A new film from legendary director Claire Denis opens a season of films celebrating her work.
Maria (Isabelle Huppert) is a white plantation owner who stubbornly refuses to leave her business in the face of an escalating and brutal civil war. Maria searches for a legend called 'The Boxer' for help. A thrilling account of an uphill struggle under the weight of a country's politics and history.
"One of a handful of great artists working in French cinema today, Claire Denis returns to Africa for the first time since ‘Beau Travail’ for a mesmerising portrait of civil war, racial tension and one woman’s resistance to change."
Time Out
"Emphatic confirmation that Denis is one of the world’s finest filmmakers. Equal parts terrifying and tense, punchy and ambiguous, direct and disorientating, White Material marshals its resources with great intelligence and visceral clout."
Total Film