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Xala
Directed by
Ousmane Sembène
Not Rated
1975
2h 1m
Comedy
,
Drama
6.7
91%
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
Younousse Sèye
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
Magaye Niang
Pickpocket (uncredited)
Ousmane Sembène
Director / Writer
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Producer
Xala Ratings & Reviews
Battleship Pretension
Scott Nye
...Sembène isn't concern with subtlety; he's taking too much pleasure in tightening the screws.
From the Front Row
Mattie Lucas
In Xala, the powers that be in Senegal have lost sight of the revolutionary fervor felt in Emitaï , and through Sembène's acerbic lens, that once glittering promise becomes little more than a bitter joke.
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.
The 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.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's very much worth seeing.
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.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
A cutting morality tale that blames Senegal's sociopolitical downfall both on Euro-centricity and African auto-destruction.
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