Dans l'ancienne Polynésie, lorsqu'une terrible malédiction lancée par Maui atteint l'île d'un chef impétueux, sa fille obstinée répond à l'appel de l'océan et part à la recherche du demi-dieu pour rétablir la situation. Live-Action du film Vaiana, la Légende du bout du monde de Disney en 2016.
Il y a 3 000 ans, les plus grands marins du monde parcouraient le vaste océan Pacifique, à la découverte des nombreuses îles de l’Océanie. Puis, pendant un millénaire, ils cessèrent de voyager, et nul ne sait pourquoi. Walt Disney Animation Studios nous offre Vaiana, La Légende du bout du monde, l'histoire d'une jeune fille aventureuse qui prend la mer pour sauver son peuple. Au cours de son voyage, Vaiana rencontre le puissant demi-dieu Maui qui la guidera dans sa quête pour devenir une experte de la navigation. Ensemble, ils entreprennent un voyage rocambolesque et affrontent des monstres gigantesques et bien des dangers. Vaiana va accomplir la mission de ses ancêtres et découvrir ce qu’elle a toujours cherché : son identité.
Guns et Boats, deux anciens combattants du Pacifique se sont installés en Polynésie. La fille d'un troisième camarade, élevée dans la société puritaine de Boston vient à la recherche de son père. Alors qu'ils se retrouvent, comme chaque année, dans l'île de Haleakaloa, où habite Guns, pour une rituelle bagarre, cet ancien marin irlandais va donner à la jeune héritière prude et pleine de préjugés une leçon de charité et de joie de vivre.
"Kon-Tiki" was the name of a wooden raft used by six Scandinavian scientists, led by Thor Heyerdahl, to make a 101-day journey from South America to the Polynesian Islands. The purpose of the expedition was to prove Heyerdal's theory that the Polynesian Islands were populated from the east- specifically Peru- rather than from the west (Asia) as had been the theory for hundreds of years. Heyerdahl made a study of the winds and tides in the Pacific, and by simulating conditions as closely as possible to those he theorized the Peruvians encountered, set out on the voyage.
Bora Bora. Le jeune Matahi pêche avec ses amis dans le lagon. Il sépare deux jeunes filles qui se battent dans la rivière. L'une d'elles est sa bien-aimée, Réri. Tous les habitants de l'île s'élancent en pirogue, derrière leur chef, vers un voilier qui va accoster. Le chef de Bora Bora monte à bord et reçoit un message du vieil Hitu, émissaire du chef de l'île voisine de Fanuma. Dans ce message, il est dit que, la vierge consacrée aux dieux à Fanuma étant morte, Réri a été choisie, à cause de sa beauté, de sa vertu et de son sang royal, pour la remplacer. Désormais aucun homme ne peut la toucher. Elle est tabou...
Les enjeux de la beauté dans une petite île polynésienne. Une fiction documentaire de Robert Flaherty dans la veine de Nanouk l'Esquimau.
Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a contest in which the winner gets a Hawaiian vacation and is obligated to write articles on the islands which, when published, will constitute a publicity coup for the company. Unfortunately, Georgia Smith, the winner, feels lonely and isolated in the Islands and wants to return to the States. With help from buddy Shad Buggle Tony tries to romantically divert Georgia without letting her know his true motivation.
Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.
An outrageous social comedy about a New York realtor who dreams of having political influence by taking over a new Polynesian nation.
Two brothers, one wanted for murder, are shipwrecked on an island inhabited by nubile young women who have amassed a valuable cache of pearls.
Johnny Lingo, one of the sharpest traders in the south pacific islands decides to bargain for a wife, and offers a record price of eight cows for Mahana, a plain girl who shuns contact. This causes quite a sensation on the island. A year later Johnny and his wife return for the first time since the marriage, and all find that something miraculous has occurred to Mahana. Johnny explains that by paying eight cows he proved that she was worth more to him than any other woman on the island. He gave her a great gift, that of self-worth.
A la mort de son père, le jeune Benjamin est dépossédé de ses biens et de son titre et asservi par son oncle, Sir Arthur Blake, qui fait de lui son garçon d'écurie. Benjamin décide d'embarquer sur un bateau en direction des mers du Sud dans l'espoir de revenir un jour se venger.
A Frenchman finds his runaway wife on an island in the Pacific.
‘The Legend of Baron To’a’ tells the story of Fritz, a Tongan entrepreneur who returns to his old neighbourhood and inadvertently causes the theft of his late father’s valued pro wrestling title belt by some ruthless gangsters led by ‘man-mountain’ Tahu. When negotiation and diplomacy fail to get it back, he is forced to embrace his father’s legacy to reclaim the title.
An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.
The odyssey of a Tuamutu fisherman who sets out from his atoll-only coral island to procure fertile land in the "distant" archipelagos. Lost in the vast South Pacific, he finds the atoll from which he had departed now doomed from atomic experiments.
The Work completes the "quadrilogy" of South Seas seen over a twenty-year period. This film, tells the choral story of an island that in the short time of a generation loses its identity.
A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Walt Disney Animation Studios' MOANA, as aided by the Oceanic Story Trust.
The wife of a European photographer on assignment in exotic Bali falls for an enigmatic ex patriot under the spell of a mystical death cult...
This award-winning PBS documentary sweeps viewers into a seafaring adventure with a community of Polynesians, as they build traditional sailing canoes, learn how to follow the stars across the open ocean, and embark upon a 2,000-mile voyage in the wake of their ancestors.