A DISTANT THUD IN THE JUNGLE

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A DISTANT THUD IN THE JUNGLE

140 KM À L'OUEST DU PARADIS

By Céline ROUZET

ANDANA FILMS - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2021

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. A local Huli family and their clan have agreed to sell their land to ExxonMobil with dreams of modernity.

Festivals
& Awards

Zurich FF 2021

Border Lines

Moscow IFF 2021

Official Selection Documentary Competition

Jeonju Int'l FF 2021

Frontline Section

Doc edge 2021

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Documentary, Female director, First film
- Countries
- FRANCE, BELGIUM
- Languages
- Other
- Duration
- 85 mn
- Director(s)
- Céline ROUZET
- Producer(s)
- Olivier AKNIN (Reboot Films)
- 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.