The Money Order

Ibrahima Dieng receives a money order from his nephew in Paris.When he attempts to cash it he is lost in a maze of Third World bureaucracy. In vain he tries to get an identity card which is required by the bank. At every step, relatives, friends, acquaintances and strangers try to take advantage of him. His initial good fortune turns into a nightmare which ruins his life.
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Script: Ousmane Sembene, based on the short story by Ousmane Sembene
Cinematography: Paul Soulignac
Editing: Bernard Lefebre, Gilbert Kikoine
Sound: Henry Moline
Music: Isseu Niang
Actors: Makhouredia Gueye (Ibrahima Dieng), Younousse N’Diaye (Mety, the first wife), Isseu Niang ( Aram, the second wife), Serigne Sow (the imam), Moustapha Toure ( M’Barka, the shopkeeper), Medoune Faye (th
Production: Les Films Domirev
Producers: Jean Maumy, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Co-production: Comptoir Francais du Film
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: Senegal-France
Production Year: 1968
Duration: 105
Contact: La Mediatheque des Trois Mondes, FranceT. +33 1 4234 9900F. +33 1 4234 9901cine3mondes@wanadoo.fr

Ousmane Sembene

He was born in 1923 and died in 2007. He is a Senegalese writer, chronicler and film director, best-known for his historical- political works with strong social comment. In the 1960s he developed an interest in the cinema and went to the Gorki Institute in Moscow to study film production. His Black Girl was the first film ever produced by an African filmmaker and won the Jean Vigo Award at the Cannes IFF 1966. He often turned his short stories and novels into films. During his career as a director, he received several international awards and his films were immensely popular in Africa.

Filmography

1963 Borom Sarret/The Cart Driver (short)
1963 L’Empire Songhai/The Songhai Empire (short doc.)
1964 Niaye (short)
1966 La Noire de.../Black Girl
1968 Mandabi/The Money Order
1969 (Traumatisme de la femme face a la) polygamie/
Women and the Trauma of Polygamy (doc.)
1969 Probleme de l’emploi a.k.a. Les Derives du chomage/
Unemployment Problems (doc)
1970 Tauw (short)
1971 Emitai/God of Thunder
1972 Jeux Olympiques de Munich/The Munich Olympic Games (doc.)
1974 Xala/The Curse
1976 Ceddo
1988 Camp de Thiaroye/Camp Thiaroye
1992 Guelwaar
1999 L’heroisme au quotidian/Daily Heroism (short)
2000 Faat Kine
2004 Moolaade