LE FRANC DJIBRIL DIOP MAMBÉTY

  • SENEGAL | FRANCE

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  • WOLOF

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  • 1994

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  • 45 mins

  • FILM COURTESY

    IFcinéma - Institut français / Alliance française de Bangalore

Marigo, a struggling musician, dreams of reclaiming his beloved congoma, which his landlady has seized due to his unpaid rent. When he comes into possession of a lottery ticket, he treats it as his one chance at freedom and carefully hides it while waiting for the draw. As hope and desperation intertwine, Marigo clings to the possibility that a stroke of luck might change his fate and allow him to recover both his instrument and his dignity.

ಬಾಡಿಗೆ ಹಣ ಕೊಡಲಾಗದ ಕಾರಣ ಮನೆಮಾಲೀಕಿಯು ಜಪ್ತಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವ ತನ್ನ ಪ್ರಿಯ ‘ಕೊಂಗೋಮಾ’ (ಗಿಟಾರ್‌ನ ಒಂದು ರೂಪ) ಸಂಗೀತ ವಾದ್ಯವನ್ನು ಮರಳಿ ಪಡೆಯುವ ಕನಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬದುಕುತ್ತಿರುವ ಬಡ ಸಂಗೀತಗಾರ ಮಾರಿಗೋನ ಕಥೆಯೇ ಲೆ ಫ್ರಾಂಕ್. ಅವನಿಗೆ ಸಿಗುವ ಒಂದು ಲಾಟರಿ ಟಿಕೆಟ್, ಅವನಿಗೆ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯದ ಏಕೈಕ ಅವಕಾಶವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುತ್ತದೆ. ಫಲಿತಾಂಶದ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅದನ್ನು ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ಮರೆಮಾಚಿಕೊಂಡು ಕಾಯುವ ಮಾರಿಗೋ, ಆಶೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರಾಶೆಯ ನಡುವಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲೆಯುತ್ತಾ, ಒಂದು ಅದೃಷ್ಟದ ಕ್ಷಣ ತನ್ನ ವಿಧಿಯನ್ನು ಬದಲಿಸಿ, ತನ್ನ ಸಂಗೀತವನ್ನೂ ಗೌರವವನ್ನೂ ಮರಳಿ ತರುವುದೆಂಬ ಭರವಸೆಗೆ ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗಿ ಆತುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Silvia Voser

Screenplay :

Djibril Diop Mambéty

Director of Photography :

Stéphan Oriach

Editor :

Stéphan Oriach

Music :

Dieye Ma Dieye, Issa Cissokho, Moussa N'Diaye

Sound :

Alioune Mbow

Cast :

Dieye Ma Dieye, Aminata Fall, Demba Bâ

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Cannes FF (Official Selection - Directors' Fortnight), Berlin IFF (Official Selection - Retrospective), Locarno IFF (World Premiere), New York FF (Official Selection - Retrospective)

Djibril Diop Mambéty was a pioneering Senegalese filmmaker born in Colobane, near Dakar. Trained initially as a stage actor at the Daniel Sorano National Theater, he turned to cinema without formal film education. He directed his first short CONTRAS’ CITY in 1969, followed by BADOU BOY, which won the Silver Tanit at Carthage. His landmark feature TOUKI BOUKI earned the International Critics Award at Cannes and the Special Jury Prize in Moscow. After a long hiatus, he made HYÈNES and the shorts PARLONS GRAND-MÈRE, LE FRANC, and LA PETITE VENDEUSE DE SOLEIL.