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                           Touki-Bouki (1973)
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STARS...........: Magaye Niang, Myriam Niang, Christoph Colomb
DIRECTOR........: Djibril Diop Mambety
WRITERS.........: Djibril Diop Mambety
GENRE...........: Drama
IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070820
RUNTIME.........: 1h 30mn
SIZE............: 4.53 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4)
BITRATE.........: 7000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1480x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.37:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO...........: Wolof AAC 1.0 165kbps
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
SOURCE..........: Criterion Blu-ray
ENCODE DATE.....: 2021-03-24


With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambety paints a fractured portrait of the disenchantment of postindependence Senegal in the early 1970s. In this picaresque fantasy-drama, the disaffected young lovers Anta and Mory, fed up with Dakar, long to escape to the glamour and comforts they imagine France has to offer, but their plan is confounded by obstacles both practical and mystical. Alternately manic and meditative, Touki bouki has an avant-garde sensibility characterized by vivid imagery, bleak humor, unconventional editing, and jagged soundscapes, and it demonstrates Mambety’s commitment to telling African stories in new ways.


Extras

• Introduction from 2013 by The Film Foundation’s founder and chair, Martin Scorsese.

• Interview from 2013 with filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako.

• Interview program from 2012 featuring musician Wasis Diop and filmmaker Mati Diop, Mambety’s brother and niece.

• Contras’ City, a 1968 short film by Mambety, in a new 4K restoration