Sometimes distasteful practices are most effectively criticized with a good sense of humor. Meet Modou, a young, courageous and determined talibé - a pupil in a Koranic school - who manages to escape from his corrupt and abusive teacher to find a better life in contemporary Dakar, Senegal.
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Amadou Thior Director
United States release December 8, 2002 · Produced in Senegal, Niger · Languages French, Wolof
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Senegal · Niger
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Original language
Wolof
Spoken on screen
French · Wolof
Release dates
United States · December 8, 2002
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