Kik the Exile
One of the more startling characters in the film is the figure of Kik Velt. In flight from the entrepreneurism and cultural decline of Europe in the 8Os, this Dutch astronomer has spent the last 20 years barefoot as a teacher of mathematics and physics at ‘Atenisi Institute in Tonga. The paradox is that as a European, he has found a kind of liberation in the context of the extremely conservative but somehow non-judgemental Tongan society.
