Overview
Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superimposed several dark emotions and a subtle brutality over the weak plot about a man's trip to Africa and his unfortunate passion for a murderess whose amorality sends the disillusioned fellow back to Europe. Sometimes described as frustrating and self-centered, reactions to this film swing across a broad spectrum of complaints -- not the least might be whether or not Gainsbourg is using a clichéd and stereotypical view of "dark Africa" to convey what he sees in his characters.
Cast
- Francis Huster as Timar
- Barbara Sukowa as Adele
- Reinhard Kolldehoff as Eugene Schneider
- François Dyrek as Superintendent
- Jean Bouise as Public Prosecutor
- Julien Guiomar as Bouilloux
- Roland Blanche as One-Eyed Man
- Murray Gronwall as The Forester
- Stéphane Bouy as The Pedlar
- Franck-Olivier Bonnet as The Man from Lyon