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Synopsis: French civilization in the desert. Saganne is of peasant stock, with courage and a forceful will. In 1911, he volunteers and is posted to the Sahara under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh. He catches the eye of Madeline, the daughter of the regional administrator. In the desert, Saganne is a leader, with the respect of Arabs, including Amajan, an independent warrior. After resourceful campaigns, Saganne goes on a diplomatic mission to Paris, where he has an affair with a journalist. Back in Africa, he leads a gallant defense against Sultan Omar, is awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and marries Madeline. Then the Great War puts at risk his success and happiness.
Genre: Drama, History, War
Director(s): Alain Corneau
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Year:
1984
180 min
71 Views


He doesn't give a sh*t about you!

He never has.

You know

why he took you along?

Orders from Paris! To get you

away from the De Saint-Ilette girl.

Everyone knows but you!

Sir!

Sir!

Hurry!

They've found tracks!

They're not Nemas.

They're Berabers.

They're bringing back prisoners.

They attacked a village

of Ouled Cheikh.

Attack them, sir.

They have booty, and women!

If you go near them,

they'll shoot.

They have water.

We don't.

- Ever seen combat?

- No.

Me neither.

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

We got them!

We got them!

Embarek,

go check on Messaoud.

I think they killed him.

Sound assembly.

We can't go on.

They walked a long way.

Their country is far away.

Down that way,

there's a river and animals.

There are tall trees,

but no palm trees.

I've never been that way.

With them along,

you'll never catch up to Amajar.

Sir! Sir!

Sir, we saw some carabineers

and their captain.

Halt!

Lieutenant Saganne.

Captain Baculard, District 3,

North Sudan!

You're a godsend, Captain.

I was after the Nemas,

but I came across some Berabers.

I was wondering what I'd do

with those women and children.

- I assume you know where you are.

- I honestly can't say for sure.

You are in French West Africa...

on my territory!

Those people are mine.

I've been after them for days.

The booty's yours, then.

That includes

the camels and riffles...

and those people

who need to go home.

I don't give a sh*t

about those n*ggers.

- I'm afraid I'm on a mission.

- Are you kidding me?

You won't enter my district!

Only I have the authority

to negotiate with the Nemas.

Again, I'm asking you

to take those people home.

I have no orders to receive

from a little sh*t like you!

Shut the f*** up

and get the hell out of here!

Then I'll take them home.

Lieutenant Geindroz.

We're going to the Senegal River!

You a**hole!

Moving forward!

Turn around, Saganne!

This is an order!

Stop or I'll open fire.

Halt!

Let me go, sir.

Ready, aim!

You want to open fire? Do it yourself

and shoot a French officer.

Moving forward!

Hit me, Captain.

Hit me!

Moving forward!

"You wouldn't believe it,

little brother!

I can barely believe it myself.

What a trek...

from the Mediterranean

all the way to Senegal...

a whole continent!

The children are now

in an orphanage run by nuns.

Will they ever see

their families again?

And who will take

those abused women back?

No father, no husband will.

One man refused to leave us.

He's grown attached

to my second lieutenant...

a new recruit for France."

If you want them to leave him alone,

just tell them he's yours.

Have I shocked you?

You have.

Stop torturing yourself, Geindroz.

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Alain Corneau

Alain Corneau (7 August 1943 – 30 August 2010) was a French film director and writer. Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his career, including Police Python 357 (1976) and La Menace (1977). He directed Gérard Depardieu in the screen adaptation of Tous les matins du monde in 1991. Corneau died in Paris on 30 August 2010 from cancer, aged 67 and was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery. more…

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