Bibliograph

Touki bouki, une production Cinegrit ; produit et réalisé par Djibril Diop Mambety

Type

Label

Touki bouki, une production Cinegrit ; produit et réalisé par Djibril Diop Mambety

Language

wol

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

Touki bouki

Oclc number

1240435924

Responsibility statement

une production Cinegrit ; produit et réalisé par Djibril Diop Mambety

Runtime

Series statement

The Criterion collection, 685

Summary

"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. In this picaresque fantasy-drama, the disaffected young lovers Anta and Mory, fed up with Dakar, long to escape to the glamour and comforts they imagine France has to offer, but their plan is confounded by obstacles both practical and mystical. Alternately manic and meditative, Touki Bouki has an avant-garde sensibility characterized by vivid imagery, bleak humor, unconventional editing, and jagged soundscapes, and it demonstrates Mambéty's commitment to telling African stories in new ways"--Container

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Journey of the hyena

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