Laurent Cantet's feature film stars Charlotte Rampling 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 fulfillment among its young male population.
Theatrical Release: July 7, 2006:
Review 1:
4 stars out of 5 -- "[L]ayered, contemplative....This is at its core a twisted menage a trois set against a menacing backdrop of brutal dictatorship."
Source: Total Film
p.50 06/01/2006
Review 2:
"Rampling delivers a convincing portrait of a fiftysomething woman still troubled by sex and love. But the bravest performance is Karen Young's as Brenda."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.58 07/01/2006
Review 3:
"HEADING SOUTH is a beautifully written, seamlessly directed film with award-worthy performances..."
Source: New York Times
p.E10 07/07/2006
Review 4:
"[A] pleasurably unsettling, sunbaked tale of sex and politics set in late-1970's Haiti." -- Grade: A-
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.49 07/21/2006
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