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Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti

2017 · Movie · 97 min

5.9(126)unSUB Rating

DramaRomance

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
TMDB rating (input)
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

    Vincent Cassel

    as Paul Gauguin

  • Tuheï Adams

    Tuheï Adams

    as Tehura

  • Malik Zidi

    Malik Zidi

    as Henri Vallin

  • Pua-Taï Hikutini

    Pua-Taï Hikutini

    as Jotepha

  • Marc Barbé

    Marc Barbé

    as Stéphane Mallarmé

  • Paul Jeanson

    Paul Jeanson

    as Émile Bernard

  • Scali Delpeyrat

    Scali Delpeyrat

    as Hector, the Art Dealer

  • VB

    Victor Boulenger

    as Art Dealer's Assistant

  • Cédric Eeckhout

    Cédric Eeckhout

    as Meijer de Haan

  • Samuel Jouy

    Samuel Jouy

    as Émile Schuffenecker

Directed by Édouard Deluc