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How Good the Whites Are
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How Good the Whites Are

1988-01-20 · 95 min · ★ 6.6

Comedy · Drama

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.

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Directors
Marco Ferreri
Production companies
J.M.S. Films, Iberoamericana Films Internacional, Gruppo Bema, 23 Giugno, Reteitalia, Camera One
Countries
France, Spain, Italy
Status
Released

Top Cast

Michele PlacidoMichele PlacidoMichel
Maruschka DetmersMaruschka DetmersNadia
Juan DiegoJuan DiegoDiego Ramirez
Evelyne Pieiller
Cheik Doukouré
Jean-François StéveninJean-François StéveninPeter
Nicoletta BraschiNicoletta BraschiLuisa
Pedro ReyesMartin
Sotigui KouyatéSotigui KouyatéLe chef de tribu
Pascal N'ZonziPascal N'ZonziLe griot
KatouchaAyodou
Marcelo García FloresGustave
Alex DescasAlex DescasLe travailleur chez Renault
Marisa TejadaMarisa TejadaPasca
Michel PiccoliMichel PiccoliPère Jean-Marie
Mohamed Ben TalebVincent
Francisco Jones Ivina
Manuel Eurico Carballo
carlos del val
Carlos Toledano

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