How Good the Whites Are

(1988)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 7 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Year: 1988

Runtime: 95 мин

Country: France, Spain

Director: Marco Ferreri

Cast: Michele Placido, Maruschka Detmers, Juan Diego, Evelyne Pieiller, Cheik Doukouré, Жан-Франсуа Стевенен, Nicoletta Braschi, Pedro Reyes, Sotigui Kouyaté, Pascal N'Zonzi

Plot

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.