Blanc d'ébène (1991)
- Directed by
- Cheik Doukouré
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Guinea, France
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 1943 Guinea, a misfit French colonial officer feels out of place among both his peers and his wife. His quiet life in a small village is disrupted when a new school manager with pro-independence ideas arrives, stirring conflict.
slow-burntensemelancholicatmosphericcharacter-drivenintrospectiveunsettlingbittersweet
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