Vers le Sud
A Winter Tan dealt with this topic better about 15 years ago or so. The topic being older ladies who head for sunny climes to have flings with the handsome young local beach boys. Then they find it hard to separate love from sex and charity from affection. 
Mixed into all this is 70’s Haiti with Papa Doc and the Tonton Macoute. I have to say that while it is watchable, it doesn’t quite gel. There are anachronisms in the filming – cars, etc that did not exist then, a rather unclear political subplot and even a superficial treatment of the main theme. There are nice dialogues though and as the film goes on the great Charlotte Rampling 
takes hold of the film and makes it all her own with some beautifully understated acting. The rest of the cast do a decent job but I expected more from Laurent Cantet who is one of the most thoughtful directors around today.
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