Best award winning movies with an overarching theme from Senegal
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with an overarching theme from Senegal! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with an overarching theme from Senegal, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Black Girl (1966)
Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.
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- 1966-03-17 | Drama
Cast
- Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek
Rating
7.4
2 Touki Bouki (1973)
Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.
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- 1973-07-01 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Magaye Niang, Myriam Niang
Rating
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6.625
3 Karmen Gei (2001)
Bizet's Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of many situations.
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- 2001-06-27 | Drama / Music
Cast
- Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, Magaye Niang
Rating
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4.5
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4 Xala (1975)
It is the dawn of Senegal's independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have changed. White money still controls the government. One official, Aboucader Beye, known by the title "El Hadji," takes advantage of some of that money to marry his third wife, to the sorrow and chagrin of his first two wives and the resentment of his nationalist daughter. But he discovers on his wedding night that he has been struck with a "xala," a curse of impotence. El Hadji goes to comic lengths to find the cause and remove the xala, resulting in a scathing satirical ending.
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- 1975-10-01 | Comedy
Cast
- Thierno Leye, Myriam Niang
Rating
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6.8
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5 Mandabi (1968)
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.
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- 1968-11-27 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Makhouredia Gueye, Ynousse N'Diaye
Rating
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7.0
6 The Wagoner (1963)
A cart-taxi driver goes to the city to make a living, but out of sympathy with other poverty-stricken people, he works for free and goes hungry himself.
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- 1963-06-30 | Drama
Cast
- Ly Abdoulay, Albourah
Rating
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6.8
7 Rocking Poponguine (1994)
A tale of growing up in 1960s Senegal. Bacc narrates his early years of living in Popenguine, a town divided by culture and musical tastes.
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- 1994-01-01 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Coura Ba, Jean-François Balmer
Rating
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5.4