Le Prince du Pacifique (2000) Directed by Alain Corneau
Adventure / Comedy
aka: The Prince of the Pacific
Film Synopsis
In 1918, Captain Alfred Morsac arrives at Fuen Poerava, an island
paradise in the Polynesian archipelago. His mission is to form a
battalion of riflemen from the native population to fight in First
World War. He encounters a tribe of warriors who are in the power
of Lefebvre, a disreputable man who uses them as slave labour in the
nickel mines. Morsac also befriends Reia, the child prince of the
island, who sees him as the man who will liberate his people.
Reia's mother does not share this view. Instead, she sees Morsac
as a bad man who brings no good to the island...
Franz Kafka's letters to his fiancée Felice Bauer not only reveal a soul in torment; they also give us a harrowing self-portrait of a man appalled by his own existence.
A wave of fresh talent in the late 1950s, early 1960s brought about a dramatic renaissance in French cinema, placing the auteur at the core of France's 7th art.