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A DISTANT THUD IN THE JUNGLE

by Céline Rouzet

synopsis

The rough highlands of Papua New Guinea have become the land of plenty for tourists in search of exoticism and foreign oil companies looking for new fields. Tribes get paid to dress up for visitors while a local Huli family and their clan have agreed to sell their land to ExxonMobil with dreams of modernity. But the money never comes and they are now caught between rival tribes, greedy politicians and one of the most powerful multinationals in the world. Tourists point their cameras on dances that have lost their meaning. And a world is disappearing without a sound.

international title: A Distant Thud in the Jungle
original title: 140 km à l’ouest du paradis
country: France
year: 2020
genre: documentary
directed by: Céline Rouzet
film run: 85'
release date: FR 21/09/2022
screenplay: Céline Rouzet
cinematography by: Zoltan Hauville
film editing: Léa Masson
music: Lionel Vancauwenberge
producer: Olivier Aknin, Candice Zaccagnino
production: Eliane Antoinette, Les Films d'Ici, Reboot Films
distributor: New Story

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