Black and White in Color

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Black and White in Color is a 1976 French-Côte d'Ivoire war comedy film satirizing French colonial attitudes during World War I in Africa and winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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instanceOf film
film title
satirical film
war comedy film
alsoKnownAs La Victoire en chantant
awardReceived Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
awardYear 1977
basedOn original screenplay
cinematographyBy Philippe Rousselot
colorProcess color film
countryDepicted French colony in Africa
countryOfOrigin Côte d'Ivoire
France
director Jean-Jacques Annaud
directorDebut true
distributor Allied Artists Pictures
editingBy Noëlle Boisson
filmingLocation Côte d'Ivoire
surface form: Ivory Coast
genre satire
war comedy
hasOriginalTitle La Victoire en chantant
hasSubtitles yes
languageOfTitle English
French
leadActor Catherine Rouvel
Jacques Dufilho
Jean Carmet
musicBy Pierre Bachelet
narrativeFocus French colonial attitudes
notableFor first Oscar-winning film for Ivory Coast
satire of French colonialism
originalLanguage French
portrays French settlers in Africa
World War I colonial front
producer Arthur Cohn
productionCompany Films A2
Telecip
releaseDateFrance 1976
releaseYear 1976
representedCountryAtOscars Côte d'Ivoire
surface form: Ivory Coast
runtime approximately 90 minutes
screenwriter Georges Conchon
Jean-Jacques Annaud
settingLocation Africa
settingPeriod World War I
theme colonialism
racism
war and absurdity
timeSetting 1915

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Jean-Jacques Annaud notableWork Black and White in Color
Jean-Jacques Annaud notableAwardWork Black and White in Color
Jean-Jacques Annaud directed Black and White in Color