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Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC1999D | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Original language: French Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 560.Publisher: Irvington, NY : The Criterion Collection, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([22] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781604654103
  • 1604654104
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .W4578 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Found dead -- No room -- Last warning -- On the run -- "Stay here!" -- White material -- One hundred dollars -- "The Mayor keeps his word" -- New workers -- José -- Manuel -- Armed young shepherds -- Wad of hair -- "We'll all die!" -- Loss of power -- "He's gone crazy!" -- Jean-Marie -- Pink dress -- Chaos in the village -- Wild children -- Too dangerous -- No way back -- Execution -- Color bars.
Production credits:
  • Image [cinematography], Yves Cape ; montage [editing], Guy Lecorne ; musique originale, Tindersticks ; création des décors [production design], Saint-Père Abiassi ; création des costumes, Judy Shrewsbury.
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Christophe Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, William Nadylam, Michel Subor, Isaach de Bankolé, Adèle Ado, Ali Barkaī, Jean-Marie Ahanda, Martin Poulibe, Patrice Eya, Serge Mong, Mama Njouam, Thomas Dumerchez, Christine-Ange Tatah.Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-01939 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050181136

Originally produced as a French motion picture in 2009.

Special features: Interviews with Claire Denis (24 min.), Isabelle Huppert (14 min.), Isaach de Bankolé (13 min.); Deleted scene (2 min.); Écrans Noirs film festival, 2010 [featurette] (12 min.); Trailer (2 min.).

Found dead -- No room -- Last warning -- On the run -- "Stay here!" -- White material -- One hundred dollars -- "The Mayor keeps his word" -- New workers -- José -- Manuel -- Armed young shepherds -- Wad of hair -- "We'll all die!" -- Loss of power -- "He's gone crazy!" -- Jean-Marie -- Pink dress -- Chaos in the village -- Wild children -- Too dangerous -- No way back -- Execution -- Color bars.

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.

In French with optional subtitles in English.

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