The wife of a French doctor tries to help him win over the peoples of an African colony..
Look, if you hate old, scratchy 1930s films with terrible sound and blatant colonial attitudes, you should probably skip Itto. But if you have a soft spot for weird, dusty travelogues and want to see what Morocco actually looked like ninety years ago, this is strangely captivating. 🌵 The whole plot is basically about...
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"Look, if you hate old, scratchy 1930s films with terrible sound and blatant colonial attitudes, you should probably skip Itto. But if you have a soft spot for weird, dusty travelogues and want to see what Morocco actually looked like ninety years ago, this is strangely captivating. 🌵 The whole plot is basically about a French doctor and his wife trying to "civilize" the local Berber tribes with vaccines. It is super patronizing, obviously, but the movie gets way more interesting whenever the F..."
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Roger Féral, Maurice Le Glay, Georges Duvernoy, Etienne Rey
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