Senegal and France / 1991 / 100mins / Drama / French

In Toubab Bi, Soriba Samb leaves Senegal for the first time to travel to Paris where he discovers not only a new world, but also an old friend who has lost his soul there. The little knowledge Soriba Samb has of France and its people does not prepare him for life in a transient hotel, amid the cold idiosyncrasies of a foreign land. Candidly autobiographical, Toubab Bi combines humor, charm and acute observation in its powerful vision of African identity in a European melting pot.

Moussa Touré

Moussa Touré was born in 1958 in Dakar, Senegal. He entered the film industry as an electrician, then became and assistant director and finally directed his own short, Baram, in 1987. His first feature, Toubab Bi, made in 1991, was honored with awards at numerous film festivals. In 1997 he directed TGV which is a real popular success in Africa and won the Special Jury Prize at the Namur Festival and the Audience Award at the 1998 Mannheim Festival. Moussa Touré acted in, and directed many films, taking the forms of various genres. He heads his own production company, Les Films du crocodile in Dakar. He also founded the Moussa Invite Festival in Rufisque in Dakar, which promotes African documentaries directed by Africans. Moussa Touré was the President of the Documentary Film Jury at FESPACO 2011. His 2012 film, La Pirogue was nominated for the Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes Film Festival and won the Best International Film Award at Munich Film Festival in 2012. Learn More