The Man from Niger

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The Man from Niger
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Directed by Jacques de Baroncelli
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Léonce-Henri Burel
Edited by Jean Sacha
Music by Henri Tomasi
Production
company
SPFLH
Distributed byLes Films Bodalo
Release date
27 January 1940
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]

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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]

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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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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.

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