February 24, 2023
Drama
Claire Denis drew on her own childhood experiences growing up in colonial French Africa for her multilayered, languorously absorbing feature debut, which explores many of the themes that would recur throughout her work. Returning to the town where she grew up in Cameroon after many years living in France, a white woman (Mireille Perrier) reflects on her relationship with Protee (Isaach De Bankole), a Black servant with whom she formed a friendship while not fully grasping the racial divides that governed their worlds.
Francois Cluzet
/Actor
Giulia Boschi
/Actor
Isaach de Bankole
/Actor
Claire Denis
/Director
Alain Belmondo
/Producer
Gerard Crosnier
/Producer
Jean-Paul Belmondo
/Producer
Jean-Pol Fargeau
/Writer
Claire Denis
/Writer