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  • Les frères ennemis Hentz (2019)
  • Short | 18 min | Documentary, Short
Les frères ennemis Hentz (2019)
Short | 18 min | Documentary, Short
As elsewhere in Polynesia where there is not much for young people, they spend a lot of time on the side of the road. But they drink less there than elsewhere and don't smoke at all. In Tahiti, Vaininiore has the reputation of being a ...See moreAs elsewhere in Polynesia where there is not much for young people, they spend a lot of time on the side of the road. But they drink less there than elsewhere and don't smoke at all. In Tahiti, Vaininiore has the reputation of being a red-light district. However, while walking there, we will meet young people full of joie de vivre, smiling, a little rowdy... They spend their days playing football on the field, and at five o'clock every evening they have training with Hentz Tinomoe, the neighborhood colossus, three times Polynesian Thai boxing champion in the super-heavyweight category. His club, Team Arupa, is one of those fairly tight sub-groups: to be admitted you must first run to the dike, then put on gloves and exchange blows. We are far from the ideological and cultural struggles of certain other more socially advantaged groups, and from the smoky boredom, from the tension perceptible in other neighborhoods: here we are in a daily practice, in a discipline in every sense of the word . While meeting Hentz Tinomoe I quickly met his enemy brother Roland Tiaipoi. He also takes care of the young people in his neighborhood of Tipaerui, he also channels them. It's long-term work, as Roland Darrouzes, president of the Tahitian Federation of Thai Boxing and associated disciplines, says. Roland and Hentz are not alone, Polynesia has around fifteen clubs, but they are the biggest. Unknown to the general public, they chose pragmatism. See less
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Jonathan Bougard
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Jonathan Bougard (producer)
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May 27, 2019 (French Polynesia)

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