Charlotte flies to East Africa to build a tourist center near Lake Williams where the pygmies live. Here she meets her husband Victor, a devoted conservationist who left her three years ago to live in the jungle. Can you imagine his enthusiasm when she arrives at the conclusion that the ideal place to build this holiday resort is his kitchen garden?
Acting
Deneuve and Noiret trading barbed elegance in the humidity
Cinematography
Gabon locations making colonial disaster look gorgeous
Costume
Deneuve's safari chic vs. Noiret's dishevelled idealism
Director
Philippe de Broca
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
De Broca shot in Gabon with actual Baka people, though the film treats them more as scenic backdrop than characters—very much a product of its era's blind spots.
Deneuve and Noiret had previously starred together in 'Le Vieux Fusil' (1975), making their bickering chemistry here decades in the making.
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