Vers le sud (2005)

Note Générale:

6,4/10   

Réalisateur:

Laurent Cantet

Scénaristes:

Robin Campillo (writer)
Laurent Cantet (writer)

Date de sortie:

25 janvier 2006 (France)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

Three female tourists have their eyes opened while visiting the poverty-stricken and dangerous world of 1980s Haiti.

Plot Keywords:

Haiti | French | Tourist | 1970s | Canadian

Récompenses:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

A disappointment

Ensemble

Charlotte Rampling	...	Ellen
Karen Young	...	Brenda
Louise Portal	...	Sue
Ménothy Cesar	...	Legba
Lys Ambroise	...	Albert
Jackenson Pierre Olmo Diaz	...	Eddy
Wilfried Paul	...	Neptune
Anotte Saint Ford	...	Limousine Girl
Marie-Laurence Hérard	...	Airport Woman
Michelet Cassis	...	Charlie
Pierre-Jean Robert	...	Chico
Jean Delinze Salomon	...	Jérémy
Kettline Amy	...	Denise
Daphné Destin	...	Lossita
Guiteau Nestant	...	Frank

Autre(s) titre(s):

Heading South (USA)

Durée:

108 min | France:107 min | Canada:105 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Pays:

France | Canada

Langue:

Français | Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Classification:

Brazil:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | Netherlands:MG6 | UK:15 | Australia:M | Sweden:7 | USA:Unrated | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-11 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Lieux de tournage:

Dominican Republic

Société:

Haut et Court

Anecdotes:

Visa d'exploitation en France: #107737.

Goofs:

Anachronismes: When Brenda is desperately looking for Legba and she wanders around the village at night, one of the guys she crosses by is wearing a Larry Johnson NBA New York Knicks basketball jacket with number 2. Larry Johnson played for the Knicks in the mid '90s.

A disappointment

One of those films that bit off more than it could chew. The subject could hardly be more challenging and raises multiple, complex issues : female sexuality, male prostitution, North- South relations. But the treatment somehow fails to tackle any of them convincingly. The film is surprisingly claustrophobic, most of it taking place in a "huit clos" atmosphere with mostly close-up and medium shots - this is presumably the director's choice, but the effect, as far as I was concerned, was to make it feel like one of those rather unsuccessful screen versions of stage plays. Much of the dialogue sounded thin and false to my ear. One good point - Karen Young's sensitive portrayal of Brenda. Charlotte Rampling did almost too well what was expected of her and the resultant performance is perhaps a trifle predictable.