Modern Dakar is the setting for this comic yet heartbreaking story about Ibrahim Dieng, a faithful Moslem who lives there with his two wives and seven children. This simple man, although he has been out of work for four years, lives with dignity, until one day he receives a money order from his nephew expatriate living in Paris. This dubious windfall threatens to destroy the traditional fabric of his life. A film by SEMBÈNE Ousmane starring Makhourédia Guèye, Younousse N'Diaye, Isseu Niang, Serigne N'Diaye, Moustapha Touré Senegal / France, 1968, Fiction, 1h30, drama, in Wolof Original Title (Wolof version): MANDABI Original Title (French version): LE MANDAT English Title: THE MONEY ORDER Countries: Senegal / France Year: 1968 Type: Fiction, Narrative Genre: Drama Duration: 105 min (1h45 min) - & 90 min Visa number (France): Number 34349 Support: 35 mm, DCP 4K Color: Color Sound: Mono Language: Wolof, French Subtitles: French, English (VOSTF) Executive Producer: Robert de Nesle Producers: Robert de Nesle, Ousmane Sembène Director: Ousmane Sembène Screenwriter: Ousmane Sembène ACTORS / ACTRESSES Mamadou "Makhourédia" Guéye (Ibrahim Dieng), Isseu NIANG (2nd spouse), Younousse NDIAYE (1st spouse), Serigne Ndiaye (Imam - Muslim Pastor), SEMBÈNE Ousmane (public writer) 2021 | Afrika Film Festival de Cologne 2021 (septembre) Film restored in 4K (by StudioCanal), en 2020. French new Release: Splendor Films (on 30 June 2021) Splendor Films: Distribution salles / Theaters (France) Studiocanal : DVD & Blu-ray (France) Studiocanal : DVD & Blu-ray (UK) Studiocanal : DVD & Blu-ray (New Zealand) Studiocanal : DVD & Blu-ray (France) Criterion : DVD & Blu-ray (USA) Criterion : DVD & Blu-ray (Canada) 1st Release in France : May 20, 1968 French Release (2021) : June 30, 2021 International Critic Prize, at 1968 Venice Film Festival (Italy)