Red Island

In Theaters Fri Aug 16

1h 56m

Drama

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Living on one of the last remaining military bases amidst a hedonistic group of French armed forces in 1970s Madagascar, ten-year-old Thomas begins to find cracks in the surface of his family's blissful existence on the idyllic island. Taking inspiration from his comic book hero Fantomette, Thomas spies on those around him, discovering the hidden and tangled political and sexual lives of the colonizers and the colonized. As relocation looms, Thomas questions whether the memories he has made are ones he should remember fondly.

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Robin Campillo

Director

Nadia Tereszkiewicz

Colette Lopez

Quim Gutiérrez

Robert Lopez

Charlie Vauselle

Thomas Lopez

Amely Rakotoarimalala

Miangaly

Hugues Delamarlière

Bernard Huissens

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Guy Lodge

Variety

Confirms its helmer as a major name in contemporary French cinema — one who can fill a sprawling period canvas with considerable visual imagination and sensory detail.

Mar 9, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

It captures beautifully and atmospherically a sense of mounting tension as the military men grapple with their impotency in a newly independent country.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 3, 2024

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

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.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 1, 2024

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Brandon Judell

Brandon Judell (Medium)

Campillo employs a French child’s gaze to observe his parents’ petty jealousies; the community’s racist reactions to an interracial coupling; and the anger of the Madagascans: “For twelve years, we have been independent but under France’s thumb.”

Apr 12, 2024

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

Patriarchal and paternalistic structures at both a family and country level are put in the spotlight.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 1, 2024

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Brian Viner

Daily Mail (UK)

This engagingly quirky (and visually stunning) French-language drama is set on a French air force base in Madagascar in the early 1970s, where the former colonisers continue to assert their control over the now-independent.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 1, 2024

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Red Island: Trailer 1

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Synopsis

Living on one of the last remaining military bases amidst a hedonistic group of French armed forces in 1970s Madagascar, ten-year-old Thomas begins to find cracks in the surface of his family's blissful existence on the idyllic island. Taking inspiration from his comic book hero Fantomette, Thomas spies on those around him, discovering the hidden and tangled political and sexual lives of the colonizers and the colonized. As relocation looms, Thomas questions whether the memories he has made are ones he should remember fondly.

Director: Robin Campillo
Producer: Marie-Ange Luciani
Screenwriter: Robin Campillo, Gilles Marchand
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Les Films de Pierre, Playtime, Scope Pictures, France 3 Cinéma
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 16, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 15, 2024
Runtime: 1h 56m