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Summary
The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest their forcible conversion to Islam.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+10)
Critics 75Audiences 65GoodWatch 62
Tomatometer80%
Metascore70
IMDb6.6
Audience score64%
Running time
1 h 57 min
A typical length for dramas, +8 min on the typical 109
typical 109117Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 7 more
Released
1978
February 16, 1978
48 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
French
Original language
Also spoken
ArabicEnglishWolofMade in
Senegal
France
Rated
- NRUnited States
14 of 14
Mamadou DiouméPrince Biram Ngone Thioub- TNTabata NdiayePrincess Dior Yacine
- MYMoustapha YadeMadir Fatim Fall
- IDIsmaila DiagneCeddo Kidnapper
- MDMatoura DiaKing
- OGOmar GueyeJaraaf the King's Mediator
- NMNar ModouMugis / Saxewar the Warrior
- OCOusmane CamaraFara Diogomay the Elder Ceddo / Ousmane
- AFAlioune FallFall the Seed of the Dynasty
Makhouredia GueyeKing Demba War Thioub- POPierre OrmaPriest
- GGouréImam (uncredited)
- RHRaymond HermantierSlaves and Arms Trader (uncredited)
Ousmane SembèneA Ceddo / Ibrahima (uncredited)
Directing · 4
- Ousmane Sembène Director, Writer
- Ousmane William Mbaye Assistant Director
- Merry Sané Script Supervisor
- Moussa Bathily Assistant Director
Production · 5
- Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Production Manager
- Mamadou Mahourédia Gueye Production Coordinator
- Fatima Diaw Production Secretary
- Robert Loko Production Supervisor
- Ibrahima Barro Production Coordinator
Camera · 5
- Seydina D. Saye Director of Photography
- Orlando Lopez Director of Photography
- Bara Diokhane Director of Photography
- Georges Carestan Director of Photography
- Abdou Fary Faye Still Photographer
Editing · 2
- Florence Eymon Editor
- Dominique Blain Editor
Sound · 3
- Manu Dibango Original Music Composer
- Moustapha Gueye Sound
- El Hadj M'Bow Sound
Art · 1
- Alpha W. Diallo Art Direction
Lighting · 2
- Dia Cherif Electrician
- Moussa Aïdara Electrician
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