The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A rich businessman in Senegal is cursed with crippling erectile dysfunction upon the day of his marriage to his third wife; the only cure is brutal public humiliation.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic80/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
46 audience votes
Key crew
- Ousmane SembèneDirector
- Ousmane SembèneWriter
- Samba Diabare SambOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Thierno LeyeHadji Aboucader Beye
- Myriam NiangRama (as Miriam Niang)
- Seune SambAdja Assatu, Beye's wife
- Fatim DiagneSaleslady / Secretary
- Younousse SèyeAram, Second Wife
- Mustapha TureThe Client
- Iliamane SagnaModu, El Hadji's chauffeur
- Dieynaba NiangLa Badiene
- Makhouredia GueyeMinister Kebe
- Farba SarrBusiness Man
- Mamadou SarrBusiness Man
- Farba SarrBusinessman