Blanc d'ébène
Blanc d'ébène
Release: 1991-01-02
·Runtime: 90m
Drama
The year is 1943 and the place is Balandou, a small village in Guinea. The plot revolves around Adjutant Mariani, some kind of a misfit. Despised by his superiors, hated by his wife Marie-France, he represents colonial France while dreaming of Africa and its mysteries. When pro-independence Lanseye Kante, the new manager of the school, arrives in the village, turmoil arises.
Cast
Maka Kotto
as Lanseye Kante
Lamine Kouyaté
as Sambou
Tom Novembre
as Le capitaine Albert
Eric Averlant
as Salim
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
as L'adjudant-recruteur Mariani
Mahmoud Zemmouri
as Rachid, le commerçant
Didier Flamand
as Le lieutenant Joubert
Marianne Basler
as Marie-France Mariani
Paul Le Person
as Le commandant Dubois
François Berland
as Le capitaine Joubert
Mariam Kaba
as Saly