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"Mandabi (The Money Order)"
1968
Directed by Ousmane Sembene

An unemployed man receives a money order from his nephew, but his windfall becomes a nightmare of bureaucracy and corruption as he is pursued by creditors, family members, and friends, while unable to secure the necessary I.D. to cash the money order. "It works not only as political allegory but as a social comedy, rooted in the African experience" (Faber Companion to Foreign Films). Wolof with English subtitles.  90 minutes.