Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- L'État sauvage
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- fr
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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
Philippe Brizard
Paul
Pierre Walker
Swiss Minister
Marblum Jequier
Swiss Minister
Celia
Irène
Sidiki Bakaba
Comac
Isabelle Gautier
Woman of Gravenoire
Akonio Dolo
Boy Elie
Joseph Mono
Boy Raoul
Jacques Sereys
Prime Minister
Assane Falle
Minister of Youth
Production Companies
Gaumont
