Équateur ([e.kwa.tœʁ], "equator") is a 1983 French drama film directed by Serge Gainsbourg, starring Francis Huster. Based on a 1933 novel by Georges Simenon, it was screened out of competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
| Équateur | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Serge Gainsbourg |
| Written by | Serge Gainsbourg Georges Simenon |
| Based on | Tropic Moon by Georges Simenon |
| Starring | Francis Huster |
| Cinematography | Willy Kurant |
| Edited by | Babeth Si Ramdane |
| Music by | Serge Gainsbourg |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Countries | France West Germany Gabon |
| Languages | French German |
Plot
editGabon, the 1930s, then part of French Equatorial Africa. A Frenchman comes to Libreville to work for a timber company; he falls for a mysterious white woman who is involved with murder.
Cast
edit- Francis Huster – Timar
- Barbara Sukowa – Adele
- Reinhard Kolldehoff – Eugene Schneider
- François Dyrek – Superintendent
- Jean Bouise – Public prosecutor
- Julien Guiomar – Bouilloux
- Roland Blanche – one-eyed man
- Murray Gronwall – the forester
- Stéphane Bouy – the pedlar
- Franck-Olivier Bonnet – the man from Lyon
References
edit- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Équateur". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
External links
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