Femmes Voitures Villas Argent

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The frantic search for consumer goods by the low middle classes
of the African cities.
Ali is a modest civil servant who enjoys a pleasant life in town. One day, upon being forced by his parents to marry a woman he doesn't want, Ali is dragged into a vortex composed by “Women (Femmes), Cars (Voitures), Villas, Money (Argent)” all of which, in Niger, stand for social success. Longing for an increasingly luxurious way of life, in order to support habits he himself created, Ali is forced to steal and is arrested. When everyone else abandons him, his first wife reveals her loyalty and awaits his release.

Festivals & awards

Prize OCAM, FESPACO, 1972.

Credits

Original TitleFemmes Voitures Villas Argent
TitleFemmes Voitures Villas Argent
Directed byMoustapha Alassane
CountryNiger
Year1972
ScreenplayMoustapha Alassane
Film Editing
Soundtrack
Cinematography
Sound
Costumes
Production Design
Production
FormatsDVD
Runtime62 min.
LanguageFranzösisch
CastZingare Abdoulaye, Sawadogo Bintou, Sotigui Kouyaté, Djingareye Maiga, Zalika Souley

Credits

Original TitleFemmes Voitures Villas Argent
TitleFemmes Voitures Villas Argent
Directed byMoustapha Alassane
CountryNiger
Year1972
ScreenplayMoustapha Alassane
Film Editing
Soundtrack
Cinematography
Sound
Costumes
Production Design
Production
FormatsDVD
Runtime62 min.
LanguageFranzösisch
CastZingare Abdoulaye, Sawadogo Bintou, Sotigui Kouyaté, Djingareye Maiga, Zalika Souley

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