Haiti, late 1970’s. Sea, sex and sun for Ellen, Brenda and Sue, three North American ladies, on the wrong side of forty or fifty-odd, going through an enchanted interlude. Lonely, forsaken, neglected by men in their native countries, they can indulge here in carnal exultation without shame, thanks to handsome local young men they pay a few dollars. Ellen is a Boston French literature professor; Brenda, an unfulfilled wife from Savannah, Georgia and Sue, a sexually frustrated but good-natured Canadian factory worker. In this second garden of Eden they don’t care too much about the neighboring poverty nor about Baby Doc’s violent dictatorship. The trouble is that that all three women have sights on a single man, Legba. The women reconnect with him each year, but this time he’s going to change their lives.

Lauren Cantet was born in Melle, Deux-Sevres, France in 1961. His first feature, Tous å la Manif came in 1994. Other features in Cantet’s filmography include Jeux de Plage (1995), Les Sanguinaires (1997), Resources Humaines (1999) and L’emploi du Temps (2001).

Producers: Simon Arnal, Caroline Benjo, John Hamilton, David Reckziegel, Carole Scotta Screenwriters: Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet Cinematographer: Pierre Milon Editor: Robin Campillo Sound: Claude Lahaye Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Louise Portal, Ménothy Cesar, Lys Ambroise