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TOUKI BOUKI

Cannes Classics
Directed by :
Djibril DIOP MAMBETY 
Country:
SENEGAL
Year:
1973
Duration:
88.00 minutes

Synopsis

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. Mory steals clothing and money from a wealthy gay man who had brought him home, and he and Anta book passage on a ship to France. One of the most important, engaged and fascinating movies from Africa.
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CINEGRIT / STUDIO KANKOURAMA -

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