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PATUTIKI The Guardians of Marquesan Tattoo (FRENCH VERSION)
With tattoo declared illegal by church & state in the early 1900's, the last of the “black-skinned” Marquesan elders find clever ways to guard their dying people's Polynesian history, leaving a cultural puzzle of art and belief to be uncovered by future generations.
PATUTIKI The Guardians of Marquesan Tattoo (ENGLISH VERSION)
With tattoo declared illegal by church & state in the early 1900's, the last of the “black-skinned” Marquesan elders find clever ways to guard their dying people's Polynesian history, leaving a cultural puzzle of art and belief to be uncovered by future generations.
Papicha
A Violent Life
Even though there is a death threat against him, a man returns to Corsica for the funeral of a childhood friend.
France (Les Habitants)
After JOURNAL DE FRANCE (Cannes FF) legendary filmmaker-photographer Raymond Depardon delivers a unique picture of France today. Tender, moving, powerful – a film that will reveal the country’s intimate side.
La fille au bracelet (The Girl with a Bracelet)
A teenager stands trial for murdering her best friend.
La nuit des rois (Night of the Kings)
Closed captions available
Le sel des larmes (Salt of Tears)
A provincial youngster who travels up to Paris to sit an entrance exam for a "grande école". His path crosses that of a young woman and they strike up a short-lived relationship.
Les Parfums (Perfumes)
Anne Walberg is a celebrity in the perfume world. She creates fragrances and sells her incredible talent to companies of all kinds. She lives as a diva, selfish, well-tempered.
Mon chien stupide (My Stupid Dog)
Henri is a middle-aged writer in crisis. Just at a time when he assesses of his life, an enormous gray dog, impolite and smelly, sneaks into Henri's house.
Police (Night Shift)
Première Année (The Freshman)
Friendship sparks between newcomer Benjamin and held-back Antoine during the first year of medical school.
Sur le chemin d'école (On The Way to School)
Tu te souviendras de moi (You Will Remember Me)
Antoinette dans les Cévennes
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The world’s first film directed, written, and produced by a native Marquesan, Heretu Tetahiotupa. It’s Christophe Cordier’s first film as well. Witness how a remote Southern Pacific islander people rediscover and celebrate their nearly lost identity by uncovering the cultural puzzles left behind through patutiki, the art of Marquesan tattoo,

The stories etched on their Polynesian skin document their history. Unlike other Polynesian societies, Marquesans created an artistic symbolism by which to tell their people’s stories, their way of seeing the world and human kind’s place in it. In 1920, 97% of their population was decimated, only 2000 survived. With tattoo declared illegal by church and state, the last of the “black-skinned” elders found unique ways to guard their dying people’s precious history.

  • Year
    2018
  • Runtime
    55 minutes
  • Language
    French, Reo
  • Country
    French Polynesia
  • Note
    ETHNOLOGICAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Director
    Christophe Cordier & Heretu Tetahiotupa
  • Screenwriter
    Christophe Cordier & Heretu Tetahiotupa
  • Producer
    Christophe Cordier & Heretu Tetahiotupa
  • Executive Producer
    Michael Alezrah
  • Co-Producer
    Sydelia Guirao France TV
  • Filmmaker
    Les Studios Hashtag Eka Eka Productions L’Association Patutiki with France TV
  • Cast
    Interviewees (in order of appearance) Narrators (Marquesan and French) TIA IHOPU LUDO PUHETINI TEIKI HUUKENA PASCAL PATI TUTANA TETUANUI-PETERS VOHI HEITAA MIKARA HIKUTINI Villagers (in alphabetical order) AUGUSTE AH-SCHA TUATAI AH-SCHA TIETOUA AKA HIRIATA BONNO ANNABELLA ELLIS-HUUKENA PIERRE GENDRON LAURE HATUUKU CASSILDA HEIMATAKUA KEHUATUA HOKAHUMANO TAKIHIA HOKAHUMANO TEIKIMOEATUA HUUKENA VEHINEKEUATUA HUUKENA- LINAGE MATIKI KAUTAI PERINA KOHUEINUI LIONEL LE CORRE JULIEN MOTAHU KANIVE OHOTOUA TETUAIARIA KAIHA AHITIRI TEIKITUTOUA EDGAR TETAHIOTUPA TOTI TEIKIEHUUPOKO IOPUTONA HIKUTINI MATIA PAVAOUAU KEVIN OTTO ALEXIS PAHUATINI JOHANNA ALEXIS PAHUATINI AHUURA PAPAI HOMAI PAUTEHEA TEIKIKAIHEI PAUTU MARIE-LOUISE PUHETINI TEVAI RAVIER TAPETA SALMON MARIE-ROSALIE TAATA ANTOINE TAVITA TEMAROHOA TAVITA RACHEL TEIKIHAA THOMAS TEIKIHAA KIMI TEIKITEETINI KIHA TEIKITOHE TEAKI TEIKITOHE TEPOEA NETI TEMANUPAEURA PIERRE TEIKITOHE HERETU TETAHIOTUPA Dancers (in alphabetical order) MARIE-YOLINDA BANGELINA GABRIEL BARSINAS TEHIA EPETAHUI VAIHIKI EPETAHUI TEOTURO FALCHETTO OLIVIER FIU STEVENS GENDRON AUTINI HAITI TEMEHEA HAITI ESPERANCE HUUKENA TUPEA PAUTU TEANI POU CYRILLE TAATA YOAN TAUPOTINI HOPUATA TEIKITEETINI HUEIKI TEIKITEETINI HEIRANI TEIKITOHE REVAHEI TEIKIUNUATUA JAMES TEKOHUOTETUA MELODIE TEKOHUOTETUA OUMATI TEKOHUOTETUA UHIMAI TETO TIFANNY TUTEINA CAST
  • Cinematographer
    Christophe Cordier & Heretu Tetahiotupa
  • Editor
    Christophe Cordier & Heretu Tetahiotupa
  • Animator
    Lucid Dream
  • Production Design
    Pita Hokahumano Moetai Huioutu Teiki Oeatua Huukena Ronald Tihoni Sicard Tristan
  • Sound Design
    Kami Asgar, 424 Post Christophe Hantzen Robert Chen Teddy Salas
  • Music
    Christophe Cordier & Heretu Tetahiotupa