Touki Bouki

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-10-21

Languages:

Wolof, Arabic, French

Countries:

Senegal

Runtime:

85 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1074 Reviews)

Director:

Djibril Diop Mambèty

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Magaye Niang Mareme Niang Aminata Fall Ousseynou Diop

Writer:

Djibril Diop Mambèty

Fullplot:

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.

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