

The Savage State
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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.
Cast

Marie-Christine Barrault
Laurence Laurençon

Claude Brasseur
Gravenoire

Jacques Dutronc
Avit

Doura Mané
Patrice Doumbe

Michel Piccoli
Orlaville

Baaron
Modimbo

Umban Gomez de Kset
Kotoko

Jean-Baptiste Tiémélé
Gohanda

Rüdiger Vogler
Tristan

Peter Bachelier
Renard

Philippe Brizard
Paul

Pierre Walker
Swiss Minister

Marblum Jequier
Swiss Minister

Celia
Irène

Sidiki Bakaba
Comac

Isabelle Gautier
Woman of Gravenoire

Akonio Dolo
Boy Elie

Joseph Mono
Boy Raoul

Jacques Sereys
Prime Minister

Assane Falle
Minister of Youth

Cheik Doukouré
Minister of Children's Affairs

Alphonse Beni
Minister

Lazare Kemmegne
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