As a glimpse into a curious subculture this provokes interest, but in dramatic and political terms it’s a missed opportunity.
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07/07/06
Heading South (2006)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:3
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: As touching as it is disturbing, Heading South is an unconventional exploration of desire and longing, with superb performances and direction.
Theatrical Release:07-07-2006
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Reviews for Heading South
1 - 6 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticIt’s a delight; an entertaining, moving, audacious and stimulating conversation about happiness, love, jealousy, fear, race, sex, class, and social and colonial oppression -- in short, the relationship between the personal and the political.
07/06/06
Top CriticHeading South is a well-crafted adaptation of three short stories about rich, white, middle-aged North American women travelling through 70s Haiti in search of no-strings sex with young black men.
07/04/06
Top CriticThe women are meant to level the emotional playing field and add depth to what is, at heart, a story about the exploitation of poor nations by rich and powerful ones. But they wind up being too bitter and unstable to elicit much sympathy.
07/20/06
Top CriticLaurent Cantet's devastating new film contemplates the darker social undercurrents beneath a seemingly benign example of sexual tourism. examination of middle-age desire.
07/06/06
Top CriticAlbert's bitterness deserved further development, but the real puzzle is why Cantet doesn't let Legba have a say.
02/03/06
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