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White Material
2009
With the haunting White Material, Claire Denis returns to Africa, the setting for her first, remarkable film, Chocolat. This Africa is torn by civil war and strife. It is a place where children packing automatic rifles patrol the streets and byways of dusty villages, itching for a fight and emboldened by their weaponry. Amid .. Read more
| Starring | Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Claude Brialy, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Isaach De Bankolé |
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| Director | Claire Denis |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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White Material
With the haunting White Material, Claire Denis returns to Africa, the setting for her first, remarkable film, Chocolat. This Africa is torn by civil war and strife. It is a place where children packing automatic rifles patrol the streets and byways of dusty villages, itching for a fight and emboldened by their weaponry.
Amid the tumult of helicopters urging French nationals to flee for their safety and well-being, a French family struggles to save its coffee plantation. Pulled in competing directions, confused by the pace of events that unfold both within their compound and out on the streets of the neighbouring village, they have been labelled “white material,” and local radio stations warn that their day is over. Surrounded by the violence and chaos of civil war, they find themselves virtually powerless against the forces of history that swirl around them.
| Starring | Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Claude Brialy, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Isaach De Bankolé, Isaach De Bankole, William Nadylam, David Gozlan, Christopher Lambert |
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| Director | Claire Denis |
| Studio | FUSION MEDIA SALES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French Blu-ray: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 2009 To Rent: DVD: 06 Dec 2010 Blu-ray: 06 Dec 2010 |
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Black & White
Denis goes back to the colonial Africa and tells a story of a coffee plantation owned by a white family caught in civil war. Mme. Vial (Isabelle Huppert), a ... read more »
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Shocking slow and boring
This movie left large gaps that were never resolved and left me feeling nothing for these characters. I kept expecting it would start to make more sense or be ... read more »
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Revelations on an African coffee plantation
Absolutely superb rendering of worlds colliding in an unnamed French colony. Its sureness of footing, brevity of language and yet unerring trajectory are a ... read more »
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A good woman actor in Africa
The colonial legacy in sub-Sahara Africa does not make for a pretty story. We have corrupt governments, anarchic guerrilla struggles, rampant hunger and disease... read more »
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White Material - Blu-ray
In this drama directed and co-written by Claire Denis (TROUBLE EVERY DAY), Isabelle Huppert (THE PIANO TEACHER) plays Maria, a white woman living in an African nation that has been falling into political chaos. Maria owns a coffee plantation, and regards her property as her personal domain; she ...
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White Material
With the haunting White Material, Claire Denis returns to Africa, the setting for her first, remarkable film, Chocolat. This Africa is torn by civil war and strife. It is a place where children packing automatic rifles patrol the streets and byways of dusty villages, itching for a fight and ...
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