---
title: 'Mandabi (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ousmane Sembène'
released: '1968-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Senegal'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mandabi-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063268/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mandabi (1968)

1968 · 105 min · Drama · Senegal, France


## Synopsis

Mandabi is a 1968 film written and directed by Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. The film is based on Sembène's francophone novel The Money-Order and it is the first feature film in the Wolof language, Sembène's native tongue, and the first feature-length film in an African language. Since most of the Senegalese population at the time did not understand French, Sembène wanted to create cinema for Wolof speakers.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ousmane Sembène](https://cinepixo.com/people/ousmane-sembene)
- **Screenplay:** [Ousmane Sembène](https://cinepixo.com/people/ousmane-sembene)

## Cast

- [Mouss Diouf](https://cinepixo.com/people/mouss-diouf)
- [Moudoun Faye](https://cinepixo.com/people/moudoun-faye)
- [Mustapha Ture](https://cinepixo.com/people/mustapha-ture)
- [Serigne Sow](https://cinepixo.com/people/serigne-sow)
- [Christoph Colomb](https://cinepixo.com/people/christoph-colomb)
- [Makhourédia Guèye](https://cinepixo.com/people/makhouredia-gueye)
- [Isseu Niang](https://cinepixo.com/people/isseu-niang)
- [Serigne N'Diayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/serigne-n-diayes)
- [Ynousse N'Diaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/ynousse-n-diaye)
- [Farba Sarr](https://cinepixo.com/people/farba-sarr)

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