How Good the Whites Are (1988)
The humanitarian aid expedition "Angeles Azules" (Blue Angels), comprising twelve Europeans and six trucks loaded with provisions to alleviate hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa, advances across the continent. As a result of the difficulties the team encounters, disorganization gradually takes over the convoy. Each of the members of the group, little by little, yield to their petty, selfish impulses: violence, power, nostalgia - The breakdown of one of the trucks forces Michele and Nadia to wait at an oasis for the arrival of spare parts. But a starving local tribe settles threateningly near them. The chief of the tribe makes a speech they don't understand, which is followed by a macabre purification ceremony.
Director: Marco Ferreri
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Michele Placido as Michel |
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Maruschka Detmers as Nadia |
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Juan Diego as Diego Ramirez |
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Evelyne Pieiller as |
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Cheik Doukouré as |
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Jean-François Stévenin as Peter |
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Nicoletta Braschi as Luisa |
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Pedro Reyes as Martin |
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Sotigui Kouyaté as Le chef de tribu |
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Pascal N'Zonzi as Le griot |
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Katoucha as Ayodou |
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Marcelo García Flores as Gustave |
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Alex Descas as Le travailleur chez Renault |
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Marisa Tejada as Pasca |
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Michel Piccoli as Père Jean-Marie |
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Mohamed Ben Taleb as Vincent |
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Francisco Jones Ivina as |
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Manuel Eurico Carballo as |
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carlos del val as |
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Carlos Toledano as |
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Manolo Betancourt as |
| Directing | Marco Ferreri | Director |
| Directing | Radu Mihăileanu | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Art | Marco Ferreri | Production Design |
| Production | Jacqueline Ferreri | Producer |
| Art | Ferran Sánchez | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nicoletta Ercole | Costume Design |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Ruh | Sound |
| Production | Andrés Vicente Gómez | Executive Producer |
| Production | Abderrahmane Khayat | Production Manager |
| Writing | Rafael Azcona | Writer |
| Writing | Marco Ferreri | Writer |
| Camera | Ángel Luis Fernández | Director of Photography |