Directed by Robin Campillo (120 Beats Per Minute) and co-written with Gilles Marchand, Red Island is a coming-of-age drama
inspired by Campillo's childhood in 1970s Madagascar. The film is centred
on a 10-year-old boy and his family, who are stationed at a French
military base on the island.
Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Quim Gutiérrez, Charlie Vauselle, Amely Rakotoarimalala, Hugues Delamarlière, Sophie Guillemin and David Serero star.
Red Island is in UK cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema from
March 1st.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
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.
