In 1995, following a three year pause in nuclear activity, France announced that testing would resume in French Polynesia. While tourists continued to arrive and international marketing portrayed the islands as a place of perfect calm, Tahiti entered a period of profound unrest. Demonstrations spread across the territory and reached a dramatic peak in the burning of the Papeete airport and large scale confrontations between civilians and police.

The story unfolds through the contrast between two enduring visions. One is the postcard world of white sand beaches, clear lagoons and images crafted for global consumption. The other is the concealed legacy of the 193 nuclear tests carried out at Moruroa and Fangataufa between 1966 and 1996. These tests reshaped the environment, the health of local communities and the political consciousness of the region, yet remained largely hidden from international attention.

Through archival material, testimonies and atmospheric visualisation of radioactive impact, the film brings forward the tension between spectacle and silence. It follows the ways people experienced contamination, fear, illness and displacement while their home was presented as a carefree tropical refuge. The narrative reveals a place caught between its global image and its lived history, and a society that continues to negotiate the long shadow of nuclear experimentation beneath the surface of paradis