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Le Franc

1995 · 46 min

A whimsical, bittersweet fable that turns a poor musician's lottery ticket into a wry, allegorical scramble.

Directed by: Djibril Diop Mambéty
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Dieye Ma Dieye, Aminata Fall, Demba Bâ

Overview: 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. —but the ticket wins...

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Directed by: Djibril Diop Mambéty
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Dieye Ma Dieye, Aminata Fall, Demba Bâ

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
survival
greed
obsession
fate
Places: small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Djibril Diop Mambéty
Written by: Djibril Diop Mambéty
Starring: Dieye Ma Dieye, Aminata Fall, Demba Bâ
Music: Moussa N'Diaye, Dieye Ma Dieye
Cinematography: Stéphan Oriach
Runtime: 46 min
Country: Senegal, Switzerland, France
Languages: English, French, Wolof

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