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Djibril Diop Mambéty

Djibril Diop Mambéty
Date of Birth: 01 Jan 1945
Country: Senegal
Biography: Djibril Diop Mambéty was a Senegalese film director, actor, orator, composer and poet. Though he made only a small number of films, they received international acclaim for their original and experimental cinematic technique and non-linear, unconventional narrative style. (Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 2 (Actor), 6 (Director), 5 (Writer)
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La Petite vendeuse de soleil
Sili, a young disabled girl, decides to sell newspapers to prove herself to those who doubt her. The other newspaper boys don't like her moving on their territory and give her a hard time.
Le franc
Le franc (1994) - Short Film
The first segment of a compilation tape Three Tales from Senegal which includes two additional shorts.
Hyènes
A once-prosperous Senegalese village has been falling further into poverty year by year until the village's elders are reduced to selling town possessions to pay debts. Linguère, a former resident and local beauty, now very rich, returns to this, the village of her birth... (imdb)
Touki Bouki
Mory, a cowherd who rides a motorcycle mounted with a cow's skull, and Anta, a university student, have met in Dakar, Senegal's capital. Alienated and disaffected with Senegal and Africa, they long to go to Paris and work up different con schemes to raise the money. (imdb)
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Badou Boy
O menino Badou, um jovem delinquente, vive aprontando em sua cidade, perturbando a paz de todos que o cercam. Sua fama consagra-o como uma das figuras mais procuradas pela polícia, que nunca consegue alcançá-lo. Enquanto isso, um mendigo cego sobrevive de sua humilde música, denunciando através do canto uma série de injustiças sociais (makingoff.org)
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