White Material (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
In the African heat, one woman stands alone
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- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 12, 2011
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Isaach De Bankolé, Christopher Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, William Nadylam & Isabelle Huppert | |
| Directed by | Claire Denis | |
| Screenwriting by | Claire Denis & Marie N'Diaye | |
| Music Performer: | Tindersticks | |
| Composition by | Stuart Staples | |
| Director of Photography: | Yves Cape |
Entertainment Reviews:
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The film's refusal to assert blame or come up with answers about Africa serves as a lesson to filmmakers. Denis paints a complex picture, one that is beguiling, ambiguous and thought provoking.
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The National (UAE)
Rating: 4/5 --
Denis' construct is intentionally allegorical, and the film's classical beauty emerges more through her mastery of mood, sense of place and the ellipses in the narrative.
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Patrick Nabarro
Rating: B+ --
The consistently despairing tone is remarkable, as is Isabelle Huppert's understated and absorbing performance as a woman lost in deep-seated denial and facing an inevitable end.
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San Antonio Current
Instead of sending us into the lobby provoked to debate, we leave so confused there's no point talking it over. White Material is trying hard to mean something. But what?
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Critic's Notebook
Rating: 3/5 --
A thoughtful, if sometimes frustrating, tale of a Frenchwoman caught in the middle of a civil war in an unidentified African country.
Dallas Morning News
Rating: 3.5/44 --
A deeply reflective collection of moments, both of great beauty and great horror, and it continues to reveal its treasures upon repeat viewings.
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From the Front Row
A maddening movie that gives the viewer plenty to think about, but little to care about.
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Film.com
Product Description:
In this drama directed and co-written by Claire Denis, Isabelle Huppert plays Maria, a white French expatriate living in an African nation that has fallen into political chaos. Maria owns a coffee plantation, and regards her property as her personal domain; she's not about to give up her land, though her stubborn attitude prevents her from admitting that she's putting those close to her in danger, or even acknowledging the gravity of her situation. Maria has two children with her former husband, André (Christopher Lambert), a young adopted boy and dissatisfied twentysomething Manuel (Nicolas Duvauchelle). André is deeply concerned for the safety of Maria and their sons, and has made plans for her and the boys to flee to Europe, but Maria insists that the military will protect her and the others in the area, a belief that seems to be fueled by arrogance rather than fact. WHITE MATERIAL received its North American premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
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