The Savage State

The Savage State
The Savage State
Directed by	Francis Girod
Written by	Francis Girod; Georges Conchon
Based on	L'État sauvage; by Georges Conchon
Produced by	Francis Girod; Michel Piccoli
Starring	Michel Piccoli; Marie-Christine Barrault; Claude Brasseur; Jacques Dutronc
Cinematography	Pierre Lhomme
Edited by	Geneviève Winding
Music by	Pierre Jansen
Production; company	Gaumont
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release date	19 April 1978;
Running time	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.

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 .