Xala
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| Xala | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ousmane Sembène |
| Produced by | Paulin Vieyra |
| Written by | Ousmane Sembène |
| Starring | Thierno Leye, Seune Samb |
| Distributed by | New Yorker Films (USA) |
| Release date(s) | July 1975 (Moscow Film Festival) October 1, 1975 (USA) |
| Running time | 123 min |
| Language | French / Wolof |
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Xala is a 1975 Senegalese film directed by Ousmane Sembène. It is an adaptation of Sembène's own 1973 novel of the same name. The title means 'impotence' in the Wolof language; the film depicts El Hadji, a politician in an unnamed African nation, who is cursed with impotence upon the day of his marriage to his third wife. The film satirizes the corruption in African post-independence governments; El Hadji's impotence symbolizes the failure of such governments to break away from foreign influence and the greed of their own politicians. [1]
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