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The Castaways of Turtle Island
The Castaways of Turtle Island
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THE CASTAWAYS OF TURTLE ISLAND

Les Naufragés de l'Île de la Tortue

Directed by Jacques Rozier
France, 1976
Comedy

Synopsis

Working for a travel agency, Jean-Arthur Bonaventure imagines an unique new holiday: a Robinson Crusoe experience. With the support of his management, he flies to the Antilles to prepare the arrival of the first guests, for a vacation that is anything but organized.

Synopsis

Working for a travel agency, Jean-Arthur Bonaventure imagines an unique new holiday: a Robinson Crusoe experience. With the support of his management, he flies to the Antilles to prepare the arrival of the first guests, for a vacation that is anything but organized.

Our take

Chaos gleefully reigns in Jacques Rozier’s madcap getaway where travel mishaps and blind optimism hilariously collide. Setting sail for a new horizon beyond the grueling 9-to-5 grind, this sun-drenched adventure to no man’s land pokes fun at the cash-grabbing shamelessness of the tourism industry.