White Material
– Maria is a White farmer who runs a failing coffee plantation in an unnamed African country in the pr..
Maria is a White farmer who runs a failing coffee plantation in an unnamed African country in the present day. Civil war has broken out and rebel soldiers, many of them child soldiers, are advancing on the area. Rebels on the radio advocate attacks on emblems of colonialism. Maria's workers leave, but she refuses to abandon the plantation, and searches for men to finish harvesting of the coffee.
24 Mar 2010
French
Claire Denis
Claire Denis (scenario), Marie N'Diaye (scenario), Lucie Borleteau (collaboration)
Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, William Nadylam
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
1 win & 10 nominations.
$302,819
IFC Films