When his nephew, who works as a street sweeper in Paris, sends him a money order worth 25,000 francs, Dakar native Ibrahima Dieng (Makhourédia Guèye) finds the bureaucracy in his city bewildering.

Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembéne adapted part of his own novel ”The Money-Order”, having the film spoken in Wolof, which was a first and makes it noteworthy in West African cinema.

We follow the lead character as he tries to obtain the money order, while rumor spreads among neighbors that he has cash to spend. The film is largely a quiet but sympathetic comedy, lacking ideas that make it stand out, but the socially authentic touch is a more relevant reason to see it.

1968-Senegal-France. 92 min. Color. Producing, directing, screenplay, novel: Ousmane Sembéne (”The Money-Order”). Cast: Makhourédia Guèye (Ibrahima Dieng), Ynousse N’Diaye (Méty), Isseu Niang (Aram), Moustapha Touré, Farba Sarr, Serigne N’Diayes.