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Therefore, it was a challenging interior scenes in Portugal in extras, and actors who helped the
task for Antoine to regain a sense one day. The rest of the movie film! Even if they didn't realize
of "virginity" in his character. He's was shot 99% in Tahiti! We shot it from the outset, what is done
a character who is very attentive on three different islands: in the in Tahiti in terms of filming
and wants to be completely open; Marquesas archipelago we were and recording is generally TF1
he arrives in that territory, and on Taha'a, the island where the [french commercial television
he's open to everything! He is movie actually takes place. It's network] stuff, and films that go
open to all stimuli. And then, as a very small island, you feel like to Tahiti look to "cannibalize"
an artist and writer, he tries to you're at the “end of the world”! the landscape, the territory, and
write about it— to think about his And then we filmed on the island exoticism itself—which Segalen
experience. of Tahiti, which is the main island criticizes. Victor Segalen, as a
of Polynesia and the island of theorist of exoticism, wants to
The shoot took place in Tahiti. Mo'orea. The shoot was short, we destroy this traditional exoticism
How long did it take? And with had very limited time to film. And of looking at reality as if it were
the abundance of exteriors, as you say, we had lots of décors, something exotic (the sunset, the
how big were the challenges lots of scenes, different locations. exotic clothes, and music...).
for the crew and directors? It was very stressful! It was also
Paulo MilHomens: Hugo wasn't enriching to build relationships Hugo Vieira da Silva: More than
there at the time. We shot two with the generous technicians, that, Segalen wants to put himself

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