The Three Lascars (French: Les Trois Lascars) is a 2021 Burkinabé comedy film directed by Boubacar Diallo.[1][2][3] It was the only Burkinabé film screened at the 2021 FESPACO.[4][5][6]
| The Three Lascars | |
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| French | Les Trois Lascars |
| Directed by | Boubacar Diallo |
| Written by | Boubacar Diallo, Axel Guyot |
| Produced by | Philippe Braunstein, Boubakar Diallo, Axel Guyot, Luis Marquès |
| Starring | Issaka Savadogo, Mahoula Kane, Dieudonne Yoda |
Production company | Les Films d'Avalon (France) |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Burkina Faso |
| Language | French |
Synopsis
editUnder pressure from their respective mistresses, three friends (Idriss, Momo and Willy) organize an extramarital trip to an extravagant hotel outside of their home base of Ouagadougou. A seminar in Abidjan is the perfect alibi for the trio to free themselves from their wives for a weekend. As soon as they arrive, their euphoria turns to dread when they learn that the plane they were supposed to have taken crashed. Ridden with guilt and abandoned by their mistresses, the three adulterers now have to confront their angry wives, hungry for revenge after the deception.[7]
Cast
edit- Issaka Savadogo
- Mahoula Kane
- Dieudonné Yoda
- Zena Alisar Khalil
- Eva Guehi
- Irène Minoungou
- Kadhy Touré
- Mouna N’Diaye
- Mariam Aida Niatta
References
edit- ^ "OuiCoprod". ouicoprod.org. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ CANAL+. "Les Trois Lascars, nouveau film co-produit par CANAL+ International, dès le 5 novembre au cinéma". Agence Ecofin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ "Les Trois Lascars - Les films d'Avalon". www.lesfilmsdavalon.fr. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ "Fespaco : "Les 3 lascars", seul film burkinabé, fait sensation dans les salles". France 24 (in French). 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ "Le film burkinabè « Les trois lascars » enthousiasme le public du Fespaco". RFI (in French). 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ KOUAO, Cédric (2021-10-20). "LES 3 LASCARS : le film évènement de l'année nominé au Fespaco 2021". Elle Côte d'Ivoire (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ "Les trois lascars - Long-métrage de fiction (100) - Boubakar DIALLO(Burkina Faso)". www.imagesfrancophones.org. Retrieved 2021-11-27.