The Castaways of Turtle Island

Having framed his first two features as seaside holiday films, Rozier used the third, The Castaways of Turtle Island, to mock the tourist industry and the increasingly popular “going native” movement among first-world vacationers. Things quickly go south when travel agents Jean-Arthur and Joël offer a “fend for yourself” getaway on a deserted island, with their agency forcing them to accompany clients through deep jungle and across barely charted waters to reach a destination that could give Robinson Crusoe a run for his money. Far ahead of its time in its satirical targets and mixing of disparate narrative tones, Turtle Island is a hilarious comic send-up that could only have emerged from Rozier’s puckish imagination.



This film is a part of my Jacques Rozier collection, which includes:


Adieu Philippine

Near Orouët

The Castaways of Turtle Island

Maine-Ocean Express

Fifi Martingale

Short films + documentary From One Wave to Another





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