Movie
Blanc d'ébène
1991 · 90 min
A slow, serious colonial drama that simmers with quiet resentment and cultural unease, asking patience as it builds its portrait of a village on edge.
- Directed by
- Cheik Doukouré
- Genres
- Drama
- Overview
- The year is 1943 and the place is Balandou, a small village in Guinea. The plot revolves around Adjutant Mariani, some kind of a misfit. Despised by his superiors, hated by his wife Marie-France, he represents colonial France while dreaming of Africa and its mysteries. When pro-independence Lanseye Kante, the new manager of the school, arrives in the village, turmoil arises.
- How it feels
- Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Colonialism, identity, power, isolation
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Cheik Doukouré
- Genres
- Drama
