White Material

In the African heat, one woman stands alone

3/24/20101h 46min6.8/10(176 TMDB votes)

Drama

Directed by Claire Denis

Plot

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.