Very different take on the French African colonial experience than her Chocolat. Here we follow a middle-aged white woman who struggles to hold on to her coffee plantation in the midst of insurrection. She denies the obvious threats which flare around her...secure in the apparent belief that she, they(whites) will prevail as they always have.
Intense drama of people caught in a place where they don't belong in a time of great peril. Edited a bit out of time to add to the uncertainty we and they feel about what is happening. Strong performance by IH who uses her trademark blankness to suggest roiling undercurrents.
Ms Denis shows once again her incredible versatility and deep understanding of human nature.
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