The Man from Niger

The Man from Niger
Directed byJacques de Baroncelli
Written by
Starring
CinematographyLéonce-Henri Burel
Edited byJean Sacha
Music byHenri Tomasi
Production
company
SPFLH
Distributed byLes Films Bodalo
Release date
  • 27 January 1940 (1940-01-27)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Man from Niger or Forbidden Love (French: L'homme du Niger) is a 1940 French drama film, directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Victor Francen, Jacques Dumesnil and Annie Ducaux. It is set in the French colonial empire.[1][2]

It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location in Mali, then known as French Sudan.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne and Robert Gys. the story was adapted from work by Jean Paillard.[4]

Synopsis

The plot is centered around a colonial officer (Victor Francen), who is stationed in French West Africa and needs to build a dam in order to enrich the local soil.[5] He catches leprosy and has to say goodbye to his love interest.[3]

Main cast

References

  1. ^ Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013. pg. 179
  2. ^ O'Brien, Charles (1997). "The "Cinéma colonial" of 1930s France: Film Narration as Spatial Practice". In Bernstein, Matthew; Studlar, Gaylyn (eds.). Visions of the East: orientalism in film. Rutgers University Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-8135-2295-1.
  3. ^ a b c Lebovics, Herman (2004-06-23). Bringing the Empire Back Home: France in the Global Age. Duke University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-8223-3260-2.
  4. ^ a b c Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen (2013). Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-61147-613-2.
  5. ^ a b Oscherwitz, Dayna; Higgins, MaryEllen (2009-09-02). The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 171–172. ISBN 978-0-8108-7038-3.
  6. ^ Mali-France: Regards sur une histoire partagée (in French). Karthala Editions, Université du Mali. 2005-11-01. p. 225. ISBN 978-2-8111-2207-2.

Further reading

  • Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.


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