Touki Bouki

Name: Touki Bouki
Director: Djibril Diop Mambety
Genre: Drama
Released: 1973

1973DramaWolofSenegalFrancophone

Mory rides through Dakar on a motorcycle crowned with a bull skull, restless and broke. Anta shares his longing for Paris, and the two scheme, steal, and drift toward a departure that reshapes everything they thought they wanted.

Director

Djibril Diop Mambety

Availability

Streaming

Francophone cinema Wolof Senegalese classic 1973 Dakar Djibril Diop Mambety African New Wave Senegalese movie

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Cultural context

A landmark of the African New Wave, it captures the postcolonial pull many young Senegalese felt toward Europe, mixing Dakar street life with dreamlike, fragmented imagery.