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98 min 1976 IMDb 7.5

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Letter from My Village

Drama, Documentary

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee
Director Safi Faye
Status Released
Release Date 1976-01-02

Storyline

Ngor is a young man living in a Senegalese village who wishes to marry Coumba. Ongoing drought in the village has affected its crop of groundnuts and as a result, Ngor cannot afford the bride price for Coumba. He goes to Senegal's capital city, Dakar, to try to earn more money and is exploited there. He returns to the villagers and shares his experiences of the city with the other men. The story, which shows the daily lives of the villagers, is told in the form of a letter to a friend from a villager, voiced by Faye.

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