“Red Island,” the latest film by “120 BPM” director Robin Campillo, has been acquired by New York-based company Film Movement for North American distribution following its run in the festival circuit.
“Red Island,” which is produced by Marie-Ange Luciani, the Oscar-nominated producer of “Anatomy of a Fall,” world premiered at San Sebastian Film Festival. Film Movement will open the film theatricallyon Aug. 16 at Film at Lincoln Center,followed by a wider release and a rollout on digital and home entertainment platforms.
Set at the beginning of the ’70s in Madagascar, “Red Island” follows the lives ofa few armed forces and their familiesliving in one of the last French military bases abroad, a relic of the fading French colonial empire.Influenced by his reading of the comic book heroineFantômette, Thomas, a 10-year-old boy,explores his surroundings and gradually opens another reality.
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