RED ISLAND

Monday 11th August 8pm

A film from France with English subtitles

See review of our last foreign under Blog

Thomas lives in a military base on the former colony of Madagascar, with his parents and friends. He gradually becomes aware of territorial and sexual politics while finding an outlet for

his imagination in the exploits of crime-buster Fantômette.  At the beginning of the 70s, in Madagascar, a few armed forces and

their families live in one of the last French military bases abroad,

a relic of the ending French colonial empire. Influenced by his reading of the intrepid comic book heroine Fantômette, Thomas,

 a ten-year-old boy, sweeps with a curious glance what surrounds him. Beneath the carefree expatriate life, his eyes are gradually opening to another reality.         
Tickets £6.50                                       

(Run time 1hr 56min) 

Visually stunning and utterly compelling, this coming-of-age drama is executed with tender discretion by director Robin Campillo and features some all-round excellent performances not least from Charlie Vauselle as Thomas.

France Today

Campillo’s patchwork of memories is stunning in cinematography, performance and sound design.  Each perfectly framed scene is a window into a childhood of sun, sand, long summer nights, imagination and a growing  sense of something  changing both internally and externally.   

Cinerama