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2005

Laurent Cantet

Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Louise Portal, Ménothy Cesar, Lys Ambroise

5.9

685

Drama Haiti, late 1970's. Sea, sex and sun for Ellen, Brenda and Sue, three North American ladies, on the wrong side of forty or fifty-odd, going through an enchanted interlude. Lonely, forsaken, neglected by men in their native countries, they can indulge here in carnal exultation without shame, thanks to handsome local young men they pay a few dollars. Ellen is a Boston French literature professor, Brenda, an unfulfilled wife from Savannah, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"A beautifully written, seamlessly directed film with award-worthy performances"	POS
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"Cantet as usual elicits top performances from his cast, although a more limited feel for the flow of English conversation occasionally deadens dialogue and monologue."	NEU
United States	Nick Schager Slant	"Cantet’s easygoing and intimate direction is by and large so assured, and his gorgeous milieu so entrancing, that [its] missteps seem [unimportant] (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"At 60, Charlotte Rampling (...) still emits the siren call of sexuality, the beep-beep of danger; what she demands is a confident director who knows how to rample. Happily, Laurent Cantet has got the knack"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"'Heading South' is well acted, but really a disappointingly softcore piece of provocation (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle	"[It] opens up a fascinating world of complexities (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Digby Lewis BBC	"Rampling gives a typically powerful performance and, unlike her character, has certainly lost none of her allure to audiences of a certain age (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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