La Victoire en chantant

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La Victoire en chantant is the original French title of the 1976 satirical war film "Black and White in Color," which critiques colonialism and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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instanceOf film
satirical war film
alsoKnownAs Black and White in Color NERFINISHED
Noirs et Blancs en couleur NERFINISHED
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film NERFINISHED
awardYear 1977 Academy Awards
cinematographyBy Philippe Rousselot NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
countryOfSubmissionForOscar Ivory Coast NERFINISHED
director Jean-Jacques Annaud NERFINISHED
distributionScope international release
filmRuntime approximately 90 minutes
genre satire
war film
hasColorProcess color film
hasEnglishTitle Black and White in Color NERFINISHED
hasFilmFormat feature film
hasTitle La Victoire en chantant NERFINISHED
language French
mainTheme colonialism
imperialism
war
musicBy Pierre Bachelet NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus critique of colonialism
notableDistinction first African film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
notableFor satirical depiction of European colonial attitudes
originalLanguage French
partOfFilmographyOf Jean-Jacques Annaud NERFINISHED
portrays African villagers
French colonists
German colonists
producer Arthur Cohn NERFINISHED
productionType international co-production
releaseDecade 1970s films
releaseYear 1976
screenwriter Georges Conchon NERFINISHED
Jean-Jacques Annaud NERFINISHED
settingPeriod World War I NERFINISHED
settingRegion French colonial Africa
German colonial Africa
subjectMatter European rivalries exported to African colonies
absurdity of war
racism and prejudice in colonial contexts

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Black and White in Color alsoKnownAs La Victoire en chantant
Black and White in Color hasOriginalTitle La Victoire en chantant