The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A now-rich woman returns to her poor desert hometown to propose a deal to the populace: her fortune, in exchange for the death of the man who years earlier abandoned her and left her with his child.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
38 audience votes
Key crew
- Djibril Diop MambétyDirector
- Djibril Diop MambétyWriter
- Wasis DiopOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Djibril Diop MambétyThe Judge
- Mansour DioufDramaan
- Ami DiakhateLinguere Ramatou
- Makhouredia GueyeThe Mayor
- Calgou FallThe Priest
- Faly GueyeMme. Drameh
- Issa SambThe Professor
- Omar BahChief of Protocol
- Kaoru EgushiToko
- Mbaba DiopLord of the Feather
- Abdoulaye DiopThe Doctor
- Rama ThiawThe Mayor's Wife
Stills
Themes
africagreedbased on play or musicalsenegalrevengeafrican