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Cocorico! Monsieur Poulet

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Wikipedia article




'Cocorico! Monsieur Poulet' (, "Cock-a-doodle-do! Mister Chicken") is a 1977 Franco-Nigerien road movie by "Dalarou", a pseudonym for Damour Zika, Lam Ibrahim Dia and Jean Rouch.

Production



'Cocorico! Monsieur Poulet' was filmed in and around Niamey, Niger on 16 mm film in 1974. Much of the film was improvised. Damour Zika used the money he made from 'Petit petit' (1970) to buy the Citron 2CV featured in the film.

Synopsis



Lam, owner of a home-built Citron 2CV named Patience, and his apprentice Tallou, drive into the countryside to buy chickens to sell in Niamey. Damour, an opportunist, joins them on this one-day trip. They encounter adversity, a "demon", and are forced to make multiple crossings of the Niger River.

Reception



Rembert Hser wrote that in 'Cocorico! Monsieur Poulet' "the technology fetish of Western society gets thoroughly dismantled."

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