2014
/ synopsis
Their paradise became a radioactive waste dump as the world forgot about the french nuclear testing. Through the love story of a young couple living on a sand atoll only 100 km from a former French nuclear test site an even greater story of our vulnerability as human beings is told. The issue of atomic weapons is once again raised and should interest us all.
DIRECTOR • Helgi Felixson & Titti Johson
CO-PRODUCER • HEGE DEHLI
LENGHT • 58 MIN.
Kua and Teariki dream of starting a bakery is shattered when they are unable to secure a loan from the bank, due to the risk that the Mururoa atoll may implode, setting off a devastating tsunami.
Vive La France reveals the willful existence of a small island community, while delivering a grave lesson on the ecological consequences of nuclear testing and the political ramifications of French colonialism in Polynesia. In this film about the hairrising consequences of France's nuclear programme, it's plain to see the indifference that was and still is the mark of the Western world.
/ More about the film
LENGHT • 58 MIN.
FORMAT • 16:9
Year of Production • 2014
DIRECTOR • Helgi Felixson & Titti Johson
CO-PRODUCER • HEGE DEHLI
Produced by • Irisfilm (Island) – Mechanix Film (Norway) – Felixfilm (Sweden) – Avanton Productions (Finland)
Production location • Island of Tureia in French Polynesia, South Pacific
/ TV
ARTE/ZDF.
NRK, SVT, YLE, RUV.
/ Festivals & Prizes
World premiere Gothenburg Internasjonal Film Festival (Sweden)
Tempo Film Festival (Sweden)
Nordic/Docs (Norway)
Reykjavik Film Festival (Island)
The 50th Chicago International Film Festival (USA)- In competition
Paris Science Film Festival – Prix Grand Ecran Special Mention (France)
The 50th Chicago International Film Festival (USA)
Inconvenient Films (Lithuania) – In competition
Planet in Focus Film Festival, Toronto (Canada) – In competition
One World Film Festival- Praha (Czech Republic)
Festival de l’Oiseau et de la Nature (France) – In competition
Festival Ânûu-rû Âboro – Prix Best Pacific full lenght film. (Nouvelle Calédonie)