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White Material

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Original title

White Material

Year

2009

Running time

101 min.

Country

France

Director

Claire Denis

Screenwriter

Claire Denis, Marie NDiaye

Cast

Music

Stuart Staples

Cinematography

Yves Cape

Producer

Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch

Genre

Adventure. Drama | Africa. Colonialism

Synopsis

Faced with an escalating civil war in a volatile African state, coffee planter Maria (Isabelle Huppert) must chose between safety and protecting her way of life, a course that proves increasingly dangerous. No more smirking. We’re stopping the bullshit right now and staying put. The regular army is preparing to reestablish order in the country. To clean up. To eliminate the rebel officer also known as the Boxeur and rid the countryside of roving child soldiers. All the expatriates have gone home, getting out before things turn nasty. Of the Vials, coffee planters who have lived here for two generations, Maria stands firm. She’s not about to give in to rumors or abandon her harvest at the first sound of gunfire. Just like her father-in-law and her exhusband who is also the father of her son (a little too much of a slacker in her opinion) she is convinced that Cherif, mayor of the neighboring town, will protect them. If she asks him he will save the plantation.

Awards: 2009: Venice Film Festival: Official Selection

2010: Satellite Awards: Nominate for Best Foreign Lenguage Film

2010: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Foreign Films (In alphabetical order).

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White Material

2009

Claire Denis

5.7

(1,812)