Le Franc (1994)
- Directed by
- Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- Senegal, France
- Runtime
- 45 min
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A penniless musician named Marigo struggles to pay his tough landlady. He pins his hopes on a lottery ticket, which becomes a playful comment on money and survival in Senegal after a currency devaluation.
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What happens
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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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