Le Franc

''Le Franc'' is a 1994 Senegalese 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, ''Tales of Ordinary People''. However, Mambety’s untimely death in 1998 prevented the completion of the third film. Provided by Wikipedia