Ya bon les blancs (1988) Directed by Marco Ferreri
Comedy / Drama
aka: How Good the Whites Are
Film Synopsis
An aeroplane carrying the humanitarian team The Blue Angels comes into
land at an airport in an African state. The white
benefactors receive a heroes' welcome from the press and local
dignitaries but it isn't long before they are busy loading lorries with
their precious cargo of food. Their destination: a region of the
Sahara where thousands are at risk of starving. The expedition
will be fraught with misunderstandings and hazards, and not all of the
Blue Angels will return home...
Script: Rafael Azcona (dialogue),
Marco Ferreri (dialogue)
Cinematographer: Ángel Luis Fernández
Cast: Maruschka Detmers (Nadia),
Michele Placido (Michel),
Juan Diego (Diego Ramirez),
Jean-François Stévenin (Peter),
Nicoletta Braschi (Luisa),
Pedro Reyes (Martin),
Sotigui Kouyaté (Le chef de tribu),
Pascal N'Zonzi (Le griot),
Katoucha (Ayodou),
Ben Taleb Moha (Vincent),
Marcelo García Flores (Gustave),
Alex Descas (Le travailleur chez Renault),
Marisa Tejada (Pasca),
Michel Piccoli (Père Jean-Marie),
Carlos Del Val (Claudio),
Evelyne Pieiller,
Cheik Doukouré,
Francisco Jones Ivina,
Manuel Eurico Carballo,
Manolo Betancourt
Country: Spain / Italy / France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 98 min
Aka:How Good the Whites Are ; Come sono buoni i bianchi
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
With so many great films to choose from, it's nigh on impossible to compile a short-list of the best 15 French films of all time - but here's our feeble attempt to do just that.