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5.9
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6.4

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Critic Ryan Swen
rated 5

If Red Island is ultimately too divided in its interests to entirely function as either a grand statement on French troops in Madagascar or as a precise portrait of childhood in a strange place, it’s not without an evocativeness of its own.

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Critic Annika Gustafsson
rated 8

...en fyllig skildring av livet vid flygbasen med flera centrala biroller, vilka ger ytterligare perspektiv på hur instängd och begränsad tillvaron kan vara även för den som i konventionell mening räknas till härskarklassen.

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Cast & Crew

Robin Campillo
Director
Quim Gutiérrez
As Robert Lopez
Sophie Guillemin
As Mme Guedj
Nadia Tereszkiewicz
As Colette Lopez
David Serero
As M. Guedj
Luna Carpiaux
As Odile Huissens
Olivier Lanchy
As Un invité

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Madagascar, 1970s. A young boy named Thomas lives on an air base with his family, where the French military still maintains a presence. Thomas's innocent eyes observe the world around him, but he begins to see the cracks in the colonial facade. As the world around him changes, Thomas's family and the other military families must confront the harsh realities of their privileged lifestyle. A coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of colonialism and its decay.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Red Island include The Brutalist, Beautiful Boy, The Penguin Lessons, Aftersun, The Last Showgirl, Palmer.

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Red Island was released for streaming on November 15, 2024.