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The Savage State (1978)

The Savage State (1978)

Drama
Release Date: 1978, April 18
Directors: Francis Girod
Countries: France
Production: Stella Films, Gaumont, Gaumont, Films 66, Films 66
Cast: Philippe Brizard, Michel Piccoli, Claude Brasseur, Marie-Christine Barrault, Rüdiger Vogler, Celia, Jacques Dutronc, Cheik Doukouré, Sidiki Bakaba, Jean-Baptiste Tiémélé, Jacques Sereys, Umban Gomez de Kset

Overview:

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.