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Heading South

Original title: Vers le sud
  • 2005
  • Unrated
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
2.9K
YOUR RATING
Charlotte Rampling, Louise Portal, and Karen Young in Heading South (2005)
Drama

Three female tourists have their eyes opened while visiting the poverty-stricken and dangerous world of 1980s Haiti.Three female tourists have their eyes opened while visiting the poverty-stricken and dangerous world of 1980s Haiti.Three female tourists have their eyes opened while visiting the poverty-stricken and dangerous world of 1980s Haiti.

  • Director
    • Laurent Cantet
  • Writers
    • Laurent Cantet
    • Robin Campillo
    • Dany Laferrière
  • Stars
    • Charlotte Rampling
    • Karen Young
    • Louise Portal
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    2.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Laurent Cantet
    • Writers
      • Laurent Cantet
      • Robin Campillo
      • Dany Laferrière
    • Stars
      • Charlotte Rampling
      • Karen Young
      • Louise Portal
    • 35User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

    Top cast35

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    Charlotte Rampling
    Charlotte Rampling
    • Ellen
    Karen Young
    Karen Young
    • Brenda
    Louise Portal
    Louise Portal
    • Sue
    Ménothy Cesar
    • Legba
    Lys Ambroise
    • Albert
    Jackenson Pierre Olmo Diaz
    • Eddy
    Wilfried Paul
    • Neptune
    Anotte Saint Ford
    • Limousine Girl
    Marie-Laurence Hérard
    • Airport Woman
    Michelet Cassis
    • Charlie
    Pierre-Jean Robert
    • Chico
    Jean Delinze Salomon
    • Jérémy
    Kettline Amy
    • Denise
    Daphné Destin
    • Lossita
    Guiteau Nestant
    • Frank
    Violette Vincent
    • Legba's Mother
    Ti Koka
    • Orchestra Member
    Wanga Negès
    • Orchestra Member
    • Director
      • Laurent Cantet
    • Writers
      • Laurent Cantet
      • Robin Campillo
      • Dany Laferrière
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews35

    Featured review

    A great complex film

    I know a lot Americans guys travel to Thailand for young girls, and a lot German guys travel to Hungry for young boys. But I never know that sex tourism also include middle aged white women going to Haiti in the 70s for young black guys. That's a story a new film "Heading South" (Vers le sud) is telling.

    Three mid-aged North American women (two Americans and one Canadian) went to Haiti for summer vacation in the 70s, soaking in the sun and their desire for beautiful young Haitian boys. They have what those boys don't have: money and social status. The boys have what the ladies don't have: their youth and bodies. When two of the three ladies want the same handsome 18 years old Legba, the vacation is over.

    This is an excellent film. I love this film for its brutal honesty, its originality, its thought provoking subject, and its terrific performance. Money liberates these ladies' sexuality, but can money buy love that they really desire for? Isn't it interesting that these ladies wouldn't lay their eyes on a black guy back home, but they are lusting after these young men in the poorest country? What made the connection between them here in Haiti?
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Part of the film was to be shot in Haiti but only one week's filming took place because political events prevented the crew from staying longer. The rest of the film was shot in the Dominican Republic, in neighboring Santo Domingo.
    • Goofs
      When Brenda is desperately looking for Legba and she wanders around the village at night, one of the guys she crosses by is wearing a Larry Johnson NBA New York Knicks basketball jacket with number 2. Larry Johnson played for the Knicks in the mid '90s.
    • Quotes

      [recalling her first time with Legba]

      Brenda: We were both lying in our bathing suits on a big rock, basking in the sun. His body fascinated me. Long, lithe, muscular, his skin glistened. I couldn't take my eyes off him. And the later it got, the more I was losing my mind. He was, he was lying there beside me, his eyes were shut. I remember every move I made, as if it was yesterday. I edged my hand over and placed it on his chest. Legba opened his eyes and immediately closed them again. That encouraged me and I, I moved my hand down his body. Such soft, young skin. He was motionless. And I slid two fingers into his bathing suit and touched his cock. Almost immediately, it started getting hard, growing in the palm of my hand, until it just popped out. His arms were beside his body. He breathed faintly, but, but very regularly. I looked around to see that no one was coming and I threw myself on him. I literally threw myself on him. It, it was so violent, I couldn't help but scream. I, I think I never stopped screaming. It was my first orgasm. I was 45.

    • Connections
      Edited into La dérive douce d'un enfant de Petit-Goâve (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Sobo
      Traditional

      Performed by Ti Koka et Wanga Negès

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 25, 2006 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Canada
      • Belgium
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bienvenidas al paraíso
    • Filming locations
      • Playa Bonita, Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
    • Production companies
      • Haut et Court
      • Les Films Seville
      • France 3 Cinéma
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $898,468
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,200
      • Feb 5, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,294,052
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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