Senegalese public and press. Yet 45 years on, it deserves to be regarded as one of Africa’s finest films, argues Djia Mambu.
Touki Bouki. Relatives. Wasis Diop Mati Diop. Djibril Diop Mambéty (January 1945 – July 23, 1998) was a Senegalese film director, actor, orator, composer and poet. Though he made only five feature films and two short documentary films, they received international acclaim for their original and experimental cinematic technique and non-linear ...
Touki Bouki: Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty. With Magaye Niang, Myriam Niang, Christoph Colomb, Mustapha Ture. Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.
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- 1976-10-21
Dec 15, 2023 · Made in 1973, 'Touki Bouki' is a hidden cinematic gem, a bold and revolutionary work demonstrating artistic brilliance and socio-political commentary.
Dec 10, 2013 · A debut feature made for thirty thousand dollars by a self-taught twenty-eight-year-old director who had previously made only two shorts (albeit remarkable films in their own right), Touki bouki won the FIPRESCI prize at the 1973 Moscow International Film Festival and single- handedly challenged stale critical assumptions that African cinema ...
Touki bouki. With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a fractured portrait of the disenchantment of postindependence Senegal in the early 1970s.
