Black and White in Color

Name: Black and White in Color
Genre: Drama, Comedy, War
Released: 1976-09-22
Duration: 92 min
Cast: Jacques Dufilho, Marius Beugre Boignan, Mamadou Koulibaly, Helmut Eiker, Natou Koly

The picture that marches to a different drummer

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Release Date

9/22/1976

Runtime

92 mins

Genres

Drama Comedy War

Overview

French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. Issuing them boots and rifles, the French attempt to make "proper" soldiers out of the Africans. A young, idealistic French geographer seems to be the only rational person in the town, and he takes over control of the "war" after several bungles on the part of the others.

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Original Language

French

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A satirical dark comedy that skewers colonial arrogance by watching French and German colonists wage a ridiculous war in Africa, conscripting locals into their vanity project. The film finds bitter comedy in the casual racism and incompetence of empire, where ideals meet the messy reality of power and exploitation.