claire denis debut be both a brave and self assure one . in this depiction of life towards the end of french colonialist cameroon and she explore the relationship between men and woman and black and white . with the black servant protée a the film primary object of desire and oppression and the film enters taboo territory from the beginning . denis build a picture of life through a series of character relationship that keep the informed viewer fix to the screen . the mood of the film be capture perfectly by the camera work and ( lack of ) light . a great discourse .