White Material (2009)

MOVIE LOG 2013 (281 movies items)

"7.3. "

Movies Watched in 2013 (93 movies items)

"thriller drama with complex emotion and atmosphere. "

Dear Cinema Diary - Vol 4 E1 - Jan 2013 (35 movies items)

" The sparse narrative structure of many of Claire Denis's films leaves one to interpret the events depicted in the story. In this film I found that I felt the need to read more into the story or grasped at clues for some type of context to the events. The film has much in common with Beau Travail (1999) as both deal with obsession and internal landscapes that are never fully defined. While White Material seems to provide more 'story' it was just enough to make the film more frustrating to watc"

MY FAVORITE FILMS (910 movies items)

" Taking place in an unnamed African country torn by a rebellion, Maria, a fierce and fearless white woman, refuses to abandon her coffee crops and to acknowledge the danger to which she is exposing her family. For her, to leave is to surrender: a sign of weakness, of cowardice. On this plantation which has already supported three generations of whites, Andre--her ex-husband and father of their teenage son--is afraid of her blind, stubborn pride. Without her knowing, he resolves to arrange the fa"

Watched in 2011 (112 movies items)

"DIR: Claire Denis "

Movies watched in 2010 (194 movies items)

"11/16/10. "