The African
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10/22/1983Runtime
101 minsOverview
Charlotte flies to East Africa to build a tourist center near Lake Williams where the pygmies live. Here she meets her husband Victor, a devoted conservationist who left her three years ago to live in the jungle. Can you imagine his enthusiasm when she arrives at the conclusion that the ideal place to build this holiday resort is his kitchen garden?
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A light-hearted romp about competing visions and competing marriages set against the African landscape, where practicality clashes hilariously with principle.
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Catherine Deneuve
Charlotte
Philippe Noiret
Victor
Jean-François Balmer
Paul Planchet
Jacques François
Le docteur Patterson
Jean Benguigui
Aristote Poulakis
Joseph Momo
Bako
Pierre Michaël
Le P.D.G
Gordon Heath
Le ministre
Raymond Aquilon
Le commandant
Gisèle Charpentier
La matronne
Maxime Dufeu
Un cadre
Vivian Reed
Joséphine
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