KODOU

Long Métrage Fiction

Sénégal  1970’ 89

Scénario Ababacar Samb-Makharam

Annette Mbaye d’Erneville

DOP Baidy Sow

Montage Claire Pignero

SYNOPSIS

After having offended the village traditions, Kodou goes mad. His family tries to have

him treated in a Western-style psychiatric hospital, to no end. So they decide to take

him to a traditional exorcist.

ABABACAR SAMB MAKHARAM

Senegalese director Ababacar Samb Makharam, a prominent African cinema

figure, passed away at 53. His films include Et la Neige N’était Plus (1965), Kodou

(1971), and Jom (1981).