Pacifiction

Showings

Grand Illusion Cinema Fri, Feb 17, 2023 7:00 PM
Grand Illusion Cinema Sat, Feb 18, 2023 4:00 PM
Grand Illusion Cinema Sun, Feb 19, 2023 4:00 PM
Grand Illusion Cinema Tue, Feb 21, 2023 7:00 PM
Grand Illusion Cinema Thu, Feb 23, 2023 7:00 PM
Film Info
Release Year:2022
Genre:Drama
Thriller
Mystery
Production Country:Germany
Spain
France
Portugal
Original Language:English
Portuguese
Tahitian
French
Format:DCP
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Albert Serra
Cast:Benoît Magimel
Pahoa Mahagafanau
Marc Susini
Matahi Pambrun
Sergi López
Screenwriter:Albert Serra

Description

Named the best film of the year (2022) by Cahiers du Cinéma, Albert Serra's mesmerizing and hypnotic PACIFICTION is a deceptively quiet observation of colonialism, and an audacious commentary on gentrification. 

On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the calculating French bureaucrat De Roller (Benoît Magimel) blithely rubs elbows with the elite of the island, while also frequenting local haunts where he cozies up with the Indigenous population. Tensions rise when a persistent rumor swirls around the island regarding the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing. In French with English subtitles.