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Capone Wants To Bang The Ladies Of HEADING SOUTH!!
Hey, ya'll. Capone in Chicago, feeling a little hot in the pants for the older ladies in the reading audience today.
If nothing else, director Laurent Cantet's Heading South is a learning experience. For example, I learned that in the late 1970s (and probably even earlier than that), middle-aged women from all over the world would flock to Haiti to be served, fawned over, and soundly sexed up by the much younger local men folk, most of whom were living in poverty and relied on money and gifts from these women to survive. Even the women make the point that in their home countries, such a relationship (with a younger black man) would have been out of the question, but in Haiti, it's the status quo.
Leading the current crop of women is French queen bee Ellen (Charlotte Rampling, who can also be seen ripping up the screen in Lemming), who has taken under her wing and into her be the teenaged Legba (Menothy Cesar) as her constant companion. Even the other Haitian men acknowledge that Legba has something special about him that draws all of the white ladies to him. Maybe it's his smile or his physique or his ability to appear to be in a constant state of adoration toward these women.
Into this setting comes an American woman named Brenda (Karen Young, who can soon be seen in Factotum but is probably bests known for playing the FBI agent on "The Sopranos"), who several years earlier had slept with the very underage Legba on her first trip to Haiti (resulting in her first orgasm), and has returned hoping to rekindle their romance. When she spots him with Ellen, her jealousy springs up almost immediately.
But the scene in Haiti has changed since Brenda was there before, both inside and outside the resort area. The overwhelming poverty is leading to pockets of uprising in the cities, and some of that resentment stems from so many Haitians breaking their backs working for people like Ellen and Brenda. A heartbreaking opening sequence in which a woman approaches Brenda's driver as he waits for her at the airport is one of the best in the film. She literally is trying to give her beautiful child away to this well-off man before the girl is forced into prostitution. The driver must simply say he cannot.
Heading South is filled with sun-drenched male and female bodies, an all-encompassing sexual charge, and a platoon of desperate women, most of who are under the belief that these young men will fall in love with them and be faithful. Legba bounces between Ellen and Brenda's beds, depending on his mood. Ellen pretends not to care, that she's above petty jealousies; Brenda is not as good at hiding her feelings. Strangely enough, their mutual affection for Legba draws them closer together as friends.
Director Cantet (who made the exceptional films Time Out and Human Resources) offers a nice balance between the laid-back resort setting and the tense and ugly city life in Haiti.
And Rampling continues to astonish me in film after film. She is the greatest of risk takers, and no subject or action is out of her range of capabilities. Ellen can be vicious, and Rampling loves every minute of it. Also very good in the film is Louise Porter (The Barbarian Invasions) as the Brit Sue, who attempts to act a peacemaker between Ellen and Brenda whenever things get heated.
Heading South is a bittersweet look at the end of an era in sexual history, but it also serves as an intriguing look at the politics of resort communities that effectively exploit impoverished lands. The setting could not be more beautiful, and the actresses could not be more natural and lovely. I'd give any one of them a roll for old times sake.
Capone
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Fuck you hataaaaaas
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sounds like an interesting look at Haiti and some of the problems it has expirenced in such a short period of time. I find it interesting that this country has expirecned so much trouble and turmoil while it's neighbor of the Dominican Republic seems to propser much more. I don't know if the resorts can be blamed speicifcally and I don't know if this movie does that or not but I can see how it would be looked at as a cause of trouble by locals.
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OAP's getting it on is something I can do without seeing
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sounds old! why would you watch this!?
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empowering themselves. Now if the sexes were reversed, it would be exploitation.
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Normally I wear protection, but then I thought, "When am I gonna make it back to Haiti?"
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Here ya go, a photo of the cast. Let the insulting remarks begin, you young sexist, ageist people, you!
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I'm there.
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Been getting "girlfriends" in 3rd world countries since time began? What was the name of that frog painter who went to Tahiti and impregnated a 15 year old, he was about 58? Anyway, rich old people going to poor countries to get laid because no one wants their saggy old ass here is nothing new. The economy of Thailand depends on it.
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who cares?
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I hope there's boobs galore.
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She's a gilf.
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When's the next time I'm going to be in Haiti?
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You glorious bastard! :D
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But I'm really curious what kind of nudity this movie has. So fill us in!
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It isn't. All the male characters "abused" are sexually active adult men. Silly girl.
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