The Savage State
L'État sauvage
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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Jacques Sereys
as Prime Minister
Jacques Dutronc
as Avit
Rüdiger Vogler
as Tristan
Jean-Pierre Honoré
as Gohanda’s secretary
Philippe Brizard
as Paul
Celia
as Irène
Marie-Christine Barrault
as Laurence Laurençon
Michel Piccoli
as Orlaville
Sidiki Bakaba
as Comac
Akonio Dolo
as Boy Elie
Alphonse Beni
as Minister
Claude Brasseur
as Gravenoire
Jean-Baptiste Tiémélé
as Gohanda
