Advantages: An attempt at romance... Disadvantages: that has totally missed the mark.
This movie takes a long look into the goings-on at resorts situated in poor countries... it's the story of a woman who, many years earlier, befriended a young black child during a holiday with her husband, and ended up molesting him. The boy was just that at the time... an innocent, starving child, with no money, no education and no future.
Many years later, the woman returns to the island seeking the young boy who has since become a man. He has ... ...this posh island resort...
The white woman has never been able to forget the young black boy... a touch of guilt, but more because she wants more. The young man, on the other hand, pretty much ignores her until he catches her dancing with his little brother... obviously he's upset, no doubt remembering what the woman did to him when he'd been his brother's age... and at this point you expect the young man to tell her where to go... but money wins ...
GoFigure 22.02.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Heading South (DVD)
Advantages: exploration of another culture Disadvantages: lack of good DVD extras
The Film
A synopsis of this film is difficult without giving too much away, so, taken from the DVD description: Laurent Cantet's feature film stars Charlotte Rampling (Ellen) and is set in 1970s Haiti. The film examines a time and place in which wealthy women from the east headed to the country in search of sexual fulfilment among its young male population.
From the opening scenes, this film will have you hooked, or at the very least intrigued. ... ...from the chaos of the bustling city to a quiet oasis of calm in a small town in Haiti, where rich tourists come to enjoy themselves, and far away from the harsh realities of the native people who live there. Eventually though, due to the nature of the relationship between these young men and the wealthy women who are entertained by them, these two worlds become embroiled. The first beach scene when Brenda (Louise Portal) arrives, gives the audience ...
teppanyaki 01.01.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Heading South (DVD)
On the sun-drenched palm-fringed paradise island of Haiti at the end of the 1970s Brenda ... more
Ellen and Sue three North American women look for flirtation relaxation and respite from their mundane jobs and marriages. They find exactly what they are loo...
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