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WOMEN CARS VILLAS MONEY
AFRICAN FILMS

Original Title: F.V.V.A.: Femmes Voitures Villas Argent Niger, 1972 color 62'

	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. Language: French Cast Zingare Abdoulaye, Sawadogo Bintou, Sotigui Kouyaté, Djingareye Maiga, Zalika Souley Director: Moustapha Alassane	Awards Prize OCAM, FESPACO, 1972.
Versions: Original Version and with English subtitles Availability: Please contact TRIGON FILM - Walter Ruggle [ruggle@trigon-film.org] - www.trigon-film.org/en


Moustapha Alassane (1942-, Niger) Born in N’Dougou, Niger, Alassane first took a degree in Mechanics. In Niamey, he learns cinematographic techniques with Jean Rouch, who helped him to go study animation with Norman Mclaren in Canada. He is one of the first filmmakers in Africa and made Niger a milestone in African Cinema. The first animated films in Sub-Saharan Africa are his. The frog is the main character in his animations and highlights his satiric eye on the social habits of his country. He directed approximately thirty animations, documentaries and fiction films. Retrospectives of his filmography have been presented in the most important festivals around the world. He led the Department of Cinema of the University of Niamey, for fifteen years, and was awarded the French Legion of Honour during the Cannes Film Festival of 2007. Filmography As director 1962: La Bague du roi Koda 1962: Aoure 1962: La Pileuse de Mil 1962: Le piroguier 1963: La mort du Gandji 1964: L'arachide de Santchira 1966: Le Retour d'un aventurier 1966: Bon voyage Sim 1967: Malbaza 1969: Les contre Bandiers 1970: Deela ou Albarka 1971: Jamyya 1972: FVVA: Femme, voiture, villa, argent 1972: Abimbola ou Shaki 1973: Siberi 1974: Soubane 1974: Toula ou Le génie des eaux 1975: Zaboa 1978: Samba le grand 1982: Agwane mon Village 1982: Kankamba ou le semeur de discorde 1982: Gourimou 2000: Soolo 2000: Adieu Sim 2001: Les magiciens de l'Ader 2001: Agaissa 2001: Kokoa 2003: Tagimba As actor Petit à petit - Moustaphe (1971) L'Étoile noire (1976)