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Touki Bouki
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | January 1, 1973 |
| Running time: | 85 minutes |
| Cast: | Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang, Aminata Fall, Ousseynou Diop, Christoph Colomb |
| Director: | Djibril Diop Mambety |
Description: Two youngsters attempt to escape what they perceive to be the poverty and backwardness of their native Senegal. In this movie, a boy (Magaye Niang) and a girl (Mareme Niang) try to gather the funds and connections to enable them to move to France. They believe they will find better wages and a better life there. The boy engages in a number of petty thefts to finance his ambitions but in the end cannot leave without a fetish amulet which he has lost somewhere. The girl fares better.~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
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