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HOW GOOD THE WHITES ARE

by Marco Ferreri

synopsis

The humanitarian aid expedition "Angeles Azules" (Blue Angels), comprising twelve Europeans and six trucks loaded with provisions to alleviate hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa, advances across the continent. As a result of the difficulties the team encounters, disorganization gradually takes over the convoy. Each of the members of the group, little by little, yield to their petty, selfish impulses: violence, power, nostalgia - The breakdown of one of the trucks forces Michele and Nadia to wait at an oasis for the arrival of spare parts. But a starving local tribe settles threateningly near them. The chief of the tribe makes a speech they don't understand, which is followed by a macabre purification ceremony.

international title: How Good the Whites Are
original title: Ya bon les blancs
country: Spain, Italy, France
year: 1988
genre: fiction
directed by: Marco Ferreri
film run: 95'
release date: FR 20/01/1988, IT 05/02/1988, ES 03/06/1989, HU 1990
screenplay: Rafael Azcona, Marco Ferreri
cast: Michele Placido, Jean-François Stévenin, Nicoletta Braschi, Sotigui Kouyate, Alex Descas
film editing: Ruggero Mastroianni
art director: Marco Ferreri
costumes designer: Nicoletta Ercole
producer: Jacqueline Ferreri

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