Le Franc

Le Franc
Directed byDjibril Diop Mambéty
Written byDjibril Diop Mambéty
Produced bySilvia Voser
CinematographyStéphan Oriach
Edited byStéphan Oriach
Music byIssa Cissokho
Dieye Ma Dieye
Production
company
Waka Films
Distributed byCalifornia Newsreel Productions
Release dates
August 1994 (Locarno)
  • September 11, 1995 (1995-09-11) (Toronto)
Running time
45 minutes
CountrySenegal
LanguageWolof

Le Franc is a 1994 Senegalese 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.[1]

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.[2]

  1. ^ Price, Yasmina (2021-02-19). "Follow the Money - Journal". Metrograph. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  2. ^ "A wayward couple in Dakar". africasacountry.com. 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2024-09-18.