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Paradise Found is a Australien film of genre Drama directed by Mario Andreacchio released in USA on 1 january 2003 with Kiefer Sutherland
Paradise Found (2003)
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Add to a movie listParadise Found is a 2003 biographical film based on the life of Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin.
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The film covers a later part of Gauguin's life (from 1880 to 1897) when he resigned his job as a stockbroker to paint full-time and journey to Polynesia. It documents how Gaugin befriended Pissarro, felt compelled to paint, abandoned his family and then chronicled his love of Tahitian life.Actors
Kiefer Sutherland
(Paul Gauguin)
Nastassja Kinski
(Mette-Sophie Gad)
Alun Armstrong
(Camille Pissarro)
Chris Haywood
(Charles Arnaud)
Nicholas Hope
(Maurrin)
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