The Whims Of A River
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Bernard Giraudeau
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A post-Renaissance man is exiled for slaying a friend of the king in a duel. He is sent to a tiny African colony to serve as governor. Despite his longing for France, the man takes interest in the majesty and many problems of Africa. He becomes aware, for instance, of how the brutal slave trade profits France. One day, Back from an exploration, he finds his governor's mansion ransacked and Amelie, the 15-year old slave girl he taught to read, taken prisoner. He braves the desert and marauding moors to retrieve her. Once back, they fall in love and Amelie is soon with child. France and her politics are now a memory, until the day a flotilla arrives flying the colors of the French republic.
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Bernard Giraudeau
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Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 10-20, 1996.
dialogue French
subtitled English
