Synopsis
Robert J. Flaherty’s follow-up to Nanook of the North shifts from the Arctic to the South Seas, portraying Samoan village life with a painterly eye. Blending ethnographic detail with a romanticized “Gauguin idyll,” the film celebrates daily rituals, communal traditions, and the passage into adulthood, suffused with what Flaherty called “pride of beauty, pride of strength.”
Key facts
Original language
English
Production companies
Paramount Pictures
Setting
Insular Oceania
Trailer
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Festival History
- Punto de Vista 2023 generic
- Telluride Film Festival 2010 generic
- Melbourne International Film Festival 1953 generic
Titles
| Original title | Moana | |
| Alternate title | Moana : A Romance of the Golden Age |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
