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Blanc d'ébène
January 2 1991 (almost 34 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Cheik Doukouré
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 30 m
The year is 1943 and the place is Balandou, a small village in Guinea. The plot revolves around Adjutant Mariani, some kind of a misfit. Despised by his superiors, hated by his wife Marie-France, he represents colonial France while dreaming of Africa and its mysteries. When pro-independence Lanseye Kante, the new manager of the school, arrives in the village, turmoil arises.