The Castaways of Turtle Island
Jacques Rozier: Chronicler of Summer
August 16 - 22, 2024
Having set his first two features at seaside holidays, Rozier used the third, The Castaways of Turtle Island, to mock the tourist industry and the “going native” movement, yielding a hilarious comic send-up that could only have emerged from his puckish imagination.
Having set his first two features at seaside holidays, Rozier used the third, The Castaways of Turtle Island, to mock the tourist industry and the “going native” movement, increasingly popular among first-world vacationers. Things quickly go south when travel agents Jean-Arthur (Pierre Richard) and Joël (Maurice Risch) offer a “fend for yourself” getaway on a deserted island, with their agency making them accompany clients through deep jungle and across barely charted waters to reach a destination that could give Robinson Crusoe a run for his money. Joël enlists younger brother Bernard (Jacques Villeret) to go in his place, but Jean-Arthur isn’t so lucky and soon devolves into a semi-mad purist who will settle for nothing less than the ultimate in survivalist adventure. Meanwhile, a motley crew of sightseers becomes divided over how real this shipwreck holiday should be. Far ahead of its time in its satirical targets and its mixing of disparate narrative tones, Turtle Island is a hilarious comic send-up that could only have emerged from Rozier’s puckish imagination. A Janus Films release.
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