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Information
- Year
- 1975
- Runtime
- 123 min.
- Director
- Ousmane Sembene
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Rating *
- 6.8
- Votes *
- 1,076
- Checks
- 811
- Favs
- 24
- Dislikes
- 14
- Favs/checks
- 3.0% (1:34)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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the3rdman
Some great satirical moments and apt critiques of the corrupt transition from colonial rule, but I found it a bit puzzling on the whole. It didn't help that the New Yorker Video release has pretty patchy subtitles. Still, I haven't seen a Sembene film that isn't worth watching, Xala included. I would probably start with La noire de... if you're curious about Sembene's work. 10 years 9 months ago -
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TheGallopingGhost
The cover calls this a comedy and it does start out like American Pie with 60 year old corrupt businessmen before crossing the line into outright degradation.
There seems to be some social critique, but the final scene seems like it was put there just to disgust the viewer. 13 years 3 months ago
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This movie ranks #40 in Sharon A. Russell's Guide to African Cinema
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This movie ranks #88 in Empire's The 100 Best Films of World Cinema
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This movie ranks #230 in Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Narrative Films
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This movie ranks #357 in Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey
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This movie ranks #516 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time
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This movie ranks #650 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
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This movie ranks #1498 in The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection
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