L'île rouge (2023)
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Cast
Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Quim Gutiérrez, Charlie Vauselle, Amely Rakotoarimalala
A curious boy’s childhood on a French military air base unfolds amid the final moments of the French presence in Madagascar.
The story
In the early 1970s, young Thomas lives on the French army air base at Ivato with his two brothers, his military father, and his homemaker mother. Curious about everything, especially adults’ conversations, he experiences childhood amid the final moments of the French presence in Madagascar. In the background, a peasant revolt and an uprising of Malagasy youth against the established order serve as a counterpoint, recalling the repression of the 1947 insurrection.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In Madagascar in the early 1970s, at the French army air base at Ivato, little Thomas, curious about everything, especially adults’ conversations, lives his childhood with his two brothers, alongside his military father and his mother, a homemaker. Military families. Military personnel and their loved ones are representatives of the final moments of the French presence in Madagascar. In the background, the peasant revolt and the uprising of Malagasy youth against the established order serve as a counterpoint, recalling the repression of the 1947 insurrection.
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