Black Mic Mac (1986)
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.
Director: Thomas Gilou
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Jacques Villeret as Michel Le Gorgues |
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Isaach de Bankolé as Lemi |
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Félicité Wouassi as Anisette |
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Daniel Russo as Rabuteau |
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Houdia Seye as Amina |
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Sidy Lamine Diarra as Ali |
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Cheik Doukouré as Mamadou |
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Mohamed Camara as Samba |
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Lydia Ewandé as Aïda |
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Sotigui Kouyaté as Le Marabout |
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Pascal Légitimus as Le CRS noir |
| Directing | Thomas Gilou | Director |
| Production | Monique Annaud | Executive Producer |
| Production | Pilu Lissa | Casting |
| Camera | Claude Agostini | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jacqueline Thiédot | Editor |
| Art | Dan Weil | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Corinne Jorry | Costume Design |
| Production | Bernard Artigues | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Delphine Tchamga | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maryse Félix | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Éric Nonn | Casting |
| Sound | Ray Lema | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Dominique Levert | Sound |
| Writing | Patrick Braoudé | Writer |
| Writing | Cheik Doukouré | Writer |
| Writing | Monique Annaud | Writer |
| Writing | François Favre | Writer |
| Writing | Thomas Gilou | Writer |
