Toubab Bi (1991)
Directed by Moussa Touré

Drama

Film Synopsis

Soriba Samb, 30, is a film technician who has never set foot outside his native Senegal.  When he is offered an internship with a Parisian film laboratory, he jumps at the chance.  On leaving Dakar, he has two missions.  First, he must deliver Idi, the small son of his cousin Aïda, to his father.  Second, he must look up his childhood friend Issa, whom he has lost sight of since he left seven years ago.  But Paris is a big city...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Moussa Touré
  • Script: Michèle Armandi (dialogue), Nathalie Lévy (dialogue), Moussa Touré (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Alain Choquart
  • Music: Ali Wague
  • Cast: Makena Diop (Soriba), Hélène Lapiower (Marie), Khalil Gueye (Prince), Cheikh Toure (Idi), Dieynaba Niang (Seynabou), Abou Camara (Vieux Koundoul), Mouss Diouf (Abdoulaye), Monique Mélinand (Mamie Chapeau), Philippe Nahon (Le concierge), France Anglade (La femme du centre d'accueil), Frankie Avella (Le jeune homme du centre d'accueil), Alouine Badala Diagne (Soriba enfant), Christian Bedel (Homme autre couple Boubou), Mame Binta Sall (Fatma), Michèle Brousse (Femme Boubou), Cerise (L'infirmière), Corinne Debonnière (Mendiante Metro), Max Delor (Patron bar louche), Habiba Diarra (Femme de Prince), Abdou Mamadou Diouf (Ancien combattant)
  • Country: France / Senegal
  • Language: -
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min

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