廣島與長崎核爆至今已經70年,這場災難造成了至少20萬人死亡。世上從來沒有經歷過這樣大規模的徹底破壞。
自2000年起,包括美國、英國、法國、俄羅斯、中國、巴基斯坦、印度和北韓已經開始積極發展核武。至今這些國家共擁有1萬7千枚隨時可使用的原子彈。
法國總統席哈克決定,在法屬波利尼西亞的核武試爆要繼續進行,使全球目光注視到穆魯羅瓦環礁。然而,這個決定受到社會巨大阻力,核試爆使不少人美夢幻滅。在電影中,導演前往了這座小島拜訪一對夫婦,他們夢想開一家麵包店,但銀行認為此地的核武試爆造成的風險太大,而不願借貸資金。
《法國萬萬歲》指出了核試爆對生態環境的嚴重影響,以及法國殖民地波利尼西亞受到的政治影響,傳達了小島居民的自主意志,揭露了法國核武計劃令人髮指的後果,可以看出西方國家對生態環境和底層人民的冷漠無情。
This year marks 70 years since the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The result: more than 200,000 dead. Never before had the world seen such utter devastation.
Since then 2000 nuclear weapons have been tested by the US, Great Britain, France, Russia, China, Pakistan, India and North Korea. Today these nations together own 17,000 nuclear warheads ready to use.
When last the Mururoa atoll gained the attention of the world was when French president Jacques Chirac decided that nuclear testing in French Polynesia should go on. This decision met with massive resistance and the tests were ended for good the following year. In Vive La France, filmmakers Titti Johnson and Helgi Felixon visit the nearby island of Tureia to meet Kua and Teariki. The couples dream of starting a bakery is shattered when they are unable to secure a loan from the bank, due to the risk that the Mururoa atoll may implode, setting off a devastating tsunami. Vive La France reveals the willful existence of a small island community, while delivering a grave lesson on the ecological consequences of nuclear testing and the political ramifications of French colonialism in Polynesia. In this film about the hair-rising consequences of Frances nuclear programme, its plain to see the indifference that was and still is the mark of the Western world.
曾監製和主導20多部來自冰島、瑞典、南太平洋、亞洲、非洲和拉丁美洲的紀錄片,也受委託製作了許多紀錄長片、戲劇、商業電影和科幻電影。他在瑞典和冰島成立公司,25年來,也建立了全球跨國的影視網絡,為的就是要讓重要的作品和有創意的高品質影像能嶄露頭角。
Helgi Felixson has produced and directed more than 20 documentaries from Iceland, Sweden, South Pacific, Asia, Africa and Latin America. He also has been involved as a delegated producer to a number of feature length documentaries, drama doc, comericals and fiction films.
With a wide range of productions, Helgi Felixson are well established in Sweden an Iceland with his company. During 25 years he has formed a network, nationally and internationally, of producers, broadcasters and distributors around the globe. His main aim is to always bring high quality films, with a strong, urgent content and a creative, animate expression.
畢業於瑞典哥德堡大學電影學院。2000年開始與Felix公司電影合作,製作短片和長篇紀錄片。
Educated at the Film School at Gothenburg University, Sweden. Since 2000 in collaboration with Felix Film Ltd, in production and development of several short- and feature length documentaries.