Letter from My Village (1976)
1h 38m
Running Time
January 2, 1976Release Date
Letter from My Village (1976)
1h 38m
Running Time
January 2, 1976Release Date
Plot.
Ngor is a young man living in a Senegalese village who wishes to marry Coumba. Ongoing drought in the village has affected its crop of groundnuts and as a result, Ngor cannot afford the bride price for Coumba. He goes to Senegal's capital city, Dakar, to try to earn more money and is exploited there. He returns to the villagers and shares his experiences of the city with the other men. The story, which shows the daily lives of the villagers, is told in the form of a letter to a friend from a villager, voiced by Faye.
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Release DateJanuary 2, 1976
Original NameKaddu Beykat
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
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Kaddu Beykat (Serer: "Voice of the Peasant"; also known as Lettre paysanne or Letter from My Village) is a 1975 Senegalese film directed by Safi Faye. It was the first feature film made by a Black African woman to be commercially distributed and brought international recognition for its director. Centred on a romance, it chronicles the daily lives of people in a rural Senegalese village.
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