A grand, mesmerizing epic, Albert Serra’s most ambitious film yet unfurls with novelistic verve. Pacifiction is an elliptical political and colonial thriller that is both a departure from and a deepening of the Catalan filmmaker’s singular form of cinema. Shot in French Polynesia in a panoramic widescreen burnished with lush and languid island landscapes, the film’s aesthetic sublime is one that remains infused with a sense of paranoia and dread as its narrative is consistently thwarted in favour of modulated moods and atmospheres.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 2 hr. 45 min.
- Country, year
- France, Spain, Germany, Portugal, 2022
- Genre
- Drama, Romance
- Language
- French
- Subtitles
- English, Lithuanian
- Age rating
- N-16
Credits
- Director
- Albert Serra
- Screenplay
- Albert Serra
- Producers
- Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Dirk Decker, Andrea Schütte, Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves, Laurent Jacquemin
- Cinematography
- Artur Tort
- Music
- Marc Verdaguer, Joe Robinson
- Cast
- Benoît Magimel, Pahoa Mahagafanau, Marc Susini, Matahi Pambrun
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Albert Serra
Albert Serra is a Catalan director, sometimes called Radical Classicist. His feature films have received main awards in various international film festivals, such as Viennale, Locarno, Turin, Jerusalem and others. He was also awarded Prix Jean Vigo. His films were presented in the Cannes Film Festival (official selection as well as Quinzaine des Réalisateurs). As a video artist he has presented a film performance project in the Kassel Documenta f
