The Noble Savage in The Valley (Obscured by Clouds)

Rousseau's ideal of the Noble Savage ideal is criticised in this French film - La Vallée, also known as Obscured by Clouds, written and directed by Barbet Schroeder and set in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. It was criticised for being exploitative but critics failed to realise it was a critique of the post-colonial mindset and also of the orientalist perspective of many liberal and left wing people who project the ideal of the noble savage on to traditional cultures. This is made really explicit in this scene in which the Australian Olivier puts the selfish and romantic Viviane in her place and reminds her of who she really is - a white Western woman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Di8-NzSMrg