The Savage State
L'Etat Sauvage is based on the novel by Georges Conchon which won the highly esteemed Prix de Goncourt. The story chronicles the mindless racism of both the departing French colonial overlords and the emergent black Africans in a newly emerging African state. Laurence (Marie-Christine Barrault) suffers the outrage of her white acquaintances, including her former lover Gravenoir (Claude Brasseur) and her ex-husband Avit (Jacques Dutronc), for her affair with Patrice Doumbe (Doura Mane), an official in the new government. He in turn is ridiculed by his fellow cabinet ministers for stepping out with a white woman. The vilification escalates to such a point that Patrice is brutally murdered, and Laurence barely escapes the country alive, with the help of her ex-husband Avit.
Year: 1978
Genre: Drama
Studio: Stella Films, Gaumont, Films 66
Director: Francis Girod
Cast: Marie-Christine Barrault, Claude Brasseur, Jacques Dutronc, Doura Mané, Michel Piccoli, Baaron
Crew: Pierre Jansen (Original Music Composer), Georges Conchon (Writer), Eric Muller (Makeup Artist), Jean-Jacques Caziot (Production Design), Pierre Lhomme (Director of Photography), Jacques Fonteray (Costume Design)
Runtime: 112 minutes
Release: Apr 18, 1978
IMDb: 6.33/10 by 6 users
Popularity: 0
Country: France
Language: Français
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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