Le Franc | |
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Directed by | Djibril Diop Mambéty |
Written by | Djibril Diop Mambéty |
Produced by | Silvia Voser |
Cinematography | Stéphan Oriach |
Edited by | Stéphan Oriach |
Music by | Issa Cissokho Dieye Ma Dieye |
Production company | Waka Films |
Distributed by | California Newsreel Productions |
Release dates | August 1994 (Locarno)
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Running time | 45 minutes |
Country | Senegal |
Language | Wolof |
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]