The territory under dispute here is a coffee plantation in a nameless African state: the Ivory Coast, in actuality, though cineastes will recognise some elements - chiefly, the child soldiers - from the Liberia of Johnny Mad Dog and others - the constant threat of trespass and worse - from the Zimbabwe of Mugabe and the White African. Property and propriety are the rhyming themes of Claire Denis' new drama White Material, a fresh breeze passing through cinemas that have come to resemble mausoleums in recent months.
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