Senegal / Switzerland / France,
1994, 45 min
Shown in 1995 / 1999
CREDITS
- dir
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Djibril Diop Mambéty
- prod
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Silvia Voser
- scr
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Djibril Diop Mambety
- cam
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Stephen Oriach
- editor
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Stephen Oriach
- cast
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Dieye Ma Dieye, Aminta Fall, Demba Ba
- prod co
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Waka Films AG (Switzerland); Scolopendra Productions (France); Maag Daan (Senegal)
- source
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California Newsreel, 500 Third St, Suite 505, San Francisco, CA 94107. FAX: 415-284-7801. EMAIL: cm@newsreel.org WORLD SALES -Waka Films, AG, Via Sala 9, CH-6963 Pregassona, Switzerland. FAX: 41-91-972-23-86.
- gga award
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Best Short Narrative, 31–60 min.
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COMMENTS
Shown with Africa, My Africa... in 1995. Shown with The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun as part of the Djibril Diop Mambéty Tribute in 1999.
OTHER
Le Franc is Mambéty’s humorous first film in his trilogy "Tales of the Little People." Marigo, a poor musician, has trouble making enough money to pay his bills—including his rent. His landlady takes her revenge by destroying his beloved musical instrument. Now Marigo must come up with money fast. He buys a lottery ticket and actually wins—but his troubles aren’t over yet. Behind Marigo’s richly colored dreams is a wealth of allegory about life in Senegal.
—Cornelius Moore
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