Consuming passions
Paradise Found

Keifer Sutherland, Allun Armstrong, Natassja Kinski, Rated M15+. Magna Pacific.

Reviewer :: Lt Simone Heyer

Paul Gauguin (Sutherland) is a successful stockbroker and his family live in 1880s opulence until his passion for buying paintings from a roadside artist, Camille Pissarro (Armstrong), causes him to change his life.

When Pissarro comes to Gauguin's house to sell more paintings, the two become friends and Pissarro encourages Guaguin to paint, saying he has natural talent.

Soon Gauguin leaves his job to paint full-time. The family is forced to sell their home to survive, then Guaguin decides to head to Tahiti for greater inspiration.

We know Paul Gauguin as a brilliant French artist, but Paradise Found shows another side to the saga - that of his family struggling to remain together despite the passion that consumes his life.