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Touki Bouki (1973)

Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty · Cinematography by Georges Bracher

85 min40 frames

DramaRomance

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Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: wide — A vast expanse of deep blue sea stretches toward the horizon under a clear sky. A white cruise ship and a…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: fullbody — A pair of rough concrete walls flank a steep concrete outdoor staircase. A man descends the stairs with a…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: establishing — A vast expanse of rippled open water fills nearly the entire frame. A small single-sailed wooden boat…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: closeup — A woman rests on a blue canvas deck chair near a body of water. She reclines with her eyes closed in the…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: wide — A sandy shoreline leads to a rocky breakwater extending into the ocean. A rusted, abandoned ship is wedged…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: fullbody — A man on a motorcycle stops before a red jeep parked in a driveway. The group of men inside the jeep…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: wide — An open-air area with sandy ground, wooden structures, and a curved stone wall. People are seated at tables…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: wide — A dry, open field with sparse low shrubs and a dense grove of palm trees. A small child rides a brown bull…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: wide — A grand white neoclassical building stands behind a black wrought iron entrance gate. A long line of soldiers…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: wide — A paved city street is filled with a mounted cavalry unit wearing red coats. A large crowd of spectators…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: wide — A wind-swept tree stands against a bright, overcast, pale gray sky. Multiple birds ascend from the upper…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: fullbody — A white ship deck features a long wooden floor and green slatted benches. A woman in a purple suit walks…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: wide — An open asphalt road runs through a dry, arid landscape with distant low buildings. A man stands shirtless in…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: fullbody — A person sits on an eroded, dry riverbank covered in tangled, leafless branches and brush. The individual…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: fullbody — A bustling waterfront area with large cargo ships anchored in the distance. Two uniformed men stand by a…Touki Bouki (1973) movie still: fullbody — A dry earthen path is framed by an arched wooden structure and rows of grass. A woman in a purple outfit…
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Touki Bouki — official trailer

What is Touki Bouki about?

Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.

Where can you watch Touki Bouki?

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What does the cinematography of Touki Bouki look like?

Across 40 sampled frames, Touki Bouki builds its coverage from wide compositions (55% of the sample), with full-body frames (25%) carrying much of the rest. High angles recur throughout. Cinematographer Georges Bracher keeps 88% of it in hard-edged, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame, over a texture recalling 16mm. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 85% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1970s.

What is the color palette of Touki Bouki?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Touki Bouki (1973) are #31302c, #d6d6cc, #d1c7ae, #53504b, #ac9270, #b7b4a5 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #31302c
  • #d6d6cc
  • #d1c7ae
  • #53504b
  • #ac9270
  • #b7b4a5

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