A rich guy flees to Tahiti to find himself—and his wife is NOT having it.
This Yves Allegret film is set in French Polynesia and stars Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart, Andrea Parisy, Nicole Berger and Reg Lye. Basehart is the black sheep of a wealthy family of mining financiers based in France. He dumps the family life style and heads to Tahiti to make it on his own. His wife, Andrea Parisy, is less than amused with Basehart's choice.
Cinematography
Tahiti looks impossibly lush, almost mocking the characters' misery.
Acting
Basehart simmers with entitled restlessness; Parisy delivers magnificent side-eye.
Director
Yves Allégret
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during France's brutal Algerian War, the film's tropical escapism reads as anxious fantasy for exhausted audiences.
Basehart was fresh off playing a trapped submarine commander in 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'—here he's trapped by family instead of water.
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