WHITE MATERIAL opening 11/26 in the Bay Area November 26, 2010

IFC Films presents WHITE MATERIAL, opening on November 26, 2010, at Landmark’s Bridge Theatre in San Francisco and Landmark’s Shattuck Cinema in Berkeley.

Director Claire Denis (35 Shots of Rum) returns to Africa, where she grew up, for this haunting story of a stubborn French woman (Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher, Story of Women) obsessed with staying on her coffee plantation even as an increasingly violent civil war threatens to engulf the area. Her listless son (Nicolas Duvauchelle, Wild Grass, The Girl on the Train. Beau Travail) refuses to help, and becomes an out-of-control vigilante after encountering threat. Meanwhile, her ex-husband (Christopher Lambert, Highlander) tries to sell the property behind her back and a wounded rebel soldier with a bounty on his head (Isaach de Bankole, who starred in Denis’ 1988 debut film Chocolat) is hiding on the premises. Huppert is a magnetic if enigmatic presence in a film whose oppressive atmosphere rivals that of Walkabout and Aguirre: the Wrath of God. Original music by Tindersticks.

“Strong and stirring…ethereal, elliptical, sinewy film making” – Fernando F. Croce, Slant

"SPELLBINDING...simultaneously encapsulates both the breathtaking beauty and abject horror of the African cultural landscape." – David Jenkins, Time Out London

“There is no better filmmaker working in the world right now” – Nick James, Sight & Sound

“The best film of the year” – Amy Taubin, Artform

“Searing and beautiful” – Tim Robey, The Daily Telegraph

OFFICIAL SELECTION, Venice Film Festival 2009
OFFICIAL SELECTION, New York Film Festival 2010

Landmark Bridge Theatre, 3010 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA (415) 276-4893
Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas, 2230 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA (510) 464-5980

Official Website: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Films/films_frameset.asp?id=84823