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Letter from My Village (1976)

ALL 01/02/1976 (fr) Drama, Documentary 98 Min
  • Release
    01/02/1976
  • Production
    Safi
  • Rotten tomato
    80%
  • Original title
    Kaddu Beykat
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Ngor is a young man living in a Senegalese village who wishes to marry Coumba. Ongoing drought in the village has affected its crop of groundnuts and as a result, Ngor cannot afford the bride price for Coumba. He goes to Senegal's capital city, Dakar, to try to earn more money and is exploited there. He returns to the villagers and shares his experiences of the city with the other men. The story, which shows the daily lives of the villagers, is told in the form of a letter to a friend from a villager, voiced by Faye.

  1. Safi Faye

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Safi Faye

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Assane Faye

    Ngor

  2. Maguette Gueye

    Coumba

  3. Safi Faye

    Villager (voice)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 3 , Crews : 6

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Letter from My Village (1976) 98 Min

ALL 01/02/1976 (fr)
Drama, Documentary
  • Release 01/02/1976
  • Production
    Safi
  • Original title Kaddu Beykat
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Ngor is a young man living in a Senegalese village who wishes to marry Coumba. Ongoing drought in the village has affected its crop of groundnuts and as a result, Ngor cannot afford the bride price for Coumba. He goes to Senegal's capital city, Dakar, to try to earn more money and is exploited there. He returns to the villagers and shares his experiences of the city with the other men. The story, which shows the daily lives of the villagers, is told in the form of a letter to a friend from a villager, voiced by Faye.

  1. Safi Faye

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Andrée Davanture

    Editor

  4. Safi Faye

    Producer



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