Film

Xala (The Curse)

D: Ousmane Sembène

Sat, Dec 27, 2008
Exhibition Hall 1
4 pm
Admission: € 5, concessionary tickets € 3, admission to the exhibition included
XALA (film still), © Promo

Senegal 1975, Colour, 106 min, German subtitles

Senegal has just gained its independence. A businessman moves back and forth between different worlds. He becomes rich through his connections with the new ‘modern’ government and turns to religion so that he can take a second wife. But when he suddenly becomes impotent on his wedding night, he suddenly believes in Xala, the curse of the jealous. A fight begins, as grim as it is absurd ….