This film is an adaptation of a novel by the aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It is an ode to the pioneers of aviation who are risking risk their lives to help humanity with mail services all over the world. The hero here is contacted by a childhood friend who has an unhappy marriage with a domineering and cold husband. She leaves her husband with her pilot, but he is called back for a dangerous mission: a colleague had an accident in the middle of the African desert infested by armed Bedouin rebels.
The script bathes in an overall atmosphere of paternalism and colonialism. The desert images are fantastic.
Some well-known names in the credits : Robert Bresson, Robert Lefebvre, Françoise Giroud, Jacques Ibert.
Excellent interpretation by Charles Vanel and others.
Pierre Billon is an underestimated director (see his film "Vautrin").
The script bathes in an overall atmosphere of paternalism and colonialism. The desert images are fantastic.
Some well-known names in the credits : Robert Bresson, Robert Lefebvre, Françoise Giroud, Jacques Ibert.
Excellent interpretation by Charles Vanel and others.
Pierre Billon is an underestimated director (see his film "Vautrin").