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Toubab Bi
Cast & Crew
Genre: Drama
Country: Senegal
Languages: French with English Subtitles
Duration: 01:40:11
Age Restriction: 13 L
Year: 1991
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Director: Moussa Toure
Synopsis
Soriba Samb (Oumar Diop Makena) is a Senegalese who has just received a much sought after internship to study film-making in Paris. In this story, Soriba heads to Paris, accompanied by the five-year old son of a friend - who he believes to be still living in Paris. On arrival he struggles to find the boy’s father - in addition to coping with his new internship, Soriba has now to also spend time tracking down the boy's father 'Issa'.

Soriba eventually finds 'Issa' – only to discover that he is running a prostitution ring, is involved with (selling) pornography and (actually) has no intention of leaving Paris. This is deeply disturbing to Soriba as the fate of the young boy now hangs squarely in the balance. Soriba sets out to change this and invokes the spirits of his ancestors to transform 'Issa's' wayward living so he can care for his son and return to Senegal.
Awards
1991: Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film - Golden Bayart for Best Actor