2009 06 07 - IFF2009 - BILLO, THE GRAND DAKHAAR (BILLO, IL GRAN DAKHAAR)

BILLO, THE GRAND DAKHAAR (BILLO, IL GRAN DAKHAAR)
Screening: Sunday 7 June at 7.30pm
DIRECTOR : Laura Muscardin
YEAR : 2007
GENRE :Comedy
RATING : TBA
CAST : Thierno Thiam, Susy Laude, Carmen De Santos, Marco Bonini, Paolo Gasparini

SYNOPSIS
Leaving behind his mother, his fiancée and his marabout (religious advisor), Senegalese tailor Billo sets off for Rome to make it big in the fashion world. Struggling at first, he eventually hooks up with a group of sympathetic Italians, and good things start to happen; he’s safe, settled and even selling his old clothes. Then a call from Senegal arrives, telling him that everything is set for his upcoming wedding but Billo in Italy has met Laura...