The Savage State

The Savage State
Directed byFrancis Girod
Written byFrancis Girod
Georges Conchon
Based onL'État sauvage
by Georges Conchon
Produced byFrancis Girod
Michel Piccoli
StarringMichel Piccoli
Marie-Christine Barrault
Claude Brasseur
Jacques Dutronc
CinematographyPierre Lhomme
Edited byGeneviève Winding
Music byPierre Jansen
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont
Release date
  • 19 April 1978 (1978-04-19)
Running time
115 minutes
LanguageFrench
Box office$7.7 million[1]

The Savage State (or L'état sauvage) is a French drama film directed by Francis Girod.

Plot

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 .

Cast

Accolades

Year Award Category Recipient Result
1979 César Awards César Award for Best Sound William Robert Sivel Won
César Award for Best Editing Geneviève Winding Nominated

References

  1. ^ "L\'Etat sauvage (1978) - JPBox-Office".