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Little by Little (1971)

Little by Little poster
Original title
Petit à petit
Directed by
Jean Rouch
Genre
comedy film
Country
Niger, France
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Nigerien businessman travels to Paris to study how people live in tall buildings. He sends letters home about the strange habits of Parisians, which worries his friends.

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What happens

Petit à petit est un film français de Jean Rouch sorti en 1971 . Damouré, qui dirige à Ayorou (Niger) avec Lam et Illo la société d'import-export Petit à petit décide de construire un « grand Building » dans son village. Il part à Paris pour voir « comment on peut vivre dans des maisons à étages ». Dans la capitale, il découvre les curieuses façons de vivre et de penser des Parisiens qu'il décrit dans des « Lettres persanes » envoyées régulièrement à ses compagnons, jusqu'à ce que ceux-ci, le croyant devenu fou, envoient Lam le rejoindre pour se rendre compte sur place... (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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