L' Etat Sauvage

L' Etat Sauvage is a drama and thriller film released in 1978, adapted from a Georges Conchon novel that won the Prix de Goncourt. Set in a newly independent African state, it follows Laurence, whose affair with government official Patrice Doumbe draws hostility from white colonials and black ministers alike, with deadly results. Marie-Christine Barrault's nude scene as Laurence Laurençon is the best known from the film. Jacques Dutronc plays her ex-husband Avit.