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White Material is a 2009 French drama film directed by Claire Denis and co-written with Marie NDiaye. The film stars Isabelle Huppert as Maria Vial, a struggling French coffee producer in an unnamed French-speaking African country, who decides to stay at her coffee plantation in spite of an erupting civil war.
White Material: Directed by Claire Denis. With Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, William Nadylam. Amidst turmoil and racial conflict in a Francophone African state, a white French woman fights for her coffee crop, her family and ultimately for her life.
Apr 12, 2011 · In White Material, the great contemporary French filmmaker Claire Denis, known for her restless, intimate dramas, introduces an unforgettably crazed character.
Nov 19, 2010 · Isabelle Huppert is an immoveable object surrounded by unstoppable forces in White Material, an incendiary character study and political thriller that showcases director Claire Denis' expertise...
Nov 17, 2010 · In Claire Denis‘ “White Material,” she plays Maria Vial, a French woman running a coffee plantation in an unnamed African country. The land has fallen into war, both against the colonialists and among the insurgents.
Created with Denis’ signature full-throttle visual style, which places the viewer at the center of the maelstrom, WHITE MATERIAL is a gripping evocation of the death throes of European colonialism and a fascinating look at a woman lost in her own mind.
White Material. In an African country torn by civil war, Maria blindly refuses to abandon her coffee plantation before finishing the harvest. A wounded rebellion leader takes refuge with Maria who offers help, but when the government troops regain control of the area, they take bloody reprisals against the rebels. IMDb 6.9 1 h 45 min 2009 X-Ray 18+
Nov 18, 2010 · In Claire Denis’s “White Material,” Isabelle Huppert plays a coffee farmer surrounded by the chaos and conflicts of postcolonial Africa.
In a Francophone African state, Maria Vial, a white French coffee plantation farmer, struggles to maintain her failing crop amidst turmoil and racial conflict, in a war-ridden land among the insurgents and against the white colonialists.
From Claire Denis, the incomparable director of Beau Travail, L'intrus and 35 Shots Of Rhum, comes White Material: a rich and thrilling account of a woman driven to the edge.
