Équateur (film)

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Équateur
Directed bySerge Gainsbourg
Written bySerge Gainsbourg
Georges Simenon
Based onTropic Moon
by Georges Simenon
StarringFrancis Huster
CinematographyWilly Kurant
Edited byBabeth Si Ramdane
Music bySerge Gainsbourg
Release date
  • 17 August 1983 (1983-08-17)
Running time
85 minutes
CountriesFrance
West Germany
Gabon
LanguagesFrench
German

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]

Plot

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Map of French Gabon at the time Équateur is set.

Gabon, 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Équateur". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
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