'White Material' is about courage and craziness.
From Claire Denis
Often, women as little girls are sent off on a track for them to live a perfect life and be a perfect woman. Not for boys, who can be themselves with their mood and their temper.
When you have countries that have a lot of minerals and diamonds and oil and are in business with companies from all over the world - but these companies don't share, really, their profits - this is called post-post-colonial.
Africa is no more this poor continent. It's on the march.
You can spend your whole life in France without ever thinking about the Legion.
I always thought of Djibouti as a place where human history hasn't really begun yet - or perhaps it's already over. There's something in the landscape that's stronger than human civilisation. There's no agriculture, for example, and there are live volcanoes.
What I like is the idea of a group, even if it's just two people - the idea of solitude within a group.
I have very strong relationships with my actors when I'm shooting. When you love an actor's work, you always feel you have to go further, and you make several films together. One film just gives you time to get acquainted.
I always thought Vincent Lindon had a sexy body, a body you can trust, a solid body you can lean on.
In Kurosawa's films, the tragedy is that this strong man was crushed by corruption or mistrust at the end.
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