HOW GOOD THE WHITES ARE
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 |