Cheik Doukouré

Farmer Moussa Sidibé is sent to France by his village in Guinea to buy a new water pump to irrigate the fields of their cooperative. But when he arrives in Paris, half of the money he was given is stolen. He then finds himself in totally unexpected situations, notably among the African undocumented immigrants who occupy a church.

Farmer Moussa Sidibé is sent to France by his village in Guinea to buy a new water pump to irrigate the fields of their cooperative. But when he arrives in Paris, half of the money he was given is stolen. He then finds himself in totally unexpected situations, notably among the African undocumented immigrants who occupy a church.

Paula was a brilliant lawyer, defending the most just causes. One day, a man she had just released from prison coldly murders two children. When she realizes that she was mistaken, Paula feels her precious certainties slipping away. She now lives in the anonymity of the street, rehashing her disgust for the world and for others. Will her meeting with Serge, a social worker, give Paula back her taste for life?

The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.

The comedy in this lively film barely conceals its darker, more serious undertones as it chronicles a young Algerian's eye-opening introduction to the joys and travails of being an immigrant in Paris. Alilo has left his home to pick up an important suitcase for his employer. Unfortunately, he has lost the Parisian address. Fortunately, his cousin Mok, emigrated there several years before with his middle-class family before and is able to act as a guide. Mok, an aspiring rap singer, comes from a middle-class family, but chooses to live on his own in the dilapidated deteriorating 18th district, known as 'Moskova.' Mok characterizes the place as a haven for artists and intellectuals, but it is plainly just a Third World slum filled with tightly knit and colorful neighbors. Mok and Alilo have many interesting, some tragedy-tinged adventures over the five days it takes them to find the suitcase.

파리에서 친구 리차드(Richard : 패트릭 팀시트 분)와 같이 현물 거래업을 하고 있는 스테판(Stephen : 티에리 레르미르 분)은 얼마전 1500톤의 콩을 사들였다. 정확한 정보에 의하면 곧 콩시세의 폭등으로 인해 80만 달러를 벌어들이게 될 것이다. 그리고 한달 후에 있을 젊은 미녀, 샤를로뜨(Charlotte : 아리엘 돔바슬레 분)와의 결혼을 상상하면 그는 지금 세상에서 가장 행복한 사내인 것이다. 그에겐 13년째 아마존 인디언들과 살고 있는 별거 중인 아내 파트리샤(Patricia : 미우 미우 분)가 있어, 간단한 형식적 절차라고 생각하고 이혼을 하기 위해 그녀를 찾는다. 한때 사랑했던 아내 파트리샤는 그의 무관심을 이유로 결별을 선언하며 13년전 아마존의 인디언 부족으로 짐을 꾸려 갔었다. 아마존에 도착한 스테판은 파트리샤로부터 13년전 헤어질 당시 자신의 아기를 임신하고 있다는 새로운 사실에 당황한다. 그는 모르는 일이라며 발뺌을 하지만 파트리샤는 이혼 조건으로 12살짜리 꼬마 인디언, 미미 시쿠(Mimi-Siku : 루드빅 브리앙드 분)의 파리 구경을 요구한다. 그날 밤 자신의 노트북 컴퓨터를 조작하던 스테판은 콩시세가 폭등했음을 알고 파리에 있는 리차드에게 콩을 팔라는 전문을 띄운다. 그러나 잠시 자리를 비운 사이 호기심 많은 인디언들의 실수로 전송이 중지된다. 다음날 스테프는 이 약삭 빠른 말썽꾸러기를 가방에 숨겨 파리로 데려오게 된다. 이제 '고양이 오줌'이란 뜻을 지닌 미미시쿠는 자신의 친구 왕거미와 함께 파리에서의 모험을 시작하는데...

The Golden Ball is a wonderful children's film that tells of a young boy's dream of being a soccer player. Whenever a match is broadcast live in the village of Makono, Bandian and his brother keep their ears to the transistor radio, spinning a picture of the game from the announcer's commentary much as they fantasize themselves on the field. A gift of a real soccer ball, which Bandian paints gold, like a magical object involves him in a series of adventures which bring him in reach of his dream, but which also require him to make difficult choices.

The Golden Ball is a wonderful children's film that tells of a young boy's dream of being a soccer player. Whenever a match is broadcast live in the village of Makono, Bandian and his brother keep their ears to the transistor radio, spinning a picture of the game from the announcer's commentary much as they fantasize themselves on the field. A gift of a real soccer ball, which Bandian paints gold, like a magical object involves him in a series of adventures which bring him in reach of his dream, but which also require him to make difficult choices.

After a conviction for theft, Merwan was expelled from France, where he had lived since the age of one, to Algeria, his country of birth. In a foreign country of which he knows neither the language nor the customs, he finds himself stripped of his belongings and on the street.

The year is 1943 and the place is Balandou, a small village in Guinea. The plot revolves around Adjutant Mariani, some kind of a misfit. Despised by his superiors, hated by his wife Marie-France, he represents colonial France while dreaming of Africa and its mysteries. When pro-independence Lanseye Kante, the new manager of the school, arrives in the village, turmoil arises.

The year is 1943 and the place is Balandou, a small village in Guinea. The plot revolves around Adjutant Mariani, some kind of a misfit. Despised by his superiors, hated by his wife Marie-France, he represents colonial France while dreaming of Africa and its mysteries. When pro-independence Lanseye Kante, the new manager of the school, arrives in the village, turmoil arises.

In the summer holidays, a group of women stay behind in Paris whilst their husbands and children take a vacation on the sunny Island of Ré. The women – wives, frustrated spinsters and adolescents – profit from their new-found freedom to sort out their love lives and the men indulge their earthy passions with no less enthusiasm. Only the children seems capable of rising above this infantile summer madness...

After he is dismissed from his umpteenth job, Momo is kicked out of the family home by his fed-up father. He immediately joins his buddy Manu, who is also penniless having just lost his job at a cafeteria. The two decide to ask shady nightclub owner Sammy for a job, and he promptly hires them to transport back two statuettes from Amsterdam. Momo and Manu soon find out that these art objects are stuffed with drugs, but still manage to carry out their mission. They receive one kilo of grass in exchange, which they sell immediately. But while the business is lucrative, they discover that it's not so easy to become a full-fledged drug dealer...

This is a charming and successful farce from director Thomas Gilou, featuring a witty screenplay co-authored by producer Monique Annaud. When a group of African squatters in Paris are threatened with eviction, they find themselves fighting against a bureaucracy that few French citizens understand, let alone immigrants. In desperation, they turn to their best option to resolve this dilemma: they call for a sorcerer from home. The sorcerer hops on a jet to Paris to cast spells on the entrenched bureaucrat, and while en route he strikes up a conversation with a fellow passenger, mentioning his job pays quite well. The interested passenger could stand to make a few extra francs, so he decides to take the sorcerer's place. Once he arrives, this imposter has to act like he knows what he is doing, and at the same time, he had better solve the eviction problem.

This is a charming and successful farce from director Thomas Gilou, featuring a witty screenplay co-authored by producer Monique Annaud. When a group of African squatters in Paris are threatened with eviction, they find themselves fighting against a bureaucracy that few French citizens understand, let alone immigrants. In desperation, they turn to their best option to resolve this dilemma: they call for a sorcerer from home. The sorcerer hops on a jet to Paris to cast spells on the entrenched bureaucrat, and while en route he strikes up a conversation with a fellow passenger, mentioning his job pays quite well. The interested passenger could stand to make a few extra francs, so he decides to take the sorcerer's place. Once he arrives, this imposter has to act like he knows what he is doing, and at the same time, he had better solve the eviction problem.

파리의 으슥한 밤거리. 귀가길에서 시민 주머니를 털어 도망가던 두 명의 도둑이 있다. 경찰의 추적에 몰린 이들은 순간적으로 꾀를 내어 한 명만 잡히기로 한다. 그러자 두 명 중 한 명이 자기 동료를 붙잡는다. 알고 보니 이들은 모두 경찰들이다. 산전수전 다 겪은 노련한 경찰인 르네는 천연덕스럽게 같이 강도를 하던 동료를 체포한다. 만년 말단 형사인 르네는 자신의 구역에 있는 상인들에게 비리를 미끼로 돈을 뜯어내는 '타락한' 경찰이다. 르네는 한마디로 직권 남용죄에 걸려도 여러번 걸린 형사. 지저분한 파리 교외에서 몸부딪치며 살아가는 사람들에게 교묘하게 용돈을 울궈낸다. 노름꾼에게 돈을 걸면 억지로라도 따게 되어 있고 안경 노점상에서 안경을 사면 오히려 더 얹어서 거슬러 준다. 레스토랑은 물론 꽁자. 그러던 어느날 경마에 단단히 미친 그는 현행범이 눈앞에 있는데도 잡기는 커녕 경찰 사이렌을 올리며 마감 직전에 경마장에 가서 마권을 사게 된다. 그런데 어느날, 자신이 감방에 보낸 동료 대신 경찰학교를 졸업한 젊은 형사 프랑소와가 파트너로 배치되는데...

French cybernetics genius Victor Frankenstein carries on the work of his notorious ancestor and creates a monster, albeit one with a penchant for philosophy, etiquette and occasional bouts of murderous rage. But when the creature develops a hunger for l'amour, Frankenstein and his understanding fiancé use a cache of freshly murdered strippers to build the creature a beautiful yet dutiful bride. Can the undead find true love in a cold world, or will the French ways of passion unleash some monstrous surprises upon them all?

French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.

Bokolo and Mamadou, sweepers in the city of Paris, are looking for a way to pay for the return home of one of their sick comrades. When they find an old book of recipes in the trash, they discover a passion for French cuisine and decide to participate in a televised cooking competition.

L'Etat Sauvage is based on the novel by Georges Conchon which won the highly esteemed Prix de Goncourt. The story chronicles the mindless racism of both the departing French colonial overlords and the emergent black Africans in a newly emerging African state. Laurence (Marie-Christine Barrault) suffers the outrage of her white acquaintances, including her former lover Gravenoir (Claude Brasseur) and her ex-husband Avit (Jacques Dutronc), for her affair with Patrice Doumbe (Doura Mane), an official in the new government. He in turn is ridiculed by his fellow cabinet ministers for stepping out with a white woman. The vilification escalates to such a point that Patrice is brutally murdered, and Laurence barely escapes the country alive, with the help of her ex-husband Avit.

French-Senegalesian production directed by Jacques Champreux.