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* {{Catchphrase}}: Morsac often brings up his times serving in French colonized-Morocco ("At the time, in Morocco..."), which gets on Barnabé's nerves over time.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: Morsac often brings up his times serving in French colonized-Morocco ("At the time, in Morocco..."), which gets on Barnabé's nerves over time.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: The isle's natives and Moeata are always barefoot.
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When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees the legendary Tefaora (a liberator figure) in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share, out of her hatred of French colonialism.
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When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees the legendary Tefaora (a liberator figure) in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share, out of her hatred of [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire French colonialism.colonialism]].
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* FictionalProvince: The isle of Fenua Poerava doesn't exist, it's a fictional isle of UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia in UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire.
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* FictionalProvince: The isle of Fenua Poerava doesn't exist, it's a fictional isle of UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia in UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire.UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia.
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* OddCouple: The OfficerAndAGentleman Morsac is forced to team up with the unrefined scoundrel Barnabé.
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* OddCouple: The OfficerAndAGentleman Morsac is forced to team up with the unrefined scoundrel Barnabé.Barnabé (or rather the other way around, considering how Barnabé is annoyed by Morsac bossing him around and always talking about his GloryDays in Morocco).
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Morsac often brings up his times serving in French colonized-Morocco ("At the time, in Morocco..."), which gets on Barnabé's nerves over time.
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* RaisedByNatives: Marie Louise "Moeata" was born on Fenua Poerava from French parents (her father was a missionary). They died, she was raised by locals, took a native name, learned their language, married a Hiva chief, had a son with the chief, and she despises French colonialism.
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* RaisedByNatives: Marie Louise Marie-Louise "Moeata" was born on Fenua Poerava from French parents (her father was a missionary). They died, she was raised by locals, took a native name, learned their language, married a Hiva chief, had a son with the chief, and she despises French colonialism.
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* PressurePoint: Whenever Lefèvre gets angry and as a result loses control of himself, his aide applies pressure on his shoulder muscles and neck, which calms him down instantly.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Lefèvre frequently loses control when angry, and in such cases his aide has to calm him down with a shoulder/neck massage on the spot.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Lefèvre frequently loses control when angry, and in such cases his aide has to calm him down with a shoulder/neck massage PressurePoint on the spot.his shoulder muscles and neck.
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* DuringTheWar: The film is set during World War I.
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* DuringTheWar: The film is set during World War I. There's a brief scene of Morsac being wounded on the No Man's Land in Verdun, clinging onto the French flag. It earned him plenty of medals.
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* AntagonisticGovernor: Lefèvre is a cruel, greedy and racist tyrant of a French colonial governor, who dominates the locals with an iron fist.
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* AntagonisticGovernor: Lefèvre is a cruel, greedy and racist [[EvilColonialist tyrant of a French colonial governor, governor]], who dominates the locals with an iron fist.
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* EvilColonialist: Lefèvre has only contempt and racist feelings for the locals, and brutally represses their revolt attempts.
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* AntagonisticGovernor: Lefèvre is a cruel, greedy and racist tyrant who dominates the locals with an iron fist.
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* AntagonisticGovernor: Lefèvre is a cruel, greedy and racist tyrant of a French colonial governor, who dominates the locals with an iron fist.
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* AntagonisticGovernor: Lefèvre is a cruel, greedy and racist tyrant who dominates the locals with an iron fist.
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* EvilIsPetty: Lefèvre is a cruel, greedy and racist bastard, and a complete jerk as well.
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* EvilIsPetty: Lefèvre is a cruel, greedy vile and racist bastard, loathsome governor, and a complete jerk as well.
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* EvilIsPetty: Lefèvre is a cruel, greedy and racist bastard, and a complete jerk as well.
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* OddCouple: OfficerAndAGentleman Morsac is forced to team up with the unrefined scoundrel Barnabé.
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* OddCouple: The OfficerAndAGentleman Morsac is forced to team up with the unrefined scoundrel Barnabé.
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* TheChosenZero: Reia believes Morsac is the legendary Tefaora who will free his people from the tyranny of Lefèvre. Morsac clearly doesn't live up to this until the climax.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Moeata is always barefoot, even considering she doesn't dress like the natives.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: The isle's natives and Moeata is are always barefoot, even considering she doesn't dress like the natives.barefoot.
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* RaisedByNatives: Marie Louise "Moeata" was born on Fenua Poerava from French parents (her father was a missionary). They died, she was raised by locals, took a native name, learned their language, married a Hiva chief, had a son with the chief, and she despises French colonialism.
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When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees the legendary Tefaora (a liberator figure) in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share, out of her hatred of French colonialists.
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When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees the legendary Tefaora (a liberator figure) in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share, out of her hatred of French colonialists.colonialism.
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When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees a liberator in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share.
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When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees a the legendary Tefaora (a liberator figure) in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share.share, out of her hatred of French colonialists.
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* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with a much older Morsac telling his story to another man.
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In 1918, the French Captain Alfred de Morsac (Creator/ThierryLhermitte) is assigned to the isle of Fenua Poerava ("isle of the Black Pearl" in Tahitian), a small paradise in UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia. He earned the Croix de Guerre award during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and comes to train a battalion of local ''tirailleurs''. The natives, a tribe called Hiva, are under the rule of the loathsome Commandant Lefèvre (François Berléand), who soon has them chase Morsac and a scoundrel named Barnabé (Patrick Timsit), with which Morsac is forced to team up to survive.
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In 1918, the French Captain Alfred de Morsac (Creator/ThierryLhermitte) is assigned to the isle of Fenua Poerava ("isle of the Black Pearl" in Tahitian), a small paradise in UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia. He earned the Croix de Guerre award during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and comes to train a battalion of local ''tirailleurs''. The natives, a tribe called Hiva, are under the rule of the loathsome Commandant Lefèvre (François Berléand), who soon has them chase Morsac and a scoundrel named Barnabé (Patrick Timsit), with which Morsac is forced to tealm up.
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In 1918, the French Captain Alfred de Morsac (Creator/ThierryLhermitte) is assigned to the isle of Fenua Poerava ("isle of the Black Pearl" in Tahitian), a small paradise in UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia. He earned the Croix de Guerre award during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and comes to train a battalion of local ''tirailleurs''. The natives, a tribe called Hiva, are under the rule of the loathsome Commandant Lefèvre (François Berléand), who soon has them chase Morsac and a scoundrel named Barnabé (Patrick Timsit), with which Morsac is forced to tealm up.team up to survive.
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In 1918, Captain Alfred de Morsac (Creator/ThierryLhermitte) is assigned to the isle of Fenua Poerava ("isle of the Black Pearl" in Tahitian), a small paradise in UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia. He earned the Croix de Guerre award during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and comes to train a battalion of local ''tirailleurs''. The natives, a tribe called Hiva, are under the rule of the loathsome Commandant Lefèvre (François Berléand), who soon has them chase Morsac and a scoundrel named Barnabé (Patrick Timsit), with which Morsac is forced to tealm up. When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees a liberator in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share.
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In 1918, the French Captain Alfred de Morsac (Creator/ThierryLhermitte) is assigned to the isle of Fenua Poerava ("isle of the Black Pearl" in Tahitian), a small paradise in UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia. He earned the Croix de Guerre award during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and comes to train a battalion of local ''tirailleurs''. The natives, a tribe called Hiva, are under the rule of the loathsome Commandant Lefèvre (François Berléand), who soon has them chase Morsac and a scoundrel named Barnabé (Patrick Timsit), with which Morsac is forced to tealm up.
When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees a liberator in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share.
When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees a liberator in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share.
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In 1918, Captain Alfred de Morsac (Creator/ThierryLhermitte) is assigned to the isle of Fenua Poerava ("isle of the Black Pearl" in Tahitian), a small paradise in UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia. He earned the Croix de Guerre award during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and comes to train a battalion of local ''tirailleurs''. The natives, a tribe called Hiva, are under the rule of the loathsome Commandant Lefèvre (François Berléand), who soon has them chase Morsac and a scoundrel named Barnabé (Patrick Timsit). When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees a liberator in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share.
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In 1918, Captain Alfred de Morsac (Creator/ThierryLhermitte) is assigned to the isle of Fenua Poerava ("isle of the Black Pearl" in Tahitian), a small paradise in UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia. He earned the Croix de Guerre award during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and comes to train a battalion of local ''tirailleurs''. The natives, a tribe called Hiva, are under the rule of the loathsome Commandant Lefèvre (François Berléand), who soon has them chase Morsac and a scoundrel named Barnabé (Patrick Timsit).Timsit), with which Morsac is forced to tealm up. When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees a liberator in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share.
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!!''The Prince of the Pacific'' provides examples of the following tropes:tropes:
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Moeata is always barefoot, even considering she doesn't dress like the natives.
* FictionalProvince: The isle of Fenua Poerava doesn't exist, it's a fictional isle of UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia in UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire.
* OddCouple: OfficerAndAGentleman Morsac is forced to team up with the unrefined scoundrel Barnabé.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Moeata is always barefoot, even considering she doesn't dress like the natives.
* FictionalProvince: The isle of Fenua Poerava doesn't exist, it's a fictional isle of UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia in UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire.
* OddCouple: OfficerAndAGentleman Morsac is forced to team up with the unrefined scoundrel Barnabé.
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''The Prince of the Pacific'' (''Le Prince du Pacifique'' in French) is a 2000 French adventure comedy film directed by Alain Corneau.
In 1918, Captain Alfred de Morsac (Creator/ThierryLhermitte) is assigned to the isle of Fenua Poerava ("isle of the Black Pearl" in Tahitian), a small paradise in UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia. He earned the Croix de Guerre award during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and comes to train a battalion of local ''tirailleurs''. The natives, a tribe called Hiva, are under the rule of the loathsome Commandant Lefèvre (François Berléand), who soon has them chase Morsac and a scoundrel named Barnabé (Patrick Timsit). When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees a liberator in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share.
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!!''The Prince of the Pacific'' provides examples of the following tropes:
''The Prince of the Pacific'' (''Le Prince du Pacifique'' in French) is a 2000 French adventure comedy film directed by Alain Corneau.
In 1918, Captain Alfred de Morsac (Creator/ThierryLhermitte) is assigned to the isle of Fenua Poerava ("isle of the Black Pearl" in Tahitian), a small paradise in UsefulNotes/FrenchPolynesia. He earned the Croix de Guerre award during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and comes to train a battalion of local ''tirailleurs''. The natives, a tribe called Hiva, are under the rule of the loathsome Commandant Lefèvre (François Berléand), who soon has them chase Morsac and a scoundrel named Barnabé (Patrick Timsit). When in hiding, Morsac befriends Reia (Anituavau Landé), the isle's young prince. Reia sees a liberator in Morsac, a sentiment that Reia's French mother Moeata (Creator/MarieTrintignant) doesn't share.
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!!''The Prince of the Pacific'' provides examples of the following tropes:
