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In the African heat, one woman stands alone

• Drama

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.

Director

Claire Denis

Released

24 March 2010

Studio

Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, France 3 Cinéma, Les Films Terre Africaine

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