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Mandabi

Mandabi

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1968
1h 32m
7.1(50 votes)
Comedy
Drama

Overview

A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more modern one.

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