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The Savage State (1978) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1978 · 112 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Francis Girod
- Starring
- Claude Brasseur, Michel Piccoli, Rüdiger Vogler, Sidiki Bakaba, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jacques Dutronc
Based on Georges Conchon’s Prix Goncourt‑winning novel, the film follows the racial hatred erupting in a newly independent African state. Laurence (Marie‑Christine Barrault) endures scorn from white acquaintances—former lover Gravenoir (Claude Brasseur) and ex‑husband Avit (Jacques Dutronc)—after beginning an affair with Patrice Doumbe (Doura Mane), a government official. Patrice is mocked by his fellow ministers for seeing a white woman, and the hostility culminates in his brutal murder. With Avit’s aid, Laurence barely escapes the country alive.
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