Gauguin : voyage to Tahiti

Author

Édouard Deluc

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN, WSQ)

Languages

In French, with English subtitles.

Performers

Vincent Cassel, Tuheï Adams, Malik Zidi, Pua-Taï Hikutini.

Publication Information

Beverly Hills, CA : Entertainment One Film USA

Physical Description

1 videodisc (102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

1891. Painter Paul Gauguin is already well-known in Parisian artistic circles, but is tired of the so-called civilized world and its political, moral and artistic conventions. Leaving his wife and children behind, he ventures alone to the other end of the world, Tahiti, consumed with a yearning for original purity, and ready to sacrifice everything for his quest. Impoverished and solitary, Gauguin pushes deep into the Tahitian jungle, where he meets the Maoris and Tehura, his muse, who will inspire his most iconic works of art.

Notes

Title from disc label.

Freely adapted from the writings of Paul Gauguin in "Noa Noa, voyage de Tahiti."

Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.