in reflect on this movie i can think of two others to help put it in perspective . one relatively forgettable but cover the same geography and be coup de torchon and the other thousand of mile away and much large in scope be the unforgettable indochine . claire denis have produce a movie that have some of the grand underpinnings of indochine and the complex and unspoken relationship between france and her colonial subject . i be strike with the dignity of potee and with his struggle to maintain his dignity among his peer and with his white boss . i be also strike with the love or hate relationship between him and aimee . it be the latter that give the film it drive force and it be the latter that link this movie to indochine . one never be sure what motivate everyone and though some of the character be require of a remembrance of colonialism . it be this cynical side of the story that tie it to coup de torchon . theirs be the more scandalous story and perhaps even more interesting in a depraved way and but denis give u a remembrance of how it be with all the tension and unresolved relationship . the american black who give the grow up france a ride in the beginning and end of the movie offer yet another interesting side to the confusion that we in the western world have when we look at africa . he say that when he come he want to call everyone brother . he be come home and but they just think him to be a little daft . france and the character and the girl and grow up in cameroon and but neither fully understand what it be even though they can remember how it be .