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Benin i/bɨˈniːn/ (formerly, Dahomey), officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, by Nigeria to the east and by Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. A majority of the population live on its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin. The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat of government is in Cotonou, the country's largest city. Benin covers an area of approximately 110,000 square kilometers (42,000 sq mi), with a population of approximately 9.05 million. Benin is a tropical, sub-Saharan nation, highly dependent on agriculture, with substantial employment and income arising from subsistence farming.
The official language of Benin is French, however, indigenous languages such as Fon and Yoruba are commonly spoken. The largest religious group in Benin is Roman Catholicism, followed closely by Islam, Vodun and Protestantism. Benin is a member of the United Nations, the African Union, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, La Francophonie, the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, the African Petroleum Producers Association and the Niger Basin Authority.
Actors: Louis Arbessier (actor), Teddy Bilis (actor), Xavier Bonastre (actor), Michel Creton (actor), Jacques Duby (actor), Jean Franval (actor), Marius Laurey (actor), Robert Manuel (actor), Philippe Mareuil (actor), Jackie Blanchot (actor), Claude Cerval (actor), Jean Marconi (actor), Fernand Bercher (actor), Marius Balbinot (actor), Jules Romains (writer),
Genres: Adventure,Actors: Guy Bedos (actor), Bernard Charlan (actor), Hubert Deschamps (actor), Jean Franval (actor), Grégoire Gromoff (actor), Henri Labussière (actor), Jean Lefebvre (actor), Jean Lefebvre (actor), Michael Lonsdale (actor), Christian Marin (actor), Pierre Mondy (actor), Philippe Noiret (actor), Claude Piéplu (actor), Claude Piéplu (actor), Jacques Balutin (actor),
Plot: Seven pals decide to take a few days'holidays to free up the time necessary to pull three enormous pranks. Their aim is to ridicule three established bodies: the army, the church and the administration. Quite arbitrarily, they set their hearts on two peaceful sub-prefectures, Ambert and Issoire. Broudier, disguised as a government minister, turns up at the barracks, demands and obtains the organization of night maneuvers. The following day, Bénin, dressed up as a reverend, preaches in the cathedral of Issoire a sermon against the precepts of the Church. As for Lesueur, he disturbs the inauguration of the statue of Vercingétorix by an MP. But the holidays are over. The seven of them can'r part without a last joke...
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