Ceddo

1977 movie

Rating: 10/20

Plot: I don't want to talk about it.

My second Senegalese movie this year and easily the least-entertaining of the two. I'm winding down research for 1977 before compiling a list of favorite films from that year, and Ceddo was on the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? list of the 1,000 greatest movies ever made. While it's likely important from a film history perspective, it's not particularly entertaining or even coherent. Likely, I'm missing far too much context about the conflicts between religious sects in Senegal to fully appreciate what's going on in this drama, but it's unlikely it would have made the talky two hours any more enjoyable.

This is not one of the top 1,000 movies ever made. The other movie from Senegal--Who Killed Captain Alex?--might be, however.