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.
Direction
Sembène's first color film, and he weaponizes it.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it could slice through colonialism itself.
Director
Ousmane Sembène
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