Équateur (, "Equator") is a 1983 French drama film directed by Serge Gainsbourg, starring Francis Huster. Based on a 1933 novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, it was screened out of competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
The film is set in Gabon in 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 a murder.
Cast Francis Huster – Timar Barbara Sukowa – Adele Reinhard Kolldehoff – Eugene Schneider François Dyrek – Superintendent Jean Bouise – Public prosecutor Julien Guiomar – Bouilloux Roland Blanche – one-eyed man Murray Gronwall – the forester Stéphane Bouy – the pedlar Franck-Olivier Bonnet – the man from Lyon
Production Équateur was based on the 1933 novel Le Coup de lune (Tropic Moon) by Georges Simenon.
It was written and directed by Serge Gainsbourg, who also composed the music. Cinematography was by Willy Kurant.
The film was produced by Gabonese filmmaker Charles Mensah and French producer Alain Poiré.
Release Équateur was screened out of competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
It was also an official selection at the 1983 Locarno International Film Festival and 1984 Göteborg Film Festival.
Accolades The film was nominated for the Best Music Award at the 1984 César Awards.
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