we gen de gaulle sad that french polynesia is proud to be part of what france will become to make that is to say imagine you cleopatra. but to me that is disgusting. and that moment was imposed on us don't you not in fact she makes us guilty to begin yeah for we are victims but we are also responsible for what's happening to us and for what might happen if france were to use its nuclear weapons. and i find that on forgivable. behind this image of paradise lies the secret that surrounds the testing and rips apart the people of french polynesia here the economy is dependent on friends and the subject of nuclear testing remains taboo but this doesn't stop maria. bristow mood right now. that i'm thinking of my children's future. not so much to put. a tiny territory a tiny country before but we have a high percentage of people suffering from thyroid long and bladder cancer. and it's frightening to know all that. with the help of her husband the to teacher and mother of two uses the internet to broadcast an image of her country one that is rather different from those in the travel agency bro