A Distant Thud in the Jungle
Céline Rouzet
2020 - 86 min - Vidéo Full HD - Couleur - France, Belgique

In the heart of Papua New Guinea, the Highlands attract exotic tourists and foreign oil companies. This is where tribes that are paid to dance gather every year. It’s also where, out of sight, a Huli family and their clan gave their land to ExxonMobil in a dream of modernity. But the money doesn’t come…
Caught between rival tribes, greedy politicians and one of the most powerful multinationals on the planet, they feel the earth slipping away from under their feet. While tourists focus their lenses on the meaningless dances, a few kilometres away, a world is quietly disappearing.



Author-Director : Céline Rouzet
Photography : Zoltán Hauville
Sound : Grégory Le Maître
Editing : Léa Masson
Original Music : Lionel Vancauwenberge
Delegate Producer : Reboot Films
Co-producer : ElianeAntoinette
Co-producer : Altitude 100
Co-producer : Scope Pictures
Broadcasting Co-producer : RTBF Bruxelles
Broadcasting Co-producer : VOO (TV-NET-TEL)
Broadcasting Co-producer : BeTV
Contribution : CNC

Distribution


Distributor : New Story

Distinctions

2021 - États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas (France) : Sélection Plein air