Philippe Noiret
Lucien Cordier
Isabelle Huppert
Rose Mercaillou
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Le Peron / Le Peron's twin brother
Stéphane Audran
Huguette Cordier
Eddy Mitchell
Nono
Guy Marchand
Marcel Chavasson
Michel Beaune
Vanderbrouck
Jean Champion
Le curé
Victor Garrivier
Marcaillou
Gérard Hernandez
Leonelli
Daniel Langlet
Paulo
Irène Skobline
Anne, l'institutrice
Abdoulaye Diop
Fête Nat
François Perrot
Colonel TramichelSamba Mané
VendrediRaymond Hermantier
L'aveugle
Mamadou Dioumé
L'interprète au cinémaIrénée Martin
La femme au cimetièreMax Ernst
Le soldat mexicain (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès")
Status
Released
Original Language
fr
Keywords
- #adultery
- #based on novel or book
- #murder
- #mistress
- #racism
- #french noir
- #framed for a crime
- #public humiliation
- #open marriage
- #gun shooting
- #voyeur
- #french colonialism
- #french colony
- #revenge killing
- #african village
- #west africa
- #abused wife
- #lazy
- #witty
- #gun death
- #openly adulterous wife
- #adulterous husband
- #corrupt police
- #manipulative man
- #love triangles
Reviews
@Geronimo1967over 1 year ago
I did really quite enjoy Philippe Noiret's performance here, but I couldn't help but wonder if Sir Peter Ustinov wouldn't have had fun with this part too. It's all set in French West Africa just before the start of WWII. His town is a small, largely agrarian and provincial one where "Cordier" is the local cop. To be fair, he's a bit of an hopeless case and everyone from his wife "Hugette" (Stéphan