White Material

dir. Claire Denis
France, 2009

Interesting, if, in the end, a little disappointing. A truly irritating, morally dubious central character, played well by Isabel Huppert, but a strange atmosphere. Potentially iffy politics too, with the vast majority of speaking parts those of white parts/actors, with the many black actors and parts generally silent. If they're the real subjects of the film, why not focus on them, rather than the plantation owner who's a throwback to colonial times?