Le Franc [SEP] director
Le Franc
Le Franc is a 1994 Senegalese short 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
Leverrier
- One of the 72 names engraved on the Eiffel Tower
See also.
- Discovery of Neptune
- List of works by Henri Chapu Statue of Le Verrier
Further reading.
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External links.
- Le Verrier on the French 50 Franc banknote
- Obituary – "Nature", 1877, vol. 16, page 453
- Interesting interview with M. LeVerrier, director of the Paris Observatory - "New York Herald", 14 Apr 1877, p.