
Return to Paradise
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- Year:
- 1953
- 100 min
- 34 Views
These are the South Seas, six million
square miles of warm-water Pacific...
its surface dotted with uncounted
fragments of land...
Iost in a wilderness of ocean.
And this is my island, Matareva.
Once, it was a barren reef,
barely lifting its head above water.
Then a piece of driftwood caught fast
and rotted, sand began to collect.
blew in and a tree grew.
Then my people came
and made it their home...
and after them came others.
Until I grew up, I knew
no other home but Matareva.
Now, I'm the schoolteacher
of my island...
but I remember how it was
when I was a small boy.
an island in chains.
This is the way we lived.
Twice a day, morning and evening,
we were forced to attend prayer...
and the wardens checked our names.
They were the policemen and if a man
were missing, he would be found.
If a man and girl
were missing together...
we trembled to think
of their punishment.
The old songs, the old dances
our fathers knew, were forbidden.
once were proud of their bodies...
were taught to be ashamed.
The natural laws of love
were made a crime...
even for a husband and wife
on the Sabbath.
Those hours before Saturday night
until Monday daybreak were the worst.
No frivolity was permitted.
No games, no play, no laughter.
It was on such a Saturday afternoon,
ten years before World War II...
that there was a commotion
in the street.
A girl had violated a rule...
and the man who was our law,
our judge...
the master of our bodies and souls,
Mr. Cobbett tane,
we have the girl, Maeva.
What is the charge?
Twice, she has disobeyed
the curfew.
Last night, when we went to the house
of her aunt she was not there.
The old lady told us nothing.
- I didn't know where she was.
- Shut up.
Where were you last night?
I repeat, where were you?
I swam out to the reef.
For what reason?
The night was beautiful.
You know it is a sin to stay out
after 9 o'clock. Were you alone?
No.
Who was with you?
Answer me, Maeva.
Who was with you?
A turtle. A young turtle.
Silence! Be quiet!
For breaking the law, twenty mats.
A week carrying sand for insolence.
Who are you?
Why did you come to Matareva?
I was bound for Rarotonga
and we were blown off course.
This looks like a nice, quiet place.
I figured I'd try it awhile.
What do you intend to do here?
Do? Just live, I guess.
There is no place to live.
No houses.
I'll build one of those leaf huts.
I'll speak very plainly, sir.
White men are not welcome.
They corrupt the morals
of the people.
Are you the pastor?
God guides my actions. I advise you
to get back on that boat at once!
You mean swim?
Ho, there! Come back!
Wardens! Wardens!
- Come back!
- Come back!
I'm stuck here, like it or not.
When's the next boat in?
Not for four months. But
you're leaving after the Sabbath.
What?
On Monday morning, a canoe will
take you to the island of Makini.
Makini? Thas a swamp.
Six people and a billion mosquitoes.
That is no concern of mine.
I'm not asking
for the keys of the city...
but I won't take orders
from a two-bit Mussolini.
Who are you?
The agent?
Cobbett is the name, Thomas Cobbett.
I have full authority on Matareva.
Les make a deal. Leave me alone
and I'll leave you alone.
Get out of my way.
Wardens, seize that man!
Wardens!
OK. Now beat it,
before I get mad.
To your homes, all of you!
Go to your homes!
To your homes!
I figure I'll stay awhile.
The name's Morgan.
And that was how Mr. Morgan
came to Matareva...
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