The Savage State | |
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Directed by | Francis Girod |
Produced by | Francis Girod Michel Piccoli |
Written by | Francis Girod Georges Conchon |
Based on |
L'État sauvage by Georges Conchon |
Starring |
Michel Piccoli Marie-Christine Barrault Claude Brasseur Jacques Dutronc |
Music by | Pierre Jansen |
Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme |
Edited by | Geneviève Winding |
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Distributed by | Gaumont |
Release date
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April 19, 1978 |
Running time
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115 minutes |
Language | French |
Box office | $7.7 million |
The Savage State (or L'état sauvage) is a French drama film directed by Francis Girod.
In 1960, Minister of Information of a progressive African state still under French colonial rule, the doctor Patrice Doumbe also fighting against the compromises of his own government. Avit Laurençon happens, international official mission as spouses and Laurence, a French whose connection with Doumbe people talking the colony, under the eyes of his ex-lover, Gravenoire trafficker and Orlaville, the local police commissioner .