I was a bit suspicious as there are nine ratings on Criticker and 11 on IMDb. Seems a surprising ratio. But it does sound like a cool story, and I like Salif Keita.

Let me know if you get hold of it and if it’s any good.

“The story revolves around a group of musicians and Xady, a young sociologist who belongs to the Senegalese bourgeoisie. She falls in love with one of the musicians and is consequently rejected by her family. She chooses to live with the musicians and has a child. Eventually she makes up with her parents.”

“In Senegal, Cheikh Ngaïdo Ba made his mark with Xew Xew, la fête commence, 1983, a fiction about the star-crossed relationship of a girl from a wealthy family and a poor musician who becomes famous. The story is close to the renown gained by the members of Xalam International de Dakar who participate in the film, along with Seydina Insa Wade and the voices of Youssou N’Dour and Salif Keïta.”

I have no idea what was all that stuff about the director-actor conversation between Djemba Djemba and the other guy, but this is it. Now I actually have to find the film, possibly without having to do blowjobs beneath the highway for a Karagarga account.

So far what I recollected is that it’s a experimental film from Senegal spoken in fluent Wolof, documenting a conversation between an obscure director and his favorite actor. I still haven’t asked anyone who ranked the film; although I might, given the strange fascination I have with it somehow. If anybody reads this and knows anything, please comment.

And paulofilmo, I’m counting on you as well. If anybody has a fetiche for obscure ethnic films in the Criticker community it has got to be you.

It took some self control not to give it a 100 score with a review like “Good God,” “Fuck me,” or, “Likens Citizen Kane to a dandelion,” etc.

I don’t know, seemed like a good idea. Go figure.