| Heading South | |
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 Film poster | |
| French | Vers le sud |
| Directed by | Laurent Cantet |
| Screenplay by | Robin Campillo Laurent Cantet |
| Based on | La Chair du Maître by Dany Laferrière |
| Produced by | Simon Arnal-Szlovak Caroline Benjo Carole Scotta |
| Starring | Charlotte Rampling Karen Young Louise Portal Ménothy Cesar |
| Cinematography | Pierre Milon |
| Edited by | Robin Campillo |
| Distributed by | Haut et Court (France) |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Countries | France Canada Belgium |
| Languages | French English Haitian Creole |
| Budget | €5 million[1] |
| Box office | $2.4 million[1] |
Heading South (French: Vers le sud) is a 2005 French-Canadian-Belgian drama film directed by Laurent Cantet and based on three short stories by Dany Laferrière. 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.[2]
- ^ a b "Vers le sud". JP's Box-Office.
- ^ Stephen Holden, “Laurent Cantet’s ‘Heading South’ Shows the Ache of Blinding Lust in a Sexual Paradise Lost,” Movie Review, The New York Times (2006‑07‑07).