{{Infobox film | name = Petanqui | director = Yeo Kozoloa | producer = Jean-Louis Koula | writer = | starring = Sidiki Bakaba<br/>Douta Seck | music = | cinematography = | editing = N'Zue Kouakou | studio = Les Films de la Montagne, O.R.T.N, Ciprofilm | distributor = Marfilmes | released = {{Film date|1983}} | runtime = 108 minutes | country = Ivory Coast<br/>Niger<br/>France | language = French }}
'''''Petanqui''''' (original title: '''''Pétanqui (Le droit à la vie)''''' is a 1983 drama film directed by Yeo Kozoloa.
==Synopsis== During the drought, Pétanqui - who is responsible for the distribution of food to the population - enjoys a good life, a nice house, lovers and an official car. His son returns from France with a law degree, and although he does not approve his father's lifestyle, he decides to defend him in court when he is accused of embezzlement.
His defence becomes a strong attack on civil servants and members of government who take advantage of their situation. After all, his father is the lesser evil of a state of generalized corruption in the country.
From the novel ''15 ans ça suffit'' by Amadou Ousmane.
==Bibliografia== * Martin, Michael, ''Cinemas of the Black Diaspora'', Wayne State University Press, 1995, p. 165. in [https://books.google.com/books?id=C4jkR-Ga4G4C] * L'Association des trois mondes, ''Dictionnaire du cinéma africain'', Tome I, Ministère de la coopération et du développement, 1991, p. 132 in [https://books.google.com/books?id=SZh5cQTH3u0C] * Stam, Robert; Raengo, Alessandra, ''Literature and Film'', Blackwell Publishing, 2005, p. 307 in [https://books.google.com/books?id=if2oWY58r9kC&q=Literature+and+Film]
==See also== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130117052421/http://www.filmbirth.com/cote_d_ivoire.html/ History of Cinema in Ivory Coast]
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0947506|Yeo Kozoloa}} *{{IMDb title|0086098}} *[http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=film&no=8362 ''Petanqui''] in Africultures (in French)
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Ivorian drama films Category:1983 films Category:1983 drama films
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