Guelwaar

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Scott R @ScottR Feb 6 NYT 1000 films. It was included for its unique place in African film. It could’ve have been so much better though. The narrative was what stopped it from being great. Too many cultural nuances were not explained to the uneducated western viewers. But it’s still interesting. However, I don’t plan to see it again. RUS See more 09/27/2012 Rough and essential Senegalese document of aid and corruption brings drama and exposition to a snapshot of 1992's hope and despair. See more 11/07/2010 Rough and essential Senegalese document of aid and corruption brings drama and exposition to a snapshot of 1992's hope and despair. See more walter m @Harlequin68 12/11/2007 [font=Century Gothic]"Guelwaar" starts with Aloys(Mustapha Diop) informing his sister(Marie-Augustine Diatta) and mother(Mame Ndoumbe Diop) that his father, Pierre Henri Thioune(Thierno Ndiaye), a Catholic activist, aka Guelwaar, has died. His brother, Barthelemy(Ndiawar Diop), is taking care of the burial details which reach a snag when the body cannot be found at the morgue. He contacts Gora(Omar Seck), the local police chief, who tracks the body to the village of Baye Aly(Omar Gueye) where it was mistakenly buried in a Moslem cemetary.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]With "Guelwaar," Ousmane Sembene aims to show the state of chaos that his home country of Senegal is in by dramatizing how a minor bureaucratic mistake can quickly get out of hand.(Not to mention how silly religion is.) But in the end, he does have a great deal of hope that the people will find pride in themselves and not demean themselves by begging.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]And politicians being opportunistic bastards seem to be a universal phenomenon.[/font] [font=Century Gothic] [/font] See more Read all reviews

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