Robert de Nesle
Series
Criterion collection volume 1065
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Wolof
Formats
Description
After jobless Ibrahima Dieng receives a money order for 25,000 francs from a nephew who works in Paris, news of his windfall quickly spreads among his neighbors, who flock to him for loans even as he finds his attempts to cash the order stymied in a maze of bureaucracy, and new troubles rain down on his head. An adaptation of a novella by the director himself is a bitterly ironic depiction of a society scarred by colonialism and plagued by corruption,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1065
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Wolof
Description
After jobless Ibrahima Dieng receives a money order for 25,000 francs from a nephew who works in Paris, news of his windfall quickly spreads among his neighbors, who flock to him for loans even as he finds his attempts to cash the order stymied in a maze of bureaucracy, and new troubles rain down on his head. An adaptation of a novella by the director himself is a bitterly ironic depiction of a society scarred by colonialism and plagued by corruption,...
3) Judex
Series
Criterion collection volume 710
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
A mysterious kidnapping of a corrupt banker by a shadowy crime fighter (American magician Channing Pollock) spins out into a thrillingly complex web of deceptions. Combining stylish sixties modernisms with silent-cinema touches and even a few unexpected sci-fi accents.
4) Judex
Series
Criterion collection volume 710
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Français
Description
A mysterious kidnapping of a corrupt banker by a shadowy crime fighter (American magician Channing Pollock) spins out into a thrillingly complex web of deceptions. Combining stylish sixties modernisms with silent-cinema touches and even a few unexpected sci-fi accents.