Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superimposed several dark emotions and a subtle brutality over the weak plot about a man's trip to Africa and his unfortunate passion for a murderess whose amorality sends the disillusioned fellow back to Europe. Sometimes described as frustrating and self-centered, reactions to this film swing across a broad spectrum of complaints -- not the least might be whether or not Gainsbourg is using a clichéd and stereotypical view of "dark Africa" to convey what he sees in his characters.
Francis Huster
as Timar
Barbara Sukowa
as Adele
Reinhard Kolldehoff
as Eugene Schneider
François Dyrek
as Superintendent
Jean Bouise
as Public Prosecutor
Julien Guiomar
as Bouilloux
Roland Blanche
as One-Eyed Man
Murray Gronwall
as The Forester
Stéphane Bouy
as The Pedlar
Franck-Olivier Bonnet
as The Man from Lyon
