The Savage State

The Savage State

112 mins | Drama | April 18, 1978

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.

The Savage State

112 mins | Drama | April 18, 1978

The Savage State
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.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers
Original title L'État sauvage
Directors Francis Girod
Writers

Cast

Claude Brasseur

as Gravenoire

Jacques Dutronc

as Avit

Doura Mané

as Doumbe

Michel Piccoli

as Orlaville

Baaron

as Modimbo

Rüdiger Vogler

as Tristan

Peter Bachelier

as Paul

Philippe Brizard

as Pasteur Suisse

Pierre Walker

as Femme Pasteur

Marblum Jequier

as Femme Pasteur

Celia

as Irène

Sidiki Bakaba

as Comac

Isabelle Gautier

as Femme de Gravenoire

Akonio Dolo

as Boy Elie

Joseph Mono

as Boy Raoul

Jacques Sereys

as / Chef de cabinet

Assane Falle

as Ministre de la jeunesse

Cheik Doukouré

as Ministre de l'industrie

Alphonse Beni

as Ministre I

Lazare Kemmegne

as Planton

Jean-Pierre Honoré

as Secrétaire Gohanda