I found there something really quite erotic about parts of this drama as we reminisce with “France” (Mireille Perrier) as she returns to the now independent Cameroon where she grew up. Her father “Marc” (François Cluzet) is a well-meaning colonial administrator in an out of the way province and that’s where she lives with her mother “Aimée” (Giulia Boschi) and their local and stunningly handsome factotum “Protée” (Isaach De Bankolé). With her papa frequently away on some form of business, her mother is left to run their plantation and she heavily relies upon their butler-cum-plumber/fixer/hous…
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