White Material
Denis revisits Africa, this time exploring a place rife with civil and racial conflict. A white French family outlawed in its home and attempting to save its coffee plantation connects with a black hero also embroiled in the tumult. All try to survive as their world rapidly crumbles around them.
2 February 1935, Paris, France
29 March 1957, Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA
27 March 1980, Paris, France
12 August 1957, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
April 04, 2011
If you think you're going to get a simple anti-imperialism message from French director Claire Denis, you've got about seven other things coming. Her movies defy expectations all the way down the line.
March 25, 2011
Claire Denis' harrowing "White Material" centers on a family that feels inextricably bound to a country that does not want them anymore.
March 11, 2011
The ending is a cop-out, and the viewer is left unfulfilled. The main reason to buy a ticket is for Huppert's mesmerizing performance. She is one of France's greatest actresses.
April 30, 2011
a difficult film, and one that sticks with you, pestering you with its unresolved tensions
January 06, 2011
A poignant, haunting study of well-intentioned but doomed folly, embodied by a heroine whose bravery renders her blind to the world that is crumbling around her.
May 16, 2011
Unsentimental, brutal, and beautiful, (the film) is a harrowing experience.
December 17, 2010
It's one of those movies where questions like "Why didn't they do that?" or "Wait, what's their relationship?" keep popping up. And for the most part, those questions never get answered.
January 31, 2011
White Material is unhurried in its storytelling but unshakable in its impact.
April 11, 2011
Director Claire Denis is known for her vivid snapshots of contemporary culture and White Material is shot with an immediacy that's hard to ignore.
January 14, 2011
A thoughtful, if sometimes frustrating, tale of a Frenchwoman caught in the middle of a civil war in an unidentified African country.
December 17, 2010
This haunting drama by Claire Denis burns with a mute fear and rage at the ongoing atrocities in central Africa.
April 14, 2011
A maddening movie that gives the viewer plenty to think about, but little to care about.

