In "The Fence," a haunting new film from Claire Denis, the celebrated French director returns to a theme she has explored throughout her career -- the shadow of colonialism in West Africa.

Denis, who spent her early childhood moving around Africa, where her father was a colonial administrator, sets "The Fence" on the grim compound of a British-owned construction site in an unspecified West African country.

Denis told AFP at the Toronto International Film Festival that the film, in part, tackles modern "commercial colonialism," asking questions about the potentially corrosive influence of foreign companies.

"They are interested in their work because they make a lot of money there. I don't think they are interested by the country and the people around at all," the 79-year-old director sai

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