Paradise Found (film)

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2003 film

Paradise Found

Directed by| Mario Andreacchio
Written by|

* Mario Andreacchio
* Georges Campana
* Frank Hübner

Starring|

* Kiefer Sutherland
* Nastassja Kinski
* Alun Armstrong

Cinematography| Geoffrey Simpson
Edited by| Edward McQueen-Mason
Music by| Frank Strangio
Distributed by| Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Release date

* 3 March 2003 (2003-03-03)

Running time

| 93 minutes
Countries|

* France[1]
* Germany[1]

Language| English
Box office| $4,590

Paradise Found is a 2003 biographical film based on the life of Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin. Starring Kiefer Sutherland as the title character, alongside Nastassja Kinski and Alun Armstrong.

Kiefer's father, Donald Sutherland, also plays Paul Gauguin in the 1986 film The Wolf at the Door.

## Plot

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The film covers a later part of Gauguin's life (Kiefer Sutherland) from 1880 to 1897, when he resigned his job as a stockbroker to paint full-time and journey to Polynesia. It documents how Gauguin befriended Pissarro, felt compelled to paint, abandoned his family and then chronicled his love of Tahitian life.

## Cast

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* Kiefer Sutherland as Paul Gauguin
* Nastassja Kinski as Mette Gauguin
* Alun Armstrong as Camille Pissarro
* Thomas Heinze as Schuff
* Chris Haywood as Arnaud
* Nicholas Hope as Maurrin
* Marco Andreacchio as Juggler

## Production

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The film was filmed in Australia and the Czech Republic.[2]

## Box office

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The film grossed $4,590 at the box office in Australia.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b "PARADISE FOUND (2001)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
2. ^ "Please wait". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
3. ^ "Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2010.

## External links

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* Paradise Found at IMDb
* Paradise Found at Rotten Tomatoes

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Paul Gauguin

Paintings|

* List of paintings
* Study of a Nude (1880)
* Still Life with Profile of Laval (1886)
* Still Life with a Sketch after Delacroix (c. 1887)
* Vision after the Sermon (1888)
* The Painter of Sunflowers (1888)
* Landscape near Arles (1888)
* The White River (1888)
* Portrait of Madeleine Bernard (1888)
* The Wave (1888)
* Portrait of Madame Roulin (1888)
* Fields by the Sea (1889)
* The Beautiful Angel (1889)
* Fruits on a Table (1889)
* The Schuffenecker Family (1889)
* The Flageolet Player on the Cliff (1889)
* The Yellow Christ (1889)
* The Green Christ (1889)
* Christ on the Mount of Olives (1889)
* Self-Portrait with Halo and Snake (1889)
* Still Life with Head-Shaped Vase and Japanese Woodcut (1889)
* Self-Portrait with the Yellow Christ (c. 1890–91)
* Tahitian Women on the Beach (1891)
* Tahitian Woman with a Flower (1891)
* A Man with an Axe (1891)
* Ia Orana Maria (1891)
* The Bunch of Flowers (1891)
* Conversation (1891)
* Early Evening (1892)
* Landscape with Peacocks (Death) (1892)
* Parau na te varua ino (1892)
* Vahine no te vi (1892)
* Vairumati tei Oa (1892)
* Fatata te Miti (By the Sea) (1892)
* Arearea (1892)
* Spirit of the Dead Watching (1892)
* Te Fare (1892)
* When Will You Marry? (1892)
* Aha Oe Feii? (1892)
* Arii Matamoe (1892)
* The Siesta (1892–1894)
* Merahi metua no Tehamana (1893)
* Otahi (1893)
* Self-Portrait in a Hat (1893)
* Mahana no atua (1894)
* Nave nave moe (1894)
* Arearea no varua ino (1894)
* The Cellist (1894)
* Breton Peasant Women (1894)
* Eiaha Ohipa (1896)
* Nave Nave Mahana (1896)
* Te tamari no atua (1896)
* The Queen (1896)
* Vairumati (1897)
* Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897/1898)
* Nevermore (1897)
* Two Tahitian Women (1899)
* The Great Buddha (1899)
* Tahitian Woman and Boy (1899)
* Landscape, Horse on the Road (1899)
* The Call (1902)
* Still Life with Exotic Birds (1902)
* Landscape with a Pig and a Horse (1903)

Other works|

* Jug in the Form of a Head, Self-Portrait (1889)
* Soyez amoureuses vous serez heureuses (wood panel, 1889)
* Objet décoratif carré avec dieux tahitiens (sculpture, 1893–1895)
* Oviri (ceramic sculpture, 1895)

Periodicals|

* Le Sourire (1899–1900)

Exhibitions|

* Les XX, 1889
* The Volpini Exhibition, 1889

Museums|

* Paul Gauguin Museum (Tahiti)
* Paul Gauguin Cultural Center (Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands)
* Paul Gauguin Interpretation Centre (Martinique)

People|

* Jean René Gauguin (son)
* Pola Gauguin (son)
* Paul René Gauguin (grandson)
* Flora Tristan (grandmother)
* Émile Bernard
* Vincent van Gogh
* Meijer de Haan
* Charles Laval
* George-Daniel de Monfreid
* Camille Pissarro
* Émile Schuffenecker
* Theo van Gogh
* Ambroise Vollard

Related|

* The Moon and Sixpence (1942 film)
* Lust for Life (1956 film)
* Rebel in Paradise (1960 film)
* The Wolf at the Door (1986 film)
* Paradise Found (2003 film)
* Gauguin: Off the Beaten Track (2013 comic book)
* At Eternity's Gate (2018 film)
* Gauguin (crater)
* Paul Gauguin Cruises
* ship

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