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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Touki Bouki canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9825193 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Touki Bouki Context triple: [World Cinema Project, notableRestoration, Touki Bouki]
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Tairiku Datsū Sakusen
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Rootabaga Stories
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Taitō
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Taikon
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Toyabungkah
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Touki Bouki Target entity description: 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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A.
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen was a major 1944 Japanese military offensive in China during World War II, aimed at securing railways, destroying U.S. air bases, and linking Japanese-held territories.
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B.
Rootabaga Stories
Rootabaga Stories is a whimsical collection of American fairy tales for children by poet Carl Sandburg, known for its imaginative language and Midwestern folk flavor.
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C.
Taitō
Taitō is a special ward in central Tokyo known for its historic districts, traditional temples, and major cultural attractions such as Ueno Park and Asakusa.
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D.
Taikon
Taikon is a Romani Swedish family name most prominently associated with activist and silversmith Rosa Taikon and her relatives.
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E.
Toyabungkah
Toyabungkah is a village in Bali, Indonesia, known as a gateway to the Mount Batur volcanic region and its nearby hot springs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| 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
ⓘ
experimental film ⓘ road movie ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | color ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | true ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation |
cowherd
ⓘ
student ⓘ |
| includedInList | Sight & Sound greatest films polls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary African filmmakers ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Anta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | African cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Various artists ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of neocolonialism
ⓘ
innovative editing style ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
French
ⓘ
Wolof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
urban life in Dakar
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ symbolic montage ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
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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