A French teacher gets dumped to Tahiti and finds paradise is complicated.
Fernand Martin, a schoolteacher in Nogent-le-Roi, is in love with Jacqueline, a postal worker and the older sister of one of his pupils. He asks for her hand in marriage, but her father refuses. One morning, he receives an appointment to Tahiti.
Acting
Fernand Raynaud's rubber-faced physical comedy saves it.
Production
Tahiti footage is basically a 1959 travel brochure.
Director
Robert Darène
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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