Off the Beaten Track Longe da Estrada
Taiti, 1903. Doctor, poet and artist Victor Segalen left France and headed for Hiva-Oa, to meet Gauguin personally. On his arrival on the island, he learns the painter had passed away. Adapted from the writings of Victor Segalen, Longe da Estrada is a very fine view of the work, life and contradictions of the great painter Paul Gauguin. And a modern analysis of the relationship between colonizers and colonized people.
Inspired on the writings of Victor Segalen.
Cast and crew
Cast:
Antoine de Foucauld
Jean Ihopu
Cedric Tchan
Nicolas de Lavergne
Laurent Bur
Kalani Salmon
A film by Hugo Vieira da Silva
Co-directed by Paulo MilHomens
Screenplay: Hugo Vieira da Silva, Claudia Bottino
Assistant Director: Pedro Madeira
Costumes: Lucha d'Orey
Art director: Paula Szabo
Director of Photography: Eberhard Schedl
Sound: David Badalo, Pedro Góis
Original score by Peter Knight
Editing: Paulo MilHomens
Delegate Producer: Mariana Marta Branco
Co-producers: Virginie Tetoofa, Maruia Richmond
Produced by Paulo Branco and Ana Pinhão Moura
A free adaptation of the graphic novel “Gauguin, Loin de La Route” by Christophe Gaultier and Maximilien Le Roy, combined with the reading of Victor Segalen’s correspondence (Correspondance 1839-1912) and his sometimes incomplete texts: “Hommage à Gauguin”, “Le Maitre-du-Jouir” and “Gauguin dans son dernier décor”
A Leopardo Filmes production
In co-production with
Alfama Films Production
APM Actions Per Minute
AHI Company
With the financial support of
ICA - Instituto do cinema e do audiovisual
CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
SCA - Soutien à la création cinématographique et audiovisuelle
Fundo de apoio ao turismo e ao cinema
Turismo do Tahiti
RTP - Rádio e televisão de Portugal
Programa Media EU, Europa Criativa, de apoio ao desenvolvimento
International sales and festivals: Alfama Films
