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  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 48 m
Heading South

Summary On the sun drenched island of Haiti in the '70s, foreigners idle away their vacations in the palm-fringed paradise of the beach hotels. Brenda (Young), Ellen (Rampling) and Sue (Portal), three North American women, converge on the island looking for flirtation, relaxation and respite from their colorless jobs and marriages. They find wha...

Directed By: Laurent Cantet

Written By: Robin Campillo, Dany Laferrière, Sandy Whitelaw, Laurent Cantet

  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 48 m

Heading South

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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Summary On the sun drenched island of Haiti in the '70s, foreigners idle away their vacations in the palm-fringed paradise of the beach hotels. Brenda (Young), Ellen (Rampling) and Sue (Portal), three North American women, converge on the island looking for flirtation, relaxation and respite from their colorless jobs and marriages. They find wha...

Directed By: Laurent Cantet

Written By: Robin Campillo, Dany Laferrière, Sandy Whitelaw, Laurent Cantet

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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23% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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77% Positive
20 Reviews
23% Mixed
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100
Heading South is a hydra-headed love story, as dangerous as it is heated and complex.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
88
Boasts another formidable and fine-tuned performance from the great Charlotte Rampling.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
80
Laurent Cantet's fascinating, troubling drama has many meanings.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
75
Evocative and disturbing.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
70
The film tackles more than it can master, but it's never less than fascinating, and all three leads are exceptional.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
60
Cantet's anticipated follow-up to "Time Out" supplants that pic's important issues with unexamined attitudes toward sex and the tropics.
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50
Among the creepiest adult monologues you'll hear in a regular theater this year comes from Karen Young in Heading South, a well-acted but misguided tale of displaced sexual longing on the beaches of Baby Doc Duvalier's 1970s Haiti.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Haut et Court, Les Films Seville, France 3 Cinéma, StudioCanal, Canal+, TPS Star, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), Téléfilm Canada, Soficinéma, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Cofinova 1
Release Date Jul 7, 2006
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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