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.
as Laurence Laurençon
as Gravenoire
as Avit
as Patrice Doumbe
as Orlaville
as Modimbo
as Kotoko
as Gohanda
as Tristan
as Renard
as Paul
as Swiss Minister
as Swiss Minister
as Irène
as Comac
as Woman of Gravenoire
as Boy Elie
as Boy Raoul
as Prime Minister
as Minister of Youth
as Minister of Children's Affairs
as Minister
as Guard
as Gohanda’s secretary
