Pacifiction

Movie

2022

2h 46m

French

Drama, Thriller

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Island of Tahiti. French government official De Roller is a calculating man with impeccable manners, capable of dealing with both high society and the locals he frequents in shady joints.

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Pacifiction

Movie

2022

2h 46m

French

Drama, Thriller

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Island of Tahiti. French government official De Roller is a calculating man with impeccable manners, capable of dealing with both high society and the locals he frequents in shady joints.

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Cast

De Roller

Shannah

L’amiral

Matahi

Morton

Francesca

Le capitaine

Romane Attia

Loïs

Mr. Mike

Cyrus

La secrétaire

Olivier

Le chauffeur

La DJ

Práxedes de Vilallonga

La fille de la piscine

Jean-Philippe Tahitua

Le gros costaud

Vaea

Mahire

Marin

Le Portugais

Directed By: Albert Serra

Written By: Albert Serra (Screenplay), Baptiste Pinteaux (Screenplay)

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manicure says...

10 months ago

A French politician roams through bizarre joints in Tahiti while realizing he has no power over anything, filling the existential void with haughty monologues and paranoia about possible nuclear experiments going on. In the three hours of the film, nothing at all happens: the audience is just asked to bask in the island’s hazy atmosphere and absorb the ambiguity and lack of understanding of the characters. Everything plays out in a loose and minimal, yet uncannily artificial manner. Rather than relying on a traditional plot, the film hints at its complexity through its enigmatic form and striking imagery. Although I struggled my way through the first half, I found the overall experience to be curiously intoxicating, leading to a cathartic culmination in the concluding moments.

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Spiritualized Kaos says...

one year ago

Where did they get High Commissioner?

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LeGarsAlex says...

one year ago

Oh come on... What the hell?! Rubbish from top to bottom. Unbelievable that Magimel got a Cesar for that. It says a lot of the current situation of the French movie industry...

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miguelreina says...

one year ago

[Filmin] First film of 2023. Albert Serra comments that he wanted Benoît Magimel to be like Jack Nicholson in "Chinatown" (Roman Polanski, 1974), with a constant presence, grabbing the screen to offer his vision of the world. And it is true that the story has something of a thriller, although the director's tendency to not explain too much hurts it, especially since we are facing almost three hours of film, so slow that they are hypnotic, like the chill out sequence. Magimel is splendid, representing that post-colonialism that refuses to acknowledge its failure, with a friendly and at the same time almost psychotic smile, seeing his network of favors and connections endangered. An "Apocalypse Now" with touristic sunsets.

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CinemaSerf

10 months ago

Benoît Magimel is the easy going French High Commissioner "De Roller". Charged with representing the French Government on it's Polynesian outpost of Tahiti where he travels the island in his chauffeur driven Mercedes glad-handing and pretty much going from party to party. The arrival of an admiral More

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