LE FRANC

By Djibril Diop MAMBÉTY

C & CO - as SALES All rights, World

Social issues - Completed 1994

When his formidable landlady confiscates his beloved musical instrument, the kongoma, as ransom for unpaid rent, the penniless musician Marigo gets hold of a lottery ticket and dreams of a better future.

Festivals
& Awards

New York FF 2019
Revivals Section
Taipei Film Festival 2021
Classics Revisited
    • Year of production
    • 1994
    • Genres
    • Social issues, Drama
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • WOLOF
    • Duration
    • 45 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Djibril Diop MAMBÉTY
    • Producer(s)
    • Waka FILMS (Waka Films)
    • Synopsis
    • 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. The ticket wins, and our hero begins a harrowing odyssey throughout his shanty town, carrying the door on his shoulder all the time.