French Polynesian cinema is rare on the world stage, but the islands have provided backdrops and stories that sit somewhere between paradise and political tension. Rebellion, set during the 1987 Tahitian uprising, is a striking example of local history rendered on screen. Have a look at what Macca made of it below.
Rating: 1.5★
There's a version of Pacifiction that I would have loved. A French colonial administrator drifting through the bars, beaches and clubs of Tahiti, wielding soft power with a smile, colliding with locals in ways that expose something ugly and true about privilege and empire. That film sounds genuinely
Genre Drama
★★½ — Rebellion (2011)
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