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Niger10 Essential Films from NigerStop 7 of 10

Cabascabo

1968

A young Nigerien man returns home after fighting for France in the Indochina war, squanders his soldier's pay, and finds himself adrift between the world he left and the one he came back to. Oumarou Ganda's autobiographical drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Niger

This film is stop 7 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Niger. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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