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- White material [videorecording] / by Denis, Claire,1948-film director,screenwriter.; NDiaye, Marie,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)757331; Caucheteux, Pascal,film producer.; Huppert, Isabelle,actor.(CARDINAL)340697; Lambert, Christopher,1957-actor.; Duvauchelle, Nicolas,actor.; Nadylam, William,actor.; Subor, Michel,1935-actor.; Bankolé, Isaach de,actor.(CARDINAL)343260; Ado, Adèle,actor.; Barkaï, Ali Bacha,actor.; Cape, Yves,cinematographer.; Lecorne, Guy,editor of moving image work.; Centre national de la cinématographie (France); Cinémage 2 (Firm); Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)348269; Films Terre Africaine.; France 3 cinéma (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)332227; France télévision,production company.; IFC Films,production company.(CARDINAL)354386; Procirep (Firm); Sofica UGC 1 (Firm); Studio Canal+,production company.(CARDINAL)528339; Tindersticks (Musical group),composer.; TPS Star (Firm),production company.; Why Not Productions,production company.; Wild Bunch (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)848540;
Cinematography, Yves Cape ; editor, Guy Lecorne ; original music, Tindersticks ; production design, Saint-Père Abiassi ; costumes, Judy Shrewsbury.Isabelle Huppert, Christophe Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, William Nadylam, Michel Subor, Isaach de Bankolé, Adèle Ado, Daniel Tchangang, Ali Barkaī, Jean-Marie Ahanda, Martin Poulibe, Patrice Eya, Serge Mong, Mama Njouam, Thomas Dumerchez, Christine-Ange Tatah.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.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.- Subjects: Feature films.; War films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Civil war; Coffee plantations; White people; Mothers and sons; Dysfunctional families;
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