Périgord noir

Périgord noir

100 mins | June 21, 1989

The recolonization of Africa, this time by the very blacks who had to flee it as exiles during the time of the original French occupation, is the theme of this political comedy. Adiza, who has been living well in France, has decided that she will return and buy the plantation she and her compatriots were expelled from, and enlists some unlikely helpers to bring them back into the country and enact their plot. Meanwhile, these "local" blacks are unwittingly accepted by the other landowners as more cheap labor.

Périgord noir

100 mins | June 21, 1989

Périgord noir
The recolonization of Africa, this time by the very blacks who had to flee it as exiles during the time of the original French occupation, is the theme of this political comedy. Adiza, who has been living well in France, has decided that she will return and buy the plantation she and her compatriots were expelled from, and enlists some unlikely helpers to bring them back into the country and enact their plot. Meanwhile, these "local" blacks are unwittingly accepted by the other landowners as more cheap labor.
Producers
Original title Périgord noir
Directors Nicolas Ribowski
Writers

Cast

Roland Giraud

as Antoine

Jean Carmet

as Jean-Lou

Lydia Galin

as Adiza

Odette Laure

as Constance

Jacques Rosny

as Charles

Jean-Paul Muel

as Félicien

Pierre Vassiliu

as Amédée

Laurence Semonin

as Victoire

Maka Kotto

as Youssouf

Sidiki Bakaba

as Mamadou

Jacques Gamblin

as Rémi

Annie Grégorio

as Marguerite

Honore Bouchard

as Pape