Le carnaval des dieux

Titre original : Something of Value

1957
G
1h 53m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,5/10

1,3 k

MA NOTE

Rock Hudson, Sidney Poitier, and Dana Wynter in Le carnaval des dieux (1957)

In British Colonial Kenya, during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueIn British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.

Director
- Richard Brooks
Writers
- Richard Brooks
- Robert C. Ruark
Stars

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,5/10

1,3 k

MA NOTE

Director
- Richard Brooks
Writers
- Richard Brooks
- Robert C. Ruark
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 1 victoire et 1 nomination au total

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Anecdotes
In the film, Dana Wynter drives a Land Rover. This was filmed in Kenya, and Wynter couldn't drive the Land Rover. A British citizen who bore an uncanny resemblance to Wynter and was living and working near to the filming location, stood in for this driving scene. Her name is Eileen Cussans, who lives in West Sussex, England.

Citations
A White Settler - Henry McKenzie: What in the name of Almighty God are we trying to do to these people?
Crown Consul: Preserve the law, Henry, that's all.
A White Settler - Henry McKenzie: Law? Whose law? Not theirs, surely.
Crown Consul: All men are equal before the law.
A White Settler - Henry McKenzie: Except some are more equal than others.
Crown Consul: That man is an accomplice to murder. H's admitted that.
A White Settler - Henry McKenzie: But can we make him understand it? We take away their customs, their habits, their religion. We stop their tribal dances, we stop them circumcising their women. Then we offer them our way of life, something they can't grasp. We say, "Look how clean and rich and clever we are." For the Africans... different wages, different life. We mock their wise men. Take away the authority from their fathers. What are the children going to do? They'll lose respect for their elders and fathers... and when they do, look out. maybe they'll lose respect for our white Jesus too. Turn to something else for help... It won't be to us.
Crown Consul: You understand , don't you Peter? If we don't make the African respect the Law... well, the next thing you know, he'll be wanting to rule this country.
Henry's Son - Peter: Imagine that, now.
[sarcastically says]
Henry's Son - Peter: Whatever could give him that idea?

Générique farfelu
The starting credits start with the words: "When we take away from a man his traditional way of life, his customs, his religion, we had better make certain to replace them with Something of Value!"

Connexions
Featured in Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992)

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9/10

Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier are excellent in Something of Value

Just watched this Rock Hudson-Sidney Poitier movie on YouTube. After casting him in The Blackboard Jungle which was a success, writer/director Richard Brooks then put Poitier in this drama about the uprising of a Kenyan revolutionary group called Mau-Mau of which Kimani Wa Karanja-Sidney's character-is forced to join after seeing his father (Ken Renard) uphold a custom that involves a murder resulting in his arrest by English colonialists. Hudson plays Peter McKenzie whose family had long settled in Africa and he himself had befriended Kimani when they were kids but that could be no more because of the unfair social rulings. I'll stop there and just say that this was quite intense and had plenty of moments where you wondered how certain things came to be and how some characters like a Joe Mattson (Michael Pate) came to hate someone much different from him. In a standout performance, Juano Hernandez is powerful as Njogu, who forces Poitier to take an oath that he himself never took. Others worth mentioning include: William Marshall as the Mau-Mau leader who's the one that gets Kimani to initially join, Ivan Dixon as Lathela-loyal gun bearer, Samadu Jackson as a witch doctor, Frederick O'Neal as another Mau-Mau leader named Adam Marenga who often wants to shoot first before any negotiations, and Barbara Foley as Wanju-wife of Kimani. Besides the players I've already cited, here are the other people of color in the cast and the parts they played: John Akar-Waithaka, Myrtle Anderson-Mwange wife, Carl Christian-cook, Kim Hamilton-Kipi's wife, Darby Jones-wine steward, Ike Jones-askari (a policeman), Anna Mabry-a midwife, Juanita Moore and Tommie Moore as tribal women, Paulene Myers-Kikuyu woman, Morgan Roberts-Chief Hinga, Madame Sul-Te-Wan-another midwife, and Paul Thompson-Kipi. Also featuring compelling supporting performances by Wendy Hiller as Peter's sister Elizabeth and Dana Wynter as Holly, Peter's wife. In summation, I highly recommend Something of Value.