Brando, a complex and tortured character of Hollywood, known to be unmanageable on filming sets, sometimes odious, escapes all his life on a small island hidden from the end of the world.
By settling in Tahiti, Brando thinks he can get rid of his anxieties and his turpitudes …
But Polynesia, its heavenly landscapes, its sweetness of life and its particular culture were, in reality, only the mirage of an idealized peaceful existence, which the star never managed to reach.