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kawar
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La victoire en chantant (1976)
hard to stomach
27 January 2006 - 6 out of 21 users found this review helpful.
Colonial exploitation couched in goofiness for almost two hours. There is not one likable character in the whole film.
While an interesting concept, and potentially subtle for those lacking any familiarity with colonial history (particularly in Africa), the film never makes it beyond detached irony in its treatment of the subject.
To place the film on par with the Battle for Algiers or All Quiet on the Western front is a bit of a stretch. This may have been one of the last relics of colonialism in Africa before African filmmakers claimed the genre as their own and cast "the natives" as real human beings rather than sad pawns abused by European protagonists.
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