The Savage State

The Savage State (1978)

Drama

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.

Director: Francis Girod

Casts

	Marie-Christine Barrault as Laurence Laurençon
	Claude Brasseur as Gravenoire
	Jacques Dutronc as Avit
	Doura Mané as Patrice Doumbe
	Michel Piccoli as Orlaville
	Baaron as Modimbo
	Umban Gomez de Kset as Kotoko
	Jean-Baptiste Tiémélé as Gohanda
	Rüdiger Vogler as Tristan
	Peter Bachelier as Renard
	Philippe Brizard as Paul
	Pierre Walker as Swiss Minister
	Marblum Jequier as Swiss Minister
	Celia as Irène
	Sidiki Bakaba as Comac
	Isabelle Gautier as Woman of Gravenoire
	Akonio Dolo as Boy Elie
	Joseph Mono as Boy Raoul
	Jacques Sereys as Prime Minister
	Assane Falle as Minister of Youth
	Cheik Doukouré as Minister of Children's Affairs
	Alphonse Beni as Minister
	Lazare Kemmegne as Guard
	Jean-Pierre Honoré as Gohanda’s secretary

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