September 10, 2007
amazing cinematography, nice simple story
Anne Chevalier, Bill Bambridge, Hitu
This is a sensual tale of doomed love, filmed on location in Tahiti.
Directed by: Anne Chevalier, Bill Bambridge, F.W. Murnau, Hitu, Jean, Matahi, Reri, Robert J. Flaherty
Release Date: January 1, 1931
DVD Release Date: September 3, 2002
Stats: 42 reviews
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September 17, 2007A silent film about ill-fated lovers. Reri and Matahi are in love, but she is chosen by a priest to become the newest addition of the sacred virgins on another island, thereby making her tabu to all men. Great cinematography as well as the impressive lighting which gets progressi...( read more)
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August 10, 2007Até então os filmes expressionistas alemães eram sombrios e pessimistas, com cenários fantasmagóricos, exagero na interpretação dos atores e nos contrastes de luz e sombra. A realidade era distorcida para expressar conflitos interiores dos personagens.
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