Paradise Found (2003)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Mario Andreacchio

Writers:

Mario Andreacchio (story)
John Goldsmith (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 March 2003 (Australia)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

The sensual journey of one of the most influential artists of our time.

Plot:

A successful 19th century French stockbroker (Sutherland) leaves his profession to become an artist in Paris.

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland	...	Paul Gauguin
Nastassja Kinski	...	Mette Gauguin
Alun Armstrong	...	Pissaro
Thomas Heinze	...	Schuff
Chris Haywood	...	Arnaud
Nicholas Hope	...	Maurrin
Marco Andreacchio	...	Juggler
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karel Belohradský
Jana Bittnerova
Sarah Lind Brown
Jan Chromec
Michael Corrigan
Hana Dodlova
Sam Elia
Michael Futcher
Emil Helt		(as Emil Laage Helt)
Zuzana Hodkova	...	Mme Pissarro
Pauline Janebova
Ruben Kraaijeveld	...	Emil
Dennis Kreusler	...	French Military Soldier
Andrea Miltner		(as Andrea Miltnerova)
Katerina Orlovska
Michael Parlato
Reg Roddick
Bruce Seymour
Srdjan Simeonovich		(as Srdjan Simeonovic)
Jirí Stanislav
Martin Ucik
Peter Varga	...	Van Gogh
Jaroslav Vízner

MPAA:

Rated R for some language and nudity.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Australia | UK | France | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:R | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company:

Adelaide Motion Picture Company

Trivia:

Kiefer Sutherland's father, Donald Sutherland, also portrayed the artist Paul Gauguin in the film Oviri (1986).

Movie Connections:

Version of Oviri (1986)

Gauguin must be quaking in his grave at this effort

An absolutely dreadful rendition of Gauguin's life on Tahiti.There is no sense of his passion in a wonderful adventure in the South Seas and the real difficulties he faced.Having studied this painters life in some detail I find this biopiic unbelievably innacurate. We even have his wife Mette loving his paintings from Tahiti, which in reality she despised. There is even a scene of her at his exhibition in Paris, an event she refused to attend.She never appreciated any of his work. If a filmmaker or writer embarks on a biopic picture they need to keep the basic facts correct. The Directing and editing is very slow and not very entertaining. It is difficult to blame the actors with such a pedestrian script but I found the casting quite misguided. Gauguin must be quaking in his grave at this effort at portraying his brave and noble life in pursuit of his art.