Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

POLYNESIE FRANCAISE. VUE AERIENNE DE L'ATOLL DE TETIAROA. SAUVAGE ET AUTHENTIQUE, A SEULEMENT 40 KM AU NORD-EST DE L'ILE DE TAHITI. DIVISE EN TREIZE MOTUS (PETITS ILOTS), LES FAMILLES ROYALES TAHITIENNES Y VENAIENT TROUVER REFUGE. SUBJUGUE PAR LE MODE DE VIE POLYNESIEN, APRES LE TOURNAGE DU FILM DES REVOLTES DU BOUNTY, LE CELEBRE ACTEUR AMERICAIN MARLON BRANDO ACQUIERT L'ATOLL EN 1966, AU TERME DE NEGOCIATIONS COMPLIQUEES. LOIN D'HOLLYWOOD, IL S?Y INSTALLE DE 1970 A 1990, AVEC TARITA SA COMPAGNE POLYNESIENNE, ET PASSE PLUSIEURS MOIS PAR AN SUR SON PETIT BOUT DE PARADIS DANS LE PLUS GRAND DENUEMENT. EN 1999, IL REFLECHIT AVEC RICHARD BAILEY, GRANDE FIGURE DE L?HOTELLERIE DE LUXE, AU FUTUR DU PETIT ECOLODGE, DU LAGON ET AUX MOYENS DE FAIRE DE TETIAROA UN CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET D?EDUCATION A LA PROTECTION DE L?ENVIRONNEMENT. A LA MORT DE BRANDO, EN 2004, LE PROJET SUIT SON COURS, RESPECTANT LA VOLONTE ET L?ENGAGEMENT DE L?ACTEUR. DIX ANS PLUS TARD, THE BRANDO OUVRE SUR LE MOTU ONETAHI : LE RESORT EST UN MODELE D

Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRENCH POLYNESIA. AERIAL VIEW OF TETIAROA ATOLL. WILD AND AUTHENTIC, JUST 40 KM NORTH-EAST OF THE ISLAND OF TAHITI. DIVIDED INTO THIRTEEN MOTU (SMALL ISLETS), THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF TAHITI CAME HERE TO SEEK REFUGE. CAPTIVATED BY THE POLYNESIAN WAY OF LIFE, THE FAMOUS AMERICAN ACTOR MARLON BRANDO ACQUIRED THE ATOLL IN 1966, AFTER COMPLICATED NEGOTIATIONS, FOLLOWING THE FILMING OF THE REVOLTS OF THE BOUNTY. FAR FROM HOLLYWOOD, HE SETTLED THERE FROM 1970 TO 1990, WITH HIS POLYNESIAN PARTNER TARITA, AND SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS A YEAR ON HIS LITTLE PIECE OF PARADISE IN THE GREATEST POVERTY. IN 1999, TOGETHER WITH RICHARD BAILEY, A LEADING FIGURE IN THE LUXURY HOTEL INDUSTRY, HE BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SMALL ECOLODGE, THE LAGOON AND HOW TETIAROA COULD BECOME A CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. WHEN BRANDO DIED IN 2004, THE PROJECT TOOK ITS COURSE, RESPECTING THE ACTOR'S WISHES AND COMMITMENT. TEN YEARS LATER, THE BRANDO OPENED ON MOTU ONETAHI: THE RESORT IS A MODEL OF INTEGRA

Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRENCH POLYNESIA. AERIAL VIEW OF TETIAROA ATOLL. WILD AND AUTHENTIC, JUST 40 KM NORTH-EAST OF THE ISLAND OF TAHITI. DIVIDED INTO THIRTEEN MOTU (SMALL ISLETS), THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF TAHITI CAME HERE TO SEEK REFUGE. CAPTIVATED BY THE POLYNESIAN WAY OF LIFE, THE FAMOUS AMERICAN ACTOR MARLON BRANDO ACQUIRED THE ATOLL IN 1966, AFTER COMPLICATED NEGOTIATIONS, FOLLOWING THE FILMING OF THE REVOLTS OF THE BOUNTY. FAR FROM HOLLYWOOD, HE SETTLED THERE FROM 1970 TO 1990, WITH HIS POLYNESIAN PARTNER TARITA, AND SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS A YEAR ON HIS LITTLE PIECE OF PARADISE IN THE GREATEST POVERTY. IN 1999, TOGETHER WITH RICHARD BAILEY, A LEADING FIGURE IN THE LUXURY HOTEL INDUSTRY, HE BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SMALL ECOLODGE, THE LAGOON AND HOW TETIAROA COULD BECOME A CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. WHEN BRANDO DIED IN 2004, THE PROJECT TOOK ITS COURSE, RESPECTING THE ACTOR'S WISHES AND COMMITMENT. TEN YEARS LATER, THE BRANDO OPENED ON MOTU ONETAHI: THE RESORT IS A MODEL OF INTEGRA

Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

POLYNESIE FRANCAISE. VUE AERIENNE DE L'ATOLL DE TETIAROA. SAUVAGE ET AUTHENTIQUE, A SEULEMENT 40 KM AU NORD-EST DE L'ILE DE TAHITI. DIVISE EN TREIZE MOTUS (PETITS ILOTS), LES FAMILLES ROYALES TAHITIENNES Y VENAIENT TROUVER REFUGE. SUBJUGUE PAR LE MODE DE VIE POLYNESIEN, APRES LE TOURNAGE DU FILM DES REVOLTES DU BOUNTY, LE CELEBRE ACTEUR AMERICAIN MARLON BRANDO ACQUIERT L'ATOLL EN 1966, AU TERME DE NEGOCIATIONS COMPLIQUEES. LOIN D'HOLLYWOOD, IL S?Y INSTALLE DE 1970 A 1990, AVEC TARITA SA COMPAGNE POLYNESIENNE, ET PASSE PLUSIEURS MOIS PAR AN SUR SON PETIT BOUT DE PARADIS DANS LE PLUS GRAND DENUEMENT. EN 1999, IL REFLECHIT AVEC RICHARD BAILEY, GRANDE FIGURE DE L?HOTELLERIE DE LUXE, AU FUTUR DU PETIT ECOLODGE, DU LAGON ET AUX MOYENS DE FAIRE DE TETIAROA UN CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET D?EDUCATION A LA PROTECTION DE L?ENVIRONNEMENT. A LA MORT DE BRANDO, EN 2004, LE PROJET SUIT SON COURS, RESPECTANT LA VOLONTE ET L?ENGAGEMENT DE L?ACTEUR. DIX ANS PLUS TARD, THE BRANDO OUVRE SUR LE MOTU ONETAHI : LE RESORT EST UN MODELE D