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Xala
Directed by
Ousmane Sembène
1977
2h 3m
Not Rated
Comedy
,
Drama
6.7
89%
63%
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A corrupt politician is cursed with impotence on the night of his third wedding after embezzling 100 tons of rice.
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Cast of Xala
Thierno Leye
Hadji Aboucader Beye
Myriam Niang
Rama (as Miriam Niang)
Seune Samb
Adja Assatu, Beye's wife
Fatim Diagne
Saleslady / Secretary
Younouss Seye
Aram, Second Wife
Mustapha Ture
The Client
Iliamane Sagna
Modu, El Hadji's chauffeur
Dieynaba Niang
La Badiene
Makhouredia Gueye
Minister Kebe
Farba Sarr
Business Man
Mamadou Sarr
Business Man
Abdoulaye Seck
Businessman
Douta Seck
Gorgui
Youssou N'Dour
Star Band de Dakar
Xala Reviews
New York Times
Richard Eder
It is part fable and part satire, but it is much more.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Takes a cynical look at the bourgeoisie aping their former rulers.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's very much worth seeing.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
A cutting morality tale that blames Senegal's sociopolitical downfall both on Euro-centricity and African auto-destruction.
New Yorker
Richard Brody
Sembène depicts a corrupt system that replaced white dictators and profiteers with black ones; the symbolic ending, a glimmer of revolutionary hope, is as gratifying as it is implausible.
Washington Post
Gary Arnold
The major problem with the film is that the exposition is not nearly as clever as the premise. After warming to the idea behind the movie, one tends to cool off as it trudges toward a resolution.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
Xala's sharp indictments-whether primarily dramatic or comic-still sting, despite (or perhaps because of) their usual surface of even-toned social realism.
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