Mandabi (The Money Order)
Film
Film Mandabi (The Money Order)
Riverside Park - Pier I
500 W 70th St On the Hudson River
New York, US 10023
July 22, 2022 | 8:30 pm
After jobless Ibrahima Dieng receives a money order for 25,000 francs from a nephew who works in Paris, news of his windfall quickly spreads among his neighbors, who flock to him for loans while he finds his attempts to cash the order stymied in a maze of bureaucracy, and new troubles rain down on his head.
MANDABI (The Money Order)
Directed by Ousmane Sembène, 1968, 1h31, Senegal-France
With Makhouredia Gueye, Isseu Niang, Ynousse N’Diaye
Based on the novel Le Mandat by the director himself (1965).
Presented in partnership with the African Film Festival and Summer on the Hudson.
In Wolof and French with English subtitles
FREE and open to the public (no ticket needed)
From June 3 to September 9, Films on the Green is bringing French and Francophone cinema to the New York City area with our free screenings in nine different Manhattan and Brooklyn parks. Highlighting movies based on literature, with the theme From Page to Screen, this year’s lineup includes 12 features that you can enjoy even if you haven’t read the book!
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