Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- joyful
- dramatic
- thoughtful movie night
- social justice film night
What critics said
The limited audience rating suggests a moderately favorable response, but no broad critical consensus is available.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Khalilou disguises himself as Leila to enter the Miss Students pageant and challenge its exclusionary standards.
The pageant visibly privileges light skin while Khalilou confronts the consequences of dépigmentation in his family.
The Miss Students competition becomes the arena for Khalilou's campaign to give dark-skinned girls a chance to shine.
The plot connects a Senegalese student pageant with dépigmentation-related illness and resistance to toxic beauty standards.
Films like Timpi Tampa, and why
Dumplin'
Shares a student pageant setting, body-image concerns, warm comedy, and resistance to restrictive beauty ideals.
Miss Juneteenth
Shares pageantry, community identity, intergenerational conflict, and an uplifting critique of narrow standards of beauty.
The Birdcage
Shares gender disguise, theatrical social performance, comedic misunderstandings, and challenges to conventional gender expectations.
Movie Details
- Director
- Adama Bineta Sow
- Release Date
- 2025-05-09
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (3)
Cast
- Pape Aly Diop
- Yacine Sow Dumon
- Awa Djiga Kané
- Fatoumata Aidara Sarr
- Nouroudine Diallo
- Jean Pierre Coly
- Aissata Ba
- Sanou Samb
- Diariétou Gagne Bamba Mbow
- Fatim Rosalie Niang
Common questions
- What is Timpi Tampa about?
- A determined young Senegalese man enters a beauty pageant in disguise to confront colorism and widen the meaning of beauty.
- What is Timpi Tampa like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Timpi Tampa as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Timpi Tampa violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Timpi Tampa.
- What did critics think of Timpi Tampa?
- The limited audience rating suggests a moderately favorable response, but no broad critical consensus is available.
- Which films are like Timpi Tampa?
- Films with a similar feel include Dumplin', Miss Juneteenth, and The Birdcage.
- How long is Timpi Tampa?
- Timpi Tampa runs 83 minutes.
