A fifty-year-old Senegalese businessman decides to take a third wife. Struck with impotence, he cannot consummate his marriage and believes himself to be the victim of a curse, the "Xala."
A Senegalese businessman, El Hadj Abdoukader Beye, takes a third wife as a symbol of his social and economic success. However, on the wedding night, he cannot consummate the marriage as he has become impotent. He suspects his first two wives, unaware that he encounters the culprit every day.
Cast
Seune Samb (First wife), Myriam Niang (Daugther of El Hadji), Dyella Touré (Third wife), Younouss Seye (Second wife), Thierno Leye (El Hadji)
Award
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 1974 : Special Prize
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Directing / Screenplay
Sembene Ousmane
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photography
Georges Caristan
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Original Score
Samba Diabara Samb
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Editing
Florence Eymon
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Production companies
SNC - Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie, Filmi Doomireew Production
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Technical information
123 minutes - 1.66 - 35mm - Couleur - Mono
