Movies and TvShows featuring "french-polynesia" theme.
Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.
Four couples go on a tropical vacation and end up in therapy. As they face their marital issues, they learn to communicate and rekindle their relationships.
Tales of the South Seas is an Australian TV series.
Martin Clunes embarks on an epic ocean wide adventure in search of the real Pacific. His voyage is inspired by reading a book given to him when he was a child by his father about the Kon-Tiki expedition across the Pacific. Martin has always yearned to follow in those explorers' footsteps.
In the movie Pacifiction (2022), the high commissioner of French Polynesia is tasked with investigating the sighting of a submarine, which could indicate the return of French nuclear testing. He navigates the conflict between his political status and the social struggles of the island's inhabitants, leading him to make reckless decisions. The story explores the turbulent nature of politics and the consequences of these decisions.
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti is a biographical drama that follows the story of painter Paul Gauguin and his journey to Tahiti in 1891. The film explores Gauguin's struggle as he tries to find artistic inspiration in the beauty of Polynesia while facing conflicts in his personal life. It also delves into the difficulties he experiences as a starving artist and the challenges of living in a foreign land.
In the remote South Seas, a group of convicts is assigned to help a Catholic priest evacuate a leper colony on an island with an active volcano. Amidst earthquakes, quicksand, and dangerous encounters, they struggle to accomplish their mission while confronting their own personal demons.
Gombessa Expedition 4 Laurent Ballesta went to observe a gathering of thousands of groupers during the full moon of June 2014 (Le mystère mérou) in the southern pass of the Polynesian atoll of Fakarava, where he discovered a pack of over seven hundred grey sharks. How can this unprecedented density be explained? Could it be that social behaviors govern this wild horde? During three years of preparation, he and the other divers on his international scientific team tamed their fear by abandoning the defensive reflexes that provoke shark aggression, with the aim of slipping into the heart of the raging pack to study and film it from the inside. Sharks fitted with microchips, receiving antennas, hydrophones, an ark of 32 synchronized cameras...: a whole technological arsenal is mobilized for the project. As the groupers approach for their annual spawning, what battle plan will the sharks deploy?
In this 1960s comedy, a wild bikini causes chaos on a tropical island as multiple love triangles form. With songs, dances, and plenty of laughs, this movie is a fun-filled romp set in Tahiti.
Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Matisse's birth and of the exhibition at the Center Pompidou which will be dedicated to him in 2020, this art documentary brings us back to life of the journeys made by Matisse that influenced his art. And particularly his last trip to Polynesia in 1930 which will bring him to the threshold of contemporary art with the invention of his gouache cut-out papers.
During World War Two, the crew of a patrol boat called McHale's Navy find themselves in various misadventures and hilarious situations as they navigate the challenges of war in the South Pacific. From dealing with a debt to gambling with the Japanese navy, the crew must rely on their wit and camaraderie to survive.
Originally, in 2014, Laurent Ballesta had just one precise objective: to unravel the mystery of groupers. To understand the issues involved in their collective reproduction. But although focused on the study of groupers, the real surprise came from the sharks. Never before had the team been confronted with such a density of grey reef sharks. The divers took up the challenge of counting them. Methodically, they repeated the operation many times to arrive at the impressive figure of 700 grey reef sharks. Each year, the team returned to the southern pass of Fakarava in French Polynesia. Until 2019, for the fourth expedition, "Gombessa 4" is the synthesis of precise and unique scientific protocols. The mission demonstrated that shark hunts are not anarchic, but rely in part on social organization within the horde, following in the footsteps of the 700 grey sharks in "700 sharks in the night (Gombessa 4, Genesis)".
The Grouper Mystery is a captivating documentary that delves into the enigmatic phenomenon of grouper spawning in French Polynesia. Through breathtaking underwater footage and expert interviews, the film uncovers the secrets behind this natural spectacle.
Teva, a young Tahitian with a passion for film making, was compelled to leave his homeland to fulfill his ambitions. Having become a director, he returns to Tahiti and is once again confronted with the same painful choice that he had to make ten years before; should he stay or go? Did he make the right choice the last time?
Blowing Up Paradise is a documentary that explores the French nuclear testing in French Polynesia. It delves into the environmental and political impact of these tests and the resistance and activism by groups like Greenpeace.
Through Maori poet, filmmaker and activist Henri Hiro's life and work, Tahitians struggle to safeguard their own identity in the face of colonial invasion and nuclear tests in Mururoa.
