With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a fractured portrait of the disenchantment of postindependence Senegal in the early 1970s. In this picaresque fantasy-drama, a pair of disaffected young lovers long to escape Dakar for the glamour and comforts they imagine France has to offer, but their plan is confounded by obstacles both practical and mystical.
