Pacifiction

2022 2h 46m FR

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 164

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Benoît Magimel
De Roller
Pahoa Mahagafanau
Shannah
Marc Susini
L’amiral
Matahi Pambrun
Matahi
Sergi López
Morton
Montse Triola
Francesca
Michaël Vautor
Le capitaine
Cécile Guilbert
Romane Attia

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Albert Serra
Writers: Baptiste Pinteaux, Albert Serra, Albert Serra
Languages: English, Portuguese, French, Tahitian
Countries: France, French Polynesia, Germany, Portugal, Spain

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 166 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Portuguese, French, Tahitian.

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WORLD

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International production across 5 countries: France, French Polynesia, Germany, Portugal, Spain.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Albert Serra, shot by Artur Tort. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Marc Verdaguer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Albert Serra shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Benoît Magimel and Pahoa Mahagafanau and Marc Susini carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Albert Serra directs. Artur Tort behind the camera. Marc Verdaguer scores. Albert Serra cuts. A long sit — settle in. Produced in France, French Polynesia, Germany, Portugal, Spain. Dialogue in English, Portuguese, French, Tahitian.

Trivia

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1Clocks in at 166 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 4 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Portuguese, French, Tahitian.
4International production across 5 countries: France, French Polynesia, Germany, Portugal, Spain.
5Directed by Albert Serra, shot by Artur Tort. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Marc Verdaguer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Albert Serra shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Benoît Magimel and Pahoa Mahagafanau and Marc Susini carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt13702796 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Artur Tort
Original score: Marc Verdaguer
Editing: Albert Serra
Production design: Sebastián Vogler
Costume design: Práxedes de Vilallonga
Makeup / hair: Aurélie Vigouroux
VFX supervisor: Gaston Marcotti
Sound: Jordi Ribas
Runtime: 166 min · 2h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $416,721
Original language: FR
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Pacifiction (2022)

Awards

Gaudí Award for Best Non-Catalan Language Film
Gaudí Award for Best Art Direction
Gaudí Award for Best Cinematography

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CinemaSerf2023-05-15
★ 6/10
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 (Marc Susini) and some rather hunky sailors on his island soon has tongues wagging, though. Before he knows it, his placid existence is being disturbed by increasingly popular - and disturbing - rumours that the French are to restart nuclear weapons testing nearby. Of course he is assured not, and makes similar assurances to the population himself, but when local girls start to go missing the presence of the military and a general sentiment amongst the locals seems to encourage a view that it's time to assert their own independence. This creates more problems that begin to cause our diplomatic quite an headache. Can he sort it all out? Is there even anything to sort out? The thing with this film is that it is far, far too long. The story could easily lose an hour and no harm would be done. The plot, political mischief and island intrigues, would benefit from that tightening up too - perhaps sparing us from the many shots of his car! Magimel delivers an efficient characterisation here, but he is largely left to his own devices as the supporting cast struggle to build upon a rather thin storyline that needed a bit more shoring up to sustain the interest as it rambled on. It has it's moments, but sadly just not enough of them. Oh, and it's pretty wet down there!

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