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The Savage State

04/18/1978

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1hr 52min

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Drama

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Marie-Christine Barrault
  • Claude Brasseur
  • Jacques Dutronc
  • Doura Mané
  • Michel Piccoli

    Director

  • Francis Girod

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Stella Films
  • Gaumont
  • Films 66

    Production Countries

  • France

LANGUAGES

  • French

Cast

Marie-Christine Barrault

Laurence Laurençon

Claude Brasseur

Gravenoire

Jacques Dutronc

Avit

Doura Mané

Patrice Doumbe

Michel Piccoli

Orlaville

Baaron

Modimbo

Umban Gomez de Kset

Kotoko

Jean-Baptiste Tiémélé

Gohanda

Rüdiger Vogler

Tristan

Peter Bachelier

Renard

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