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Movie profile

Xala

6.8/ 1019752h 1m

Comedy

A rich businessman in Senegal is cursed with crippling erectile dysfunction upon the day of his marriage to his third wife; the only cure is brutal public humiliation.

Directed by Ousmane Sembène

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Behind the frames

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Thierno Leye

Hadji Aboucader Beye

Myriam Niang

Myriam Niang

Rama (as Miriam Niang)

Seune Samb

Adja Assatu, Beye's wife

Fatim Diagne

Saleslady / Secretary

Younousse Sèye

Aram, Second Wife

Mustapha Ture

Mustapha Ture

The Client

Iliamane Sagna

Modu, El Hadji's chauffeur

Dieynaba Niang

La Badiene