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1975 | DIRECTED BY OUSMANE SEMBENE

Xala

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Movie Stats
Year
1975
Runtime
 123 minutes (2 hrs 03 mins)
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Thierno Leye
Myriam Niang
Seune Samb
Fatim Diagne
Younouss Seye
Mustapha Ture
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Last viewed:
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Release Dates
Hungary release date
 Hungary
29th December 1977
48 years 9 months 30 days ago
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Directed by
ousmane sembene Ousmane Sembene
Starring
Thierno LeyeEl Hadji Aboucader Beye
Myriam NiangRama, El Hadji's daughter
Seune SambAdja Assatu, El Hadji's first wife
Fatim DiagneEl Hadji's secretary
Younouss SeyeOumi, El Hadji's second Wife
Mustapha TureThe Client
Iliamane SagnaModu, El Hadji's chauffeur
Dieynaba NiangLa Badiene
Langouste Drobe
Farba SarrBusinessman
Abdoulaye Boye
Papa Diop
Martin Sow
Mamadou SarrBusinessman
Makhouredia GueyeMinister Kebe
Abdoulaye SeckBusinessman
Douta SeckGorgui
Marcel Baziau
Paul-Andre Pellegrin
Jean-Paul Salaun
Youssou NDourStar Band de Dakar
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Genres
Comedy
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Drama
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News from around the web
The impotence of the political bourgeoisie  Africa Is a Country Thu, 19th April 2012

Learning from Sembène: Telling the stories that matter  African Arguments Fri, 3rd March 2023

Three Revolutionary Films by Ousmane Sembène: History in the Remaking  The Criterion Collection Tue, 21st May 2024

Xala  Wexner Center for the Arts Thu, 22nd February 2024

‘Father of African cinema’ Ousmane Sembène at work – in pictures  The Guardian Thu, 10th June 2021

The Hardest Thing for Us to Bear: How Two African Films from the ’70s Examine Postcolonial Discontent  IndieWire Tue, 19th August 2025

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