Senegalese director whose vibrant, unconventional films like Touki Bouki and Hyenas blend magical realism with social critique, often focusing on the lives of marginalised characters in contemporary Africa. I have reviewed 3 of his films on the site so far.
Rating: 3.5★
There's a moment in Touki Bouki where you feel the whole film snap into focus: two young lovers on a motorbike adorned with a cow's skull, tearing through the streets of Dakar with nothing but nerve and a half-formed plan, dreaming of Paris like it&
Genre Comedy
★★½ — Le Franc (1994)
Genre Drama
★★★ — The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun (1999)
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