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Un Anglais sous les tropiques

Original title: A Good Man in Africa
  • 1994
  • R
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
2.8K
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Sean Connery in Un Anglais sous les tropiques (1994)
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In a West African nation, the womanizing British 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner deals with different issues.In a West African nation, the womanizing British 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner deals with different issues.In a West African nation, the womanizing British 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner deals with different issues.

  • Director
    • Bruce Beresford
  • Writer
    • William Boyd
  • Stars
    • Colin Friels
    • Sean Connery
    • Joanne Whalley
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    2.8K
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    • Director
      • Bruce Beresford
    • Writer
      • William Boyd
    • Stars
      • Colin Friels
      • Sean Connery
      • Joanne Whalley
    • 16User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
    • 46Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Colin Friels
    Colin Friels
    • Morgan Leafy
    Sean Connery
    Sean Connery
    • Dr. Murray
    Joanne Whalley
    Joanne Whalley
    • Celia
    • (as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer)
    John Lithgow
    John Lithgow
    • Fanshawe
    Diana Rigg
    Diana Rigg
    • Chloe
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    • Adekunle
    Sarah-Jane Fenton
    • Priscilla
    Maynard Eziashi
    Maynard Eziashi
    • Friday
    Jeremy Crutchley
    Jeremy Crutchley
    • Dalmire
    Jackie Mofokeng
    • Hazel
    Daphne Greenwood
    • Duchess
    Themba Ndaba
    • Kojo
    David Phetoe
    • Isaiah
    Dambuza Mdledle
    • Sonny
    Lillian Dube
    Lillian Dube
    • Innocence
    Peter Thage
    • Peter
    Patrick Mynhardt
    • Muller
    George Lee
    • Highlife Singer
    • Director
      • Bruce Beresford
    • Writer
      • William Boyd
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    User reviews16

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    5shanfloyd

    An interesting outlook, but ultimately fails to impress.

    A quite interesting comedy about the British aristocrats in a newly-independent country of Africa. Colin Friels does a very decent job as the Mr. Leafy, the first secretary of British High Comissioner. So does Sean Connery. The screenplay has a very smart satirical flavor in it with fine sense of humor regarding royal formalities, sexual clichés and even venereal diseases.

    But the main problem of the movie is perhaps its ending. The ending is quite abrupt and the scene thereafter is surprisingly mundane. In fact, I don't get the idea behind all that stuff. I haven't read the original novel but seems like now I want to check it out.
    6shell-26

    A good book in Africa

    William Boyd is a good writer and verges on greatness at times but this film seems to suffer from too much money and talent, but not enough effort.

    The book is funny. The naive Englishman Mr. Leafy tries to navigate through African politics and colonial interests. There are some interesting sexual subplots and classic scenes of trousers down British farce but the film loses all the subtlety and parody.

    Sean Connery appears. He has a supporting role which threatens to overbalance the film, he stops the plot in its tracks.

    Write William Write ! If I catch you behind a camera again, I'll pull out the plug and sit you down behind a typewriter until you come up with something as great as The New Confessions.
    4slightlymad22

    Connery Has His Work Cut Out Here

    Continuing my plan to watch every Sean Connery movie in order, I come to A Good Man In Africa (1994)

    Plot In A Paragraph: In a fictional African town, British diplomat Morgan Leafy (Colin Friels) is caught in bed with Celia (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer), wife of corrupt Kinjanjan presidential candidate Sam Adekunle (Louis Gossett Jr.). As punishment, Leafy is forced into bribing an official who has voted down a project that stands to make Adekunle very rich. Leafy thinks he's gotten off easy until he learns the lone holdout is none other than Kinjanja's own brick wall of integrity, Dr. Alex Murray (Connery).

    Despite a great cast, this is awful. Even the great John Lithgow (whom I love) is poor her, and Connery who has saved some awful movies, has his work cut out here.

    A Good Man In Africa flopped at the box office, grossing only $2 million
    mkf-4

    Surprisingly humorous and entertaining, yet uneven, satire from Beresford.

    A very much lighter and more humorous version of "The Ugly American", this film spotlights the misadventures of a naive and utterly clueless diplomat as he attempts to assume the role of foreign diplomat in an unnamed African country. The lead character is vacuously played by no one that most audiences would recognize, or remember for that matter. I found myself hoping to see Sam Neill come creeping up in the next scene. Brilliant performances by Diana Rigg, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer and Sean Connery, along with several other known and unknown actors, provided intriguing counterpoint and kept me watching. As with any good satire, I was enticed to confront many assumptions, beliefs and contradictory feelings. There is much original humour and more than a few tributes to revered filmography - enough to keep me laughing, smiling and/or trying to remember what movie was being referred to, for most of the movie. Comedy/satire may not be Beresford's best long suit, but I'll take this over just about any Hollywood comedy movie I've seen in quite some time.
    5MuggySphere

    Fun Film, Sean Connery what more do you want?

    Well I just finished watching this movie and all I can say is that I had a fun time. It's not your average kind of movie either. Not sure if they had intended it to be a funny movie but this movie does have some genuinely funny moments.

    Also it has Sean Connery which I found rather surprising and being a Connery fan I stuck with the film to the end and it was well worth it.

    A Definite 6/10 from me.

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    • Trivia
      Actor Colin Friels replaced actor Gary Oldman after the latter withdrew from the movie.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Alex Murray: Show me the man who is completely content, and I'll show you the lobotomy scar.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Quiz Show/Milk Money/A Simple Twist of Fate/A Good Man in Africa/What Happened Was... (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Matutu Mirika
      Composed by Eric Agyeman

      Performed by Eric Agyeman

      Courtesy of Ghana Records

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    • Release date
      • May 3, 1995 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • South Africa
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • A Good Man in Africa
    • Filming locations
      • South Africa(setting: West Africa, Kinjanja)
    • Production companies
      • Capitol Films
      • Polar Entertainment
      • South African Breweries
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,308,390
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,144,942
      • Sep 11, 1994
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,308,390
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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