Red Island

Streaming video - 2023

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.Simultaneously a sensual evocation of discovering the adult world and a sober reflection of what it represents, Robin Campillo’s anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed 120 BPM weaves together the personal and politi...cal in a “visually spectacular [and] masterful portrayal of colonialism through a child’s eyes” (The Upcoming).

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Genres
Feature films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Film Movement 2023.
2025.
Language
French
Other Authors
Robin Campillo (film director), Amely Rakotoarimalala (actor), Charlie Vauselle, Hugues Delamarlière, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Quim Gutiérrez, Sophie Guillemin
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image
Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (117 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).