L'état sauvage (1978)

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.

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Runtime: 112 mins Rating: 6.3

Cast

Claude Brasseur

Gravenoire

Michel Piccoli

Orlaville

Rüdiger Vogler

Tristan

Sidiki Bakaba

Comac

Marie-Christine Barrault

Laurence

Jacques Sereys

Chef de cabinet

Philippe Brizard

Pasteur Suisse

Jacques Dutronc

Avit