Le Franc (1994)
46m
Running Time
August 1, 1994Release Date
Plot.
A penniless, fast-thinking musician buys a lottery ticket which he glues to his back door, in hopes of eventually retrieving his instrument from his exasperating landlady. —but the ticket wins.
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Cast & Crew.
![Dieye Ma](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dieye Ma
Marigo
![Dieye Ma Dieye](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dieye Ma Dieye
Marigo
![Aminata Fall](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/159699-aminata-fall.webp)
Aminata Fall
Landlady
![Demba Bâ](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Demba Bâ
Dwarf
![Djibril Diop Mambéty](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24835-djibril-diop-mambety.webp)
Djibril Diop Mambéty
Director
![Alioune Mbow](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Alioune Mbow
Sound
![Silvia Voser](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Silvia Voser
Producer
![Issa Cissokho](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Issa Cissokho
Composer
![Moussa N'Diaye](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Moussa N'Diaye
Composer
![Stéphan Oriach](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Stéphan Oriach
Cinematographer
Media.
![Le Franc](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/150420-le-franc.webp)
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Details.
Wiki.
Le Franc is a 1994 Senegalese short comedy film, directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty.
Le Franc is about Marigo, a penniless musician living in a shanty town, relentlessly harassed by his formidable landlady.
This film uses the French government's 50% devaluation of the West African CFA franc in 1994, and the resulting hardships as the basis for a whimsical commentary on using the lottery for survival.
Le Franc was originally intended as the first film of a trilogy under the title, Tales of Ordinary People. However, Mambety’s untimely death in 1998 prevented the completion of the third film.