1/10 DPs to 'White Material'@ACMI, Vic easy

[LilyL]

What:
White Material

Where and when:
ACMI, Fed Square.Jan 14 - Feb 2, times here.

Watch the trailer:
Here

Win:
We have 10 dbls to give away for Sun Jan 16, 1.15pm. To enter, email us with the subject 'Wait, Claire who?'
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Claire Denis is a conundrum. Her entire filmmaking career has been critically lauded, she's won a swag of awards and is considered one of the greatest filmmakers of the 21st century. However I wouldn't be surprised if you've never seen one of her films. I'm not sure why, but her films are so hard to see, even if you're trying pretty hard to. In fact seeing her masterwork Beau Travail has been on my To-Do-List for at least five years - right next to 'write novel' - but getting a copy is not so easy. As far as I know a Denis film hasn't had a 'season' in Melbourne in the last decade.

Thats why ACMI's season of White Material is so gosh-darn exciting, because you'll have more than a once-off-film-festival-type chance to see a Claire Denis film. If my film nerd guilt-slash-enthusiasm hasn't convinced you to see White Material yet, well... it also stars Isabelle Huppert (on her A-game as per usual), it's set in Africa, it's political, suspenseful and also quite beautiful to look at. BTW did I mention it's made by one of the greatest (yet relatively unknown) filmmakers of our time?!

By Samantha Chater

Format: Cinema

Genre: Drama

Keywords: ACMI, Claire Denis