

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.
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical26 Jan 1990
FinlandFI
- Theatrical13 Apr 1979
FranceFR
- Theatrical18 Apr 1978
GermanyDE
- TheatricalWest Germany 30 Mar 1979
PortugalPT
- Theatrical6 Feb 1982
TürkiyeTR
- Theatrical1 Feb 1980
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The Savage State was released on 18 April 1978.
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