Teivi (Sebastian Urzendowsky), a young assistant to parliamentarian Gilot (Patrick Descamps) enjoys the - sometimes immoral - benefits of his job. But an encounter with Yasmina (Blanche-Neige Huri), his distant Maori cousin who is said to have magical powers, changes something in him. Plagued by hallucinatory malaise and embroiled in a case of real estate corruption, Teivi loses his footing and seeks his cousin's help. "Paradise successfully combines social realism and dreamlike mysticism." (cineuropa)
Paul Aivanaa Manaté makes film history as the first Franco-Polynesian director ever and was able to enlist Sebastian Urzendowsky for the role.
Teivi (Sebastian Urzendowsky), a young assistant to parliamentarian Gilot (Patrick Descamps) enjoys the - sometimes immoral - benefits of his job. But an encounter with Yasmina (Blanche-Neige Huri), his distant Maori cousin who is said to have magical powers, changes something in him.
Plagued by hallucinatory malaise and embroiled in a case of real estate corruption, Teivi loses his footing and seeks his cousin's help.
"Paradise successfully combines social realism and dreamlike mysticism." (cineuropa)