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A wide shot of a dusty landscape with palm trees and dense greenery. In the centre, a group of cattle are driven across the terrain, with the title “Touki-Bouki” laid over the scene in bold, cream lettering.

Touki Bouki

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Institute For Eyes
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Date
19 February 2010

This an amazing film, made in Senegal in 1973 by African filmmaker Djibril Diop Mambéty. It has a strange rhythm to the editing, and the montage of images is beautiful. You can watch the film on The Auteurs site for free, it has the most delicate sex scene ever, sorry Paul Verhoeven…

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