White material / White material
DVD - 2011
In an unidentified French-speaking West African country, chaos reigns as civil war erupts. For the rebels, it's time to banish the 'white material' -- white folk and the trappings of white life. Among these is the Vial coffee plantation inhabited by Maria, her ex-husband Andre, their son Manuel, and his grandfather Bernard, a white family of French origin. Their terrified workers have fled, leaving the crop un-harvested, the front gate unlocked. Andre plots his escape with his second wife Lucie and their son Jose. Maria has vowed never to leave, and is neurotically fixated on getting the neglected crop harvested. Maria does not seem to realize, or perhaps wish to see, how she is perceived. Her sense of home, of belonging, and... her feeling of being rooted to the plantation--to Africa--will have tragic consequences.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Feature films
War films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Irvington, NY :
The Criterion Collection
[2011]
- Language
- French
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- Item Description
- Originally produced as a French motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Interviews with Claire Denis (24 min.), Isabelle Huppert (14 min.), Isaach de Bankolé (13 min.); Deleted scene (2 min.); Écrans Noirs film festival, 2010 [featurette] (12 min.); Trailer (2 min.). - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround; widescreen presentation, preserving the 2.35 :1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for 16:9 televisions.
- Production Credits
- Cinematography, Yves Cape ; editor, Guy Lecorne ; music, Tindersticks ; production design, Saint-Père Abiassi ; costume designer, Judy Shrewsbury.
- ISBN
- 9781604654103
- Access
- Educational and home use only.