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How Good the Whites Are (1988)
Directed by Marco Ferreri
Overview
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.
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Maruschka Detmers | Michele Placido | Juan Diego | Jean-François Stévenin | Michel Piccoli | Evelyne Pieiller | Cheik Doukouré | Nicoletta Braschi | Pedro Reyes | Sotigui Kouyaté | Pascal N'Zonzi | Katoucha | Mohamed Ben Taleb | Marcelo García Flores | Alex Descas | Marisa Tejada | Francisco Jones Ivina | Manuel Eurico Carballo