Red Island
Film details
| Film Title | Red Island |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 117mins |
| Year | 2023 |
| Country | Belgium, France, Madagascar |
| Director | Robin Campillo |
| Actors | Charlie Vauselle, Quim Gutiérrez, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Sophie Guillemin, Hugues Delamarliere, David Serero, Luna Carpiaux, Mathis Piberne, Sacha Cosar-Accaoui, François-Dominique Blin, Amely Rakotoarimalala, Mitia Ralaivita, Cathy Pham, Calissa Oskal-Ool |
| Language | Malagasy, French |
| AKA | L'Île rouge |
| Showings |
Madagascar, at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. On an air base of the French army, the soldiers live the last carefree years of colonialism. Influenced by his readings of Fantômette, Thomas, a child who is not yet 10 years old, gradually forges a look at the world around him.
It captures beautifully and atmospherically a sense of mounting tension as the military men grapple with their impotency in a newly independent country.
★★★★
Mood is everything here, as all experiences and narrative arcs are filtered through the quietly discombobulated mind of Thomas (Charlie Vauselle), the ten-year-old protagonist and Campillo stand-in.
★★★★
