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Black and White in Color

Original title: La victoire en chantant / Black and White in Colour

“The picture that marches to a different drummer”

1976 · 1 h 30 min
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
ComedyDramaWar

Cast

Jean Carmet Jacques Dufilho Catherine Rouvel Jacques Spiesser Maurice Barrier Benjamin Memel Atchory

Credits

Written by: Georges Conchon

Plot

In 1915 West Africa, the French colonists in a remote outpost learn that war has broken out and decide to attack the nearby German fort, with local porters, in a satire of colonialism.

Sinekatalog’s take

A sharp and funny anti-colonial satire.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (2,008 votes)
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