In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.
Cinematography
Sahara vistas that almost justify the colonial gaze.
Acting
Depardieu's bull-in-china-shop charisma vs. Noiret's exhausted aristocracy.
Production
They built a real fort. The budget shows, then doesn't.
Director
Alain Corneau
Gérard Depardieu
Charles Saganne
Philippe Noiret
Dubreuilh
Catherine Deneuve
Louise
Sophie Marceau
Madeleine
Michel Duchaussoy
Baculard
Jean-Laurent Cochet
Bertozza
Roger Dumas
Vulpi
Jean-Louis Richard
Flammarin
Robin Renucci
Hazan
Sophie Grimaldi
Mère de Madeleine
Hippolyte Girardot
Courette
Saïd Amadis
Amajar
Florent Pagny
Lucien
Tatiana Vialle
Jeanne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1984 France was obsessed with colonial nostalgia; this bombed anyway, suggesting even audiences had limits. The Algerian War's ghost haunts every frame.
Depardieu allegedly insisted on doing his own camel stunts. The camel was reportedly unimpressed.
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