

Le Franc
1995-10-09 · 46 min · ★ 6.5
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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- Directors
- Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Production companies
- Waka Films, Scolopendra Productions, Maag Daan
- Countries
- Senegal, Switzerland, France
- Status
- Released
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