PACIFICTION
FRANCE - 2022 - FRENCH, ENGLISH - 162 MINUTES - COLOUR
A FILM BY ALBERT SERRA
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On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the High Commissioner of the Republic and French government official De Roller (Benoît Magimel) is a calculating man with flawless manners. His somewhat broad perception of his role brings him to navigate the high end ’establishment’ as well as shady venues where he mingles with the locals. Especially since a persistent rumor has been going around: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing.
“Albert Serra’s languid but brilliant espionage drama Pacification aces its own endurance test” - Globe and Mail
“The end result is a powerful one: a treatise about the ways evil can disguise itself in the most innocuous ways, and how the universe might be too late to turn back from the brink of chaos.” - The Gate