Outsiders

1977 · 117 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 1,218 VOTES · DIR. Ousmane Sembène

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Overview

The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest their forcible conversion to Islam.

Dialogue Timeline — 659 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:56 "Outsiders"
00:08:26 Listen!
00:13:37 -Jaraaf! -Tioub.
00:15:20 Biram, I grew up with your father
00:18:06 Water him!
00:20:12 I am the nephew of the king
00:21:53 but as to who takes the throne, there I oppose.
00:23:53 Islam categorically forbids it.
00:26:36 I will make you understand, that one day with my disciples...
00:29:52 Diogomay
00:35:02 I recognize one of them, it is Biram.
00:48:48 the wind which knocks down the baobab tree, only bends the stem of the wheat.
00:58:25 Since well before he succeeded his uncle on the throne
01:00:43 For this act alone they deserve death.
01:02:56 The Imam merely warns...
01:04:48 -Jaraaf! -Yes.
01:06:32 It time for the Salah.
01:09:08 Underestimation is mother to all deception.
01:11:48 the Imam brings you into the fold.
01:13:42 It would be the white man
01:19:25 Pick up the body!
01:34:42 and you...
01:37:52 Babakar, make them repeat!
01:41:56 My mother is alone in the village. I cannot come with you.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed659
Dialogue density5.6 lines / min
First line00:02:56
Final line01:41:56

Production Record

DirectorOusmane Sembène
LanguageWO
IMDb votes1,218