Torment on the Isles
: Penitential Paradise
Tahiti, gloomy plain.
Just the title.
It was to be
Pacifiction
, it became
Torment on the Isles
.
This end-of-meal joke would be booed by all the guests.
However, we are not at the end of our troubles.
The pun that was finally abandoned is perhaps the most bearable element of this (very) feature film (2:45).
On the island, deaf rumors circulate.
There would be talk of resuming nuclear testing.
We expect a stir.
A businessman struggles to avoid the worst.
He circulates in the atoll, has appointments with a lot of characters, is a regular at the discotheque and he is about to open a new casino.
An admiral does not hold alcohol.
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The sequences follow one another without rhyme or reason.
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