Xala
1975 Sengalese satirical film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Xala (pronounced [ˈxala], Wolof for "temporary sexual impotence"[1]) is a 1975 Senegalese film directed by Ousmane Sembène. It is an adaptation of Sembène's 1973 novel of the same name. The film depicts El Hadji, a rich businessman in Senegal, who is cursed with crippling erectile dysfunction upon the day of his marriage to his third wife; that could only be cured by him stripping naked before the lowly of the society and have them spit on him.[2] The film satirizes the corruption in African post-independence governments; El Hadji's impotence symbolizes the failure of such governments to be useful at all.[3]
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Directed by | Ousmane Sembène |
Screenplay by | Ousmane Sembène |
Based on | Xala by Ousmane Sembène |
Produced by | Filmi Domireve SNC |
Starring | Thierno Leye, Seune Samb, Douta Seck, Younousse Sèye, Fatim Diagne, Myriam Niang |
Cinematography | Georges Caristan Orlando L. López Seydina D. Saye Farba Seck |
Edited by | Florence Eymon |
Music by | Samba Diabara Samb |
Production companies | Films Domireew Société Nationale Cinématographique |
Distributed by | New Yorker Films (USA) |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | Senegal |
Languages | French Wolof |
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