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SENEGAL · 1973

Touki Bouki

Djibril Diop Mambéty
Senegalese Cinema migration and escapism class struggle colonial ambition urban versus rural life young love and partnership
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Synopsis

Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.

Year1973
CountrySenegal
DirectorDjibril Diop Mambéty
MovementSenegalese Cinema
Films Touki Bouki Inspired
There are nods to Touki Bouki throughout Atlantics — the two lead characters’ desire to escape by sea to Spain and the film’s hypnotic score.
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