2014 • 26' • French
Director(s): Christian Arti • Producer(s): Grand Angle Productions & Bleu Lagon Productions • Coproducer(s): France Télévisions • Format(s): HD
A channel is a corridor, a thoroughfare, a passage between the ocean and the lagoons. A channel is much more than a simple geographical detail: it is first and foremost the concentration and the transmission of life. In the Tuamotu archipelago, one hour’s flight from Tahiti, Ranguiroa enjoys the luxury of being the second largest atoll in the world. Nearly 1,450 square kilometres of shades of blue, bordered by two main islands. Two villages that face each other and, in the middle, the famous Tiputa channel around which the whole life of Ranguiroa is organised. This channel is essential to the life of the lagoon, but it governs the animal life under the water just as much as it does that of the people on its shores.
