Cover image for Touki bouki [blu-ray]
Title:
Touki bouki [blu-ray]
Added Author:
Diop Mambéty, Djibril, 1945-1998.

Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997.

Gómez Muriel, Emilio.

Velásquez Chávez, Agustín.

Strand, Paul, 1890-1976.

Rodakiewicz, Henwar.

Niang, Magaye.

Niang, Mareme.

Colomb, Christoph.

Fall, Aminata, 1942-2002.

Diop, Ousseuynou.

Hernández, Silvio (Hernández del Valle)

Scorsese, Martin.

Sissako, Abderrahmane.
Series:
Martin Scorsese's world cinema project ; no. 1

The Criterion collection ; 685, 686

Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 685.

Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 686.

Martin Scorsese's world cinema project ; 1.
Edition:
Dual-format ed.
Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (148 min.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781604658132

9781604658149
Abstract:
Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.

Redes: "In this vivid, documentary-like dramatization of the daily grind of men struggling to make a living by fishing on the Gulf of Mexico (mostly played by real-life fishermen), one worker's terrible loss instigates a political awakening among him and his fellow laborers"--Container.
General Note:
Touki bouki: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1973.

Redes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1936.

Special features include: new introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese, a new interview with filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako about Touki bouki, and a new visual essay on Redes by filmmaker and writer Kent Jones; plus: a booklet featuring a foreword by Jones and essays on the films by Richard Porton and Charles Ramírez Berg.
Performers:
Touki bouki: Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang, Christoph Colomb, Moustapha Toure, Aminata Fall, Ousseuynou Diop.

Redes: Silvio Hernández [del Valle], Antonio Lara, Miguel Figueroa, Rafael Hinojosa, Felipe Rojas, David Valle González, Susana Ortiz Cobos, and the fishermen and neighbors of Alvarado.
Technical Details:
Blu-ray, region A; full screen (1.37:1 or 1.33:1) presentations; uncompressed monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Subject Term:
Man-woman relationships -- Senegal -- Dakar -- Drama.

Criminals -- Senegal -- Drama.

Emigration and immigration -- Drama.

Fishers -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Drama.
Geographic Term:
Dakar (Senegal) -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Genre:
Feature films.

Fiction films.

Foreign films.

Wolof language films.

Spanish language films.
Language:
Wolof

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Additional Language:
Touki bouki: In Wolof with optional English subtitles.

Redes: In Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Added Corporate Author:
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Added Title:
Redes [blu-ray].
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