How Good the Whites Are

How Good the Whites Are

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 20, 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.

How Good the Whites Are

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 20, 1988

How Good the Whites Are
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Reteitalia, Gruppo Bema, Caméra One, 23 Giugno, Iberoamericana Films Internacional, J.M.S. Films
Original title Ya bon les blancs
Directors Marco Ferreri
Writers Marco Ferreri, Rafael Azcona

Cast

Michele Placido

as Michel

Juan Diego

as Diego Ramirez

Michel Piccoli

as Père Jean-Marie