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Wikipedia article
'Heading South' is a 2005 French-Canadian-Belgian drama film directed by Laurent Cantet and based on three short stories by Dany Laferrire. It depicts the experiences of three middle-aged white women in the late 1970s, travelling to Haiti for the purposes of sexual tourism with young men. Their adventures (as seen in their eyes) are juxtaposed with class issues and the deteriorating political climate of Haiti at the time of Jean-Claude Baby Doc Duvalier. The women demonstrate different attitudes to the complex situation.Stephen Holden, [https://movies.nytimes.com/2006/07/07/movies/07sout.html Laurent Cantets Heading South Shows the Ache of Blinding Lust in a Sexual Paradise Lost], Movie Review, 'The New York Times' (20060707).
Plot
Ellen (Charlotte Rampling), is a professor of French literature at Wellesley College in Boston who has spent six summers at a Haitian resort where local young men and teenagers providing sexual companionship are easy to find. Among other guests, Brenda (Karen Young), a stay-at-home wife from Savannah, Georgia, and Sue (Louise Portal), a warehouse manager from Montral, feel lonely and ignored by middle-aged men back at home. They travelled to Haiti to enjoy a holiday of sun, surf, and sex with attractive teenagers to whom they are financially generous; complicating their friendship is the fact that Ellen and Brenda both live for the attention of Legba (Mnothy Csar). It is only after an episode of violence disrupts their vacation that their eyes are finally opened to the callousness of their hedonistic actions, the suffering of the Haitian people and the political climate.
Cast
* Charlotte Rampling as Ellen
* Karen Young as Brenda
* Louise Portal as Sue
* Mnothy Csar as Legba
* Lys Ambroise as Albert
* Jackenson Pierre Olmo Diaz as Eddy
* Wilfried Paul as Neptune
* Michelet Cassis as Charlie
* Pierre-Jean Robert as Chico
* Jean Delinze Salomon as Jrmy
* Kettline Amy as Denise
* Daphn Destin as Lossita
* Guiteau Nestant as Frank
* Michelet Ulysse as Bob
Awards and nominations
*Nominated, Golden Lion, 2005 Venice Film Festival
*Won, Marcello Mastrioanni Award, 2005 Venice Film Festival
*Won, CinemAvvenire (Cinema For Peace) Award, 2005 Venice Film Festival
See also
*Female sex tourism
*Sanky-panky
References
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