Marigo the musician dreams of his instrument – a congoma – which his landlady has impounded because of his chronic rent non-payments. Getting hold of a lottery ticket, he decides 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 one as the ticket stuck to his door!
Marigo can see it now: he, a millionaire, with a thousand congomas, an orchestra and private plane…
But the problem is that he’s glued the ticket to this door. So he tears the door from its hinges and takes it to the lottery office…
Le Franc is the first part in a planned trilogy, “Histoires de petites gens” (Tales of Little People).
To the director, the title of this first film, Le Franc (The Franc) not only refers to money one wins or steals but also the “frank” individual.
