Damouré, the manager, along with Lam and Illo, of an import/export firm in Ayorou called "Petit à Petit", decides to build an apartment block and leaves for Paris to find out there "how people can live in houses with more than one storey". In the city, he discovers the curious lifestyles and thinking of the Parisian tribe, who he describes in "Persian Letters" sent regularly to his companions, until one of them, believing him to have gone mad, sends Lam out after him. In Paris, Damouré and Lam buy a Bugatti convertible and meet Safi, Ariane and a "tramp", Philippe. The group decides to go back to Africa and build a new house. But the two women and Philippe are unable to get used to this new life and leave. The only thing left to do for the three friends is to withdraw to a cabin on the river banks and meditate upon "modern society"¼

starring
Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahima Dia, Illo Gaoudel, Ariane Bruneton, Safi Faye, Philippe Luzuy, Moustapha Alassane

a film by Jean ROUCH

France, 1970, Documentary-Drama, 1h32, Color, 16 mm, DCP, comedy

CAST
Damouré Zika : Damouré
Lam Ibrahima Dia : Lam
Illo Gaoudel : Illo
Ariane Bruneton : Ariane
Safi Faye : Safi, Senegalese cover-girl
Philippe Luzuy : The homeless man
Moustapha Alassane : Moustapha
Idrissa Maiga : Idrissa
Marie : Marie, the typist
Alborah Maiga : Alborah
Charles Chaboud : Mr. Cabou
S.E.U.R.A. Team : The architects
Michel Delhaye : Michel
Sylvie Pierre : The girl who shows her teeth
Patricia Finaly
Zomo & his Brothers

PRODUCER
Pierre Braunberger (Les Films de La Pléiade)

DIRECTOR
Jean Rouch

SCRIPTWRITERS
Jean Rouch and the Cast

PRODUCTION:
La Pléiade Films

CO-PRODUCTION:
CNRS Niger
CFE

DISTRIBUTION
Solaris Distribution




Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- www.filmsdujeudi.com/fr/catalogue-film-petit-a-petit-DPETI03.html
- www.docsurgrandecran.fr
Updated by Thierno DIA, 24 nov 2024