Director of The Death of Louis XIV (2016) and Liberte (2019), Albert Serra explores a political power game in an island in French Polynesia in his latest film Pacifiction. A chaotic rumor that the nuclear weapons test will resume begins to shadow every corner of the island. It seems it will provoke the people who lead independence movement. De Roller, a French High Commissioner played by Benoit Magimel, is always in white suite and shifts between the French Army and the local politicians. Girls and boys in the neighborhood sell their bodies, and illegal trafficking and threats are done under the blazing neon lights in nightclubs. With the beautiful scenery and fascinating sunsets as a background, Albert Serra illuminates the corrupt world that is still under the influence of French colonial rule. Being as much aesthetic as it is political, Pacifiction was one of the most noticed films in 2022 Cannes Film Festival. (SEO Seunghee)