『ルイ14世の死』（16）で知られるアルベルト・セラの最新作。フランス領ポリネシアの島を舞台にフィルム・ノワールを思わせるスタイルで描かれる人間模様。カンヌ映画祭コンペティションで上映。
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監督: Albert Serra
脚本: Baptiste Pinteaux / Albert Serra
音楽: Marc Verdaguer / Joe Robinson
制作: Pierre-Olivier Bardet / Montse Triola / Albert Serra
撮影監督: Artur Tort
制作会社: Andergraun Films / Idéale Audience / Rosa Filmes / ARTE France Cinéma / Lupa Film / Tamtam Film / BR / Archipel Production
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!
