The Savage State

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Marie-Christine Barrault

Laurence

Age : 80 | Popularity : 9%

Claude Brasseur

Gravenoire

Age : 84 | Popularity : 18%

Jacques Dutronc

Avit

Age : 80 | Popularity : 52%

Doura Mané

Doumbe

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Michel Piccoli

Orlaville

Age : 94 | Popularity : 13%

Baaron

Modimbo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Umban Gomez de Kset

Kotoko

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jean-Baptiste Tiémélé

Gohanda

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Francis Girod
Department	Role	Name

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