Xala
1975, Comedy, 2h
8 Reviews 1,000+ RatingsYou might also like
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Cast & Crew
Hadji Aboucader Beye
Adja Assatu
Aram
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Critic Reviews for Xala
All Critics (8) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (1)
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Sembène depicts a corrupt system that replaced white dictators and profiteers with black ones; the symbolic ending, a glimmer of revolutionary hope, is as gratifying as it is implausible.
May 27, 2019 | Full Review… -
The major problem with the film is that the exposition is not nearly as clever as the premise. After warming to the idea behind the movie, one tends to cool off as it trudges toward a resolution.
May 9, 2017 | Full Review… -
It's very much worth seeing.
October 22, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
The jokes and details are delightful, yet there's real anger behind them, and it bursts spectacularly into view in the concluding frames.
June 24, 2006 | Full Review… -
It is part fable and part satire, but it is much more.
May 9, 2005 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review… -
A cutting morality tale that blames Senegal's sociopolitical downfall both on Euro-centricity and African auto-destruction.
May 2, 2001 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Xala
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Dec 02, 2007[font=Century Gothic]"Xala" starts with the European rulers being tossed out of Senegal, followed with them being welcomed back in by the new rulers, who are as corrupt as the old ones, with plenty of cash bribes. This is convenient for El Hadji(Thierno Leye), one of the ministers, who needs the money because he is soon getting married for the third time to a much younger woman, Ngone(Diaynaba Niang). His first two wives(Seun Samb & Younouss Seye) are mixed about welcoming another wife into the family but his daughter, Rama(Miriam Niamg), is rather angry at the whole situation. The wedding goes well until the night when he cannot consummate the marriage. And then the rooster takes one for the team...[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"Xala" is a critical movie that examines post-colonial Africa in a humorous fashion. Writer-director Ousmane Sembene is commenting that for Africans to be truly independent speaking their native language, it has to be for all of its citizens, especially its women and poor.(There is a decided class consciousness in the movie.) But after a rewarding beginning and middle, the movie eventually loses its way, as it gets as distracted as its protagonist with his impotence. And what an ending! [/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font]Walter M Super Reviewer
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