
Le Franc
1995·Comedy·46m
7.1
★


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...
Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
dwarf
musician
allegory
senegal
money
glue
folklore
lottery ticket
shantytown
short film

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Aminata Fall
Landlady
Crew

Djibril Diop Mambéty
Director

Djibril Diop Mambéty
Writer
Popular Reviews
10 reviews
Ari
10.0★ · 06/16/26

Folk history and colonial history clash and engage over the soul of a man… what makes this such a transcendent work, though, is how our protagonist’s Faustian struggle is transposed beyond the soul and into a material society both trying to assert itself as itself and being utterly decimated as a neocolonial subaltern bearing the brunt of the motions of global capitalism… a protagonist has never been so instantly doomed, colonialism turns fable into folly… and yet, I think there is a very strong Pan-African call to action between the lines, one that values both localized self-determination and wider collective action against a generalizing enemy… when Paulo Freire talks about how the oppressed have double the tools of their oppressors, this is what he’s talking about
So many awesome images to sink your teeth into… the doors, the ocean, the tree, the congomas, the yankee hat-wearing saxophone player, the office buildings
So many awesome images to sink your teeth into… the doors, the ocean, the tree, the congomas, the yankee hat-wearing saxophone player, the office buildings
Folk history and colonial history clash and engage over the soul of a man… what makes this such a transcendent work, though, is how our protagonist’s Faustian struggle is transposed beyond the soul and into a material society both trying to assert itself as itself and being utterly decimated as a neocolonial subaltern bearing the brunt of the motions of global capitalism… a protagonist has never been so instantly doomed, colonialism turns fable into folly… and yet, I think there is a very strong Pan-African call to action between the lines, one that values both localized self-determination and wider collective action against a generalizing enemy… when Paulo Freire talks about how the oppressed have double the tools of their oppressors, this is what he’s talking about
So many awesome images to sink your teeth into… the doors, the ocean, the tree, the congomas, the yankee hat-wearing saxophone player, the office buildings
So many awesome images to sink your teeth into… the doors, the ocean, the tree, the congomas, the yankee hat-wearing saxophone player, the office buildings
xrclv7
5.0★ · 06/02/26

هذا الجزء الاول من ثلاثية حكاية الناس العاديين
الشخص اذا تمسك بالامل بمقدار ذرة يمكن يكدر يغير حاله السيء الى احسن هذا الفلم عن شخص يفوز بل يانصيب وهل سوالف حلو جان
الشخص اذا تمسك بالامل بمقدار ذرة يمكن يكدر يغير حاله السيء الى احسن هذا الفلم عن شخص يفوز بل يانصيب وهل سوالف حلو جان
هذا الجزء الاول من ثلاثية حكاية الناس العاديين
الشخص اذا تمسك بالامل بمقدار ذرة يمكن يكدر يغير حاله السيء الى احسن هذا الفلم عن شخص يفوز بل يانصيب وهل سوالف حلو جان
الشخص اذا تمسك بالامل بمقدار ذرة يمكن يكدر يغير حاله السيء الى احسن هذا الفلم عن شخص يفوز بل يانصيب وهل سوالف حلو جان
Miles G
7.0★ · 06/09/25

I'm glad that Mambety was able to at least partially complete his Tales of Ordinary People. Africa is so often turned into a caricature of poverty and corruption, and it is too easily forgotten that at the heart of any community, no matter the circumstances surrounding them, is humanity.
I'm glad that Mambety was able to at least partially complete his Tales of Ordinary People. Africa is so often turned into a caricature of poverty and corruption, and it is too easily forgotten that at the heart of any community, no matter the circumstances surrounding them, is humanity.
James Cameron
8.0★ · 04/05/25

JACK SPARROW BEFORE JACK SPARROW
JACK SPARROW BEFORE JACK SPARROW
Alex Teichman

Shot through a magical lens
Shot through a magical lens