White Material

2009
Not Rated
1h 46min

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6,9/10

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Isabelle Huppert in White Material (2009)

A drama set in an unnamed African country and centered on a French plantation owner caught in the midst of a civil war.

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Drama War

En pleine tourmente et conflit racial dans un pays africain francophone, une Française blanche se bat pour sa plantation de café, sa famille et finalement pour sa vie.En pleine tourmente et conflit racial dans un pays africain francophone, une Française blanche se bat pour sa plantation de café, sa famille et finalement pour sa vie.En pleine tourmente et conflit racial dans un pays africain francophone, une Française blanche se bat pour sa plantation de café, sa famille et finalement pour sa vie.

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6,9/10

8,6 k

MA NOTE

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Récompenses
- 1 victoire et 10 nominations au total

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Trailer 1:45

White Material

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Anecdotes
The scene where Maria goes into her son's bedroom to wake him up was written intentionally long, with numerous throwaway lines, so that it could be cut way down during editing. According to director Claire Denis, Isabelle Huppert's line readings were so precise and meaningful that they ended up not cutting a single word.

Gaffes
The position of the goat's head in the coffee beans changes between shots.

Connexions
Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Épisode #1.13 (2011)

Bandes originales
Night Nurse
Written by Gregory Isaacs and Sylvester Weise
Performed by Gregory Isaacs

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7/10

maddening characters in a maddening world

In French colonial Africa, Maria Vial (Isabelle Huppert) is struggling to finish the coffee bean harvest. The rebels are approaching. French forces are leaving. Local have turned to banditry and her workers have mostly abandoned her. The African mayor bullies André Vial (Christopher Lambert) to get his father to sell the plantation. Maria has their white son Manuel and André has his half-African son Jose. Maria stubbornly refuses to leave the harvest even after Manuel is stripped naked by a couple of boys. Manuel starts to deteriorate mentally. Maria discovers wounded rebel fighter Le Boxeur in her barn.

Isabelle Huppert embodies a fierce interior and stubbornness. The family's varying reaction to their situation can be mind-boggling. There is real tension but also frustration with Maria. These are maddening characters in a maddening world.