The Money Order

Name: The Money Order
Director: Ousmane Sembene
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Cast: Mahouredia Gueye, Ynousse N'Diaye, Isseu Niang, Christophe M'Doulabia, Moustapha Toure

(Mandabi)

Feature Film, Color 1968, 1h30

Comedy, Drama

Director Ousmane Sembene

Starring Mahouredia Gueye, Ynousse N'Diaye, Isseu Niang, Christophe M'Doulabia, Moustapha Toure, Mamadou Gueye, Serigne N'Diaye, Serigne Sow, Farba Sarr, Moudoun Faye, Moussa Diouf

An out of work man from Senegal is sent a money order by his nephew. Unfortunately, the uncle has no identity card which will enable him to cash the check. He tries to obtain a card, but is stymied because he lacks a birth certificate. In order to get this valuable document, he must have a photograph taken... and on and on and on it goes. The poor man's nightmarish foray into the honeycomb-like world of African bureaucracy is all part of his nephew's plan to avoid paying a long-standing debt.