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How Good the Whites Are

How Good the Whites Are

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 20, 1988

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

Ya bon les blancs

Production Companies

J.M.S. Films, Iberoamericana Films Internacional, Gruppo Bema, 23 Giugno, Reteitalia, Caméra One

Director

Marco Ferreri

Description

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.