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Karmen Gei

Karmen Gei
Karmen Gei is Joseph Gai Ramaka’s adaptation of the opera Karmen by Bizet. It was made in Senegal in 2001.
Karmen is a gypsy who is dancing one night and seduces her jailer, Angelique. Because of this seduction Karmen is let out of jail. Later, Karmen out dances a woman and seduces the man the woman loves—Lamine. Karmen is then arrested again and Lamine is asked to take her to jail, but he lets her go. Karmen and her gang of smugglers rescues Lamine from jail and he joins the gang. The gang smuggles a lot of marijuana into the country and they make a lo...

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