Touki Bouki
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Touki Bouki is a 1973 Senegalese avant-garde road film by Djibril Diop Mambéty, celebrated for its innovative style and critique of postcolonial society.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde film
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film ⓘ road film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Georges Bracher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Djibril Diop Mambéty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | desire to emigrate to France ⓘ |
| director | Djibril Diop Mambéty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Senegalese national film bodies ⓘ |
| era | 1970s African cinema ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Dakar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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experimental film ⓘ road movie ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | color ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | true ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation |
cowherd
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student ⓘ |
| includedInList | Sight & Sound greatest films polls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary African filmmakers ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Anta
NERFINISHED
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Mory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | African cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Various artists ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of neocolonialism
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innovative editing style ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
French
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Wolof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
urban life in Dakar
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youth in postcolonial Senegal ⓘ |
| producer | Djibril Diop Mambéty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Cannes Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| restoredBy |
Cineteca di Bologna
NERFINISHED
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World Cinema Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenedAt | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Dakar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
jump cuts
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ symbolic montage ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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migration ⓘ modernity versus tradition ⓘ postcolonial society ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Wolof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | The Journey of the Hyena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Djibril Diop Mambéty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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