Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superimposed several dark emotions and a subtle brutality over the weak plot about a man's trip to Africa and his unfortunate passion for a murderess whose amorality sends the disillusioned fellow back to Europe. Sometimes described as frustrating and self-centered, reactions to this film swing across a broad spectrum of complaints -- not the least might be whether or not Gainsbourg is using a clichéd and stereotypical view of "dark Africa" to convey what he sees in his characters.
Francis Huster
Timar
Barbara Sukowa
Adele
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Eugene Schneider
François Dyrek
Superintendent
Jean Bouise
Public Prosecutor
Julien Guiomar
Bouilloux
Roland Blanche
One-Eyed Man
Murray Gronwall
The Forester
Stéphane Bouy
The Pedlar
Franck-Olivier Bonnet
The Man from Lyon
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August 17, 1983
1h 25m
4.1
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg, Georges Simenon
9
Gaumont International Television
US
Gaumont
FR
Corso Productions
FR
TF1 Films Production
FR
Etat Gabonais
GA
