Touki Bouki is a 1973 award-winning Senegalese drama film. I watched it on Youtube, but it's not there right now. You can watch it on HBO Max and on Hulu.
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Criterion says, "With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s." BBC says it may be the greatest African movie ever.
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Sounds interesting. I've 3 days days left on my HBO Max subscription (got it to watch a couple of theatre release films) so I will have to check it out. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteWe accidentally let our one-month drift into 2 lol If it weren't so expensive we'd keep it but at -what?... $15 a month? No, thx :(
DeleteHmmm, I think I'll take a pass on this one
ReplyDeleteI watched it because it's on the Sight and Sound critics poll of greatest films of all time. That tends to be a good list.
DeleteThank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome :)
Delete...Touki Bouki has a ring to it.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't it?!
DeleteSounded interesting but after reading the plot and the opening scene being described as gruesome, I'll give it a miss. Happy weekend! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteThis post was pre-scheduled so not watched within the past week, but I don't even remember particular "gruesome" content. It's interesting that that's not what stuck with me. That motorcycle is my enduring memory.
DeleteI will look for this one. Thanks and have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy it.
DeleteNo HBO Max or Hulu. Does sound interesting though. :)
ReplyDeleteWe're taking HBOMax for a couple of months for something... I forget what now lol. I actually saw this film before we started that. I found it on Youtube, so if you're interested it might show up there.
DeleteThis sounds good but I can't access it here. Valerie
ReplyDeleteIt's sometimes on Youtube. I see it on Internet Archive with Spanish subtitles, but that doesn't help me :(
DeleteI don't have any way to watch it, either. I don't have Hulu or HBO. That's too bad, because it sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteWe've subscribed to HBO Max for a couple of months, and I'm find a _lot_ there. It's $15 a month, though, and we already subscribe to Netflix and Amazon Prime, so I doubt we'll keep it permanently. In the meantime, I'm watching 3 or 4 movies a day and scheduling posts well ahead lol
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