Le Franc

Mago, the musician dreams of his instrument – a congoma- which his landlady has impounded because of his chronic rent non-payments. Getting hold of a lotery ticket, he decide to put it in a safe place while awaiting the drawing: he glues it to the back of his door and covers it with the poster of his childhood hero. The night of the drawing, a fortune blinds Marigo: the winning number is the same as the ticket stuck to his door! Marigo can see it now: he a millionaire, with a thousand congomans, an orchestra and private plane... But the problem is that he´s glued the ticket on his door. So he tears the door from its hinges and takes it to the lotery office... LE FRANC is the first part of a trilogy, “Tales from a Little People”. To the director, the title of this first film, LE FRANC, not only refers to money one wins or steals but also the “frank” individual.