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

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