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Producer
  
Jean-Louis Koula

Editor
  
NZue Kouakou

Duration
  

Language
  
French

Director
  
Kozoloa Yeo

Genre
  
Drama

Cast
  
Sidiki Bakaba, Douta Seck

Country
  
Ivory Coast Niger France

Release date
  
1983 (1983)

Petanqui (original title: Pétanqui (Le droit à la vie) is a 1983 drama film directed by Yeo Kozoloa.

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Synopsis

During the drought, Pétanqui - who is responsible for the distribution of food to the population - enjoys a good life, a nice house, lovers and an official car. His son returns from France with a Law degree, and although he does not approve his father’s lifestyle, he decides to defend him in court when he is accused of embezzlement.

His defence becomes a strong attack on civil servants and members of government who take advantage of their situation. After all, his father is the lesser evil of a state of generalized corruption in the country.

From the novel 15 ans ça suffit by Amadou Ousmane.

Bibliografia

  • Martin, Michael, Cinemas of the Black Diaspora, Wayne State University Press, 1995, p. 165. in [1]
  • L'Association des trois mondes, Dictionnaire du cinéma africain, Tome I, Ministère de la coopération et du développement, 1991, p. 132 in [2]
  • Stam, Robert; Raengo, Alessandra, Literature and Film, Blackwell Publishing, 2005, p. 307 in

    • [3]

    References

    Petanqui Wikipedia
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    Petanqui IMDb