Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti
2017 · Movie · 97 min · ★ 5.6 · 48% critics
In the late 1800s, a French painter leaves Paris for Tahiti, hoping to escape rigid expectations and rediscover creative freedom. Far from home, he struggles with isolation and illness while finding inspiration in the island’s landscape and an intense new relationship that shapes his work.
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Details
- Original title
- Gauguin : Voyage de Tahiti
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-09-20
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Critic score
- 48/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (126 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a moody, character-driven period drama about art, escape, and romance in an exotic setting; Not for you if you prefer fast plots or lighthearted stories like Gemma Bovery.
Pros: lush island setting; reflective artist journey; passionate romance | Cons: slow, meditative pace; bleak illness themes; limited action
Themes
- paris, france
- based on novel or book
- tahiti
- 19th century
- painter as artist
- french polynesia
- semi-biographical
Cast & crew
Vincent Cassel
as Paul Gauguin
Tuheï Adams
as Tehura
Malik Zidi
as Henri Vallin
Pua-Taï Hikutini
as Jotepha
Marc Barbé
as Stéphane Mallarmé
Paul Jeanson
as Émile Bernard
Scali Delpeyrat
as Hector, the Art Dealer
- VB
Victor Boulenger
as Art Dealer's Assistant
Cédric Eeckhout
as Meijer de Haan
Samuel Jouy
as Émile Schuffenecker
Directed by Édouard Deluc