White Material

White Material

2010 · 106 min · FR · 6.7 (181 votes)
Dir. Claire Denis · Starring Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Isaach de Bankolé, William Nadylam, Michel Subor · Music Stuart A. Staples

“In the African heat, one woman stands alone”

Drama

In the midst of a volatile regime change in a Francophone African state, Maria Vial is fighting to sustain her family’s coffee plantation. With rebels and the army struggling for control, French peacekeeping forces move out, warning the remaining white residents that they’re on their own. But Maria refuses to be driven off the land, even as tragedy looms.

VIBE

A stark, unvarnished look at the end of an era. It’s a tense, almost suffocating atmosphere as one woman’s world crumbles around her. Feels raw and deeply personal, like witnessing history through a fractured lens.

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