White Material

White Material

  • Director: Claire Denis
  • Writer: Claire Denis,Marie N'Diaye,Lucie Borleteau
  • Countries of origin: France, Cameroon
  • Language: French
  • Release date: March 24, 2010
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: 白鬼子
  • "White Material" is a 106-minute feature film released by Wild Bunch Distribution in France. Directed by Claire Denis directed, Isabelle Huppert , Isaach De Bankolé , Christopher Lambert , Nicolas Di Buddha Hugh Seoul and other stars, on September 6, 2009 release in Italy.
    The film tells the story of the French farmer Maria's country is in the vortex of civil war, and the French soldiers who are about to leave strongly advise her to take her back to the motherland, but she dismisses it   .

    Details

    • Release date March 24, 2010
    • Production companies Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, France 3 Cinéma

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $304,020

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $34,613

    Gross worldwide

    $1,392,434

    Movie reviews

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    • By Alejandrin 2022-01-22 08:03:51

      "White Matter"

      In my mind, this film is undoubtedly the best work since Auntie "Piano Teacher".

      The state of the film is that stateless, even without any contemporary character, the purpose of all the characters has been reduced to the bottom line, on the other hand, it seems very suspicious. The discussions about politics, culture, humanity, and survival are all being held up high. It is very special and rare that such a subject can express reality in this way.

      Although Claire Dennis has...

    • By Beulah 2022-01-22 08:03:51

      "No rhyme or reason"

      The first question is, “Why did she stay?”, followed by, “How would she stay?” It's perhaps easier to analyze by exclusions: Jean-Marie did NOT stay for political reasons; nor for profit; nor for love of the land or culture (as Dinesen professed to be). In fact, Marie didn't seem to be capable of sentimentalism, let alone living and dying for it.
      Clues? “Your father said happiness is not enough for me.”
      “I am a good fighter, too. How could I show courage in France? It would be absurd;...

    • By Tate 2022-01-22 08:03:51

      Why can't you let go of all you have here

      I watched a French film "White Matter" at night, and I took a tight breath from the beginning, but I didn't vomit it until the end. It is another film about strong white women. It is exactly the same as "Tyke against the Pacific." Hupel is also far away from the French colony. Watching an article about land and harvest, raising a child who is incompatible with each other, Yu Pei You stubbornly struggled, fighting with the sky and the earth and fighting with people, and finally got a miserable...

    • By Rickey 2022-01-22 08:03:51

      It's a terrible movie

      I heard that it reflects the strength of women. But this movie is really mediocre, procrastinating, boring, and it's a terrible movie.
      There are fragments of male dew points around 58 minutes in the film.
      The heroine did not want to leave her coffee garden, her husband was killed, her own son set fire to her house, and the heroine finally killed her husband’s father with a stick. The child of the woman whose husband had a good relationship was also killed.
      How can French movies...

    • By Dawn 2022-01-22 08:03:51

      It's not Blue Mountain yet

      Huppert, this French woman, is really more flavorful as she gets older. Back then, I only saw a kind of stubbornness in her bones, and rarely saw her smile. Nowadays, I still rarely see her smile. That stubbornness has nurtured an indescribable beauty in the old jar of time. Is it because France is the same as China. The celebrities are not green and yellow, and the younger generation has no appearance, even the position of the vase is praised, and those old dishes have to come out and shoulder...

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    • By Elvie 2023-07-03 16:52:34

      In a turbulent environment, the director has made a very delicate and calm...

    • By Damian 2023-03-23 10:34:59

      Silent killing. A sandy story that forms an emotional bond with Pell's performance. The colonial complex of the French is like a love poem with tears, "I am so attached, I cry so much, but you have always regarded me as a 'white...

    • By Keith 2022-12-05 18:10:00

      It's hard not to think of IH's role in "The Dam Against the Pacific Ocean" (which also happens to be her starring role): (original) when the colonial mountains and rains are about to come, they are struggling to support themselves and refuse to give up their homes... thin and shriveled back, ignorant of current affairs , Strong doting mother & weak son... Unstable and stable plot: frequent civil wars, anarchy, scarcity of goods and services, wanton slaughter and looting, radio incitement, child...

    • By Aron 2022-10-10 00:00:20

      2012-12-05 @ Sai Wan Ho Film Archive fell asleep

    • By Trystan 2022-04-24 07:01:23

      Claire Denis is a very important female director today, but this is the first feature I've ever seen of her. Female perspective, female subject matter, feminism. I have always believed that women are more resilient than men, and this film is a proof. The narrative of the film is a bit jumpy, but in a barren, chaotic, and barbaric world, maybe that's how uncertain it...

    Movie plot

    An African country without a specific name and certification has caused uninterrupted stinging and meaningless struggles because its political system is in a state of instability and turbulence that may change at any time.
    In the cracks between the wars and fierce ethnic conflicts caused by the revolution, French woman Maria Wyre ( Isabelle Huppert ) tried to maintain the coffee plantation she and her ex-husband André ( Christopher...
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    There is not much dialogue in "White Material", Claire alternately displays the picturesque scenery and story backgrounds and characters of Black Africa through the lens. The heroine Mary is completely indifferent to the war that is taking place in front of her, and she only thinks about the coffee harvest. The ex-husband, son, ex-husband’s father, several characters seem to have complex personalities, hiding silent pain, if the plot...
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