The Money Order

IMDb link: 0063268
IMDb rating: 7.3 (1,778 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director: Ousmane Sembene
Cast: Makhouredia Gueye, Ynousse N'Diaye, Isseu Niang, Moustapha Toure and others

Release date: 26 Mar 1970
Release year: 1968
Runtime: 92 minutes
Country: Senegal, France
Keywords: car, debt, female protagonist, polygamy, religious man, satire, africa, senegal, third cinema, bureaucracy

Plot:

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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