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Red Island (12A) PREVIEW
March 5th - March 6th
A wonderfully inventive childhood film, set in 1970s Madagascar, a decade or so after the former French colony gained its independence.
Eight-year-old Thomas lives on a French military base with his family. Always watching his parents and their circle of expatriate friends, he gleans information about the adult world, both sexual and territorial, that he cannot fully comprehend. The rest of the time he lives in a fantasy world dominated by his alterego, junior comic book hero Fantômette.
Autobiographically inspired, Campillo’s (120 BPM) film resonates with vivid personal memory and Thomas’s childlike perception is brought into relief as the Malagasy people face the dying throes of colonialism.
★★★★★ “…a compelling, visually exquisite piece of work.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
DIRECTOR: Robin Campillo
STARRING: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Quim Gutiérrez, Charlie Vauselle
FRANCE/BELGIUM/MADAGASCAR
2023
1 HOUR 56 MINUTES
FRENCH + ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Preview courtesy of Curzon Film
Please click HERE to download film notes.
