"We don't pay enough attention. Things happen that we don't see." Film Movement has revealed an official US trailer for the French film titled Red Island, an intimate drama about living on Madagascar in the 1970s. This is finally getting a theatrical US release this August, after first opening in French cinemas last May (original trailer here) to mixed reviews more than a year ago. L'île Rouge, aka Red island, is set in the 1970s on the African island of Madagascar - taking place at one of the last French outposts at the end of their time as colonialists. The 10-year-old Thomas begins to find cracks in the surface of his family's blissful existence on the idyllic island. Taking inspiration from his comic book hero Fantomette, Thomas spies on those around him, discovering the hidden & tangled political and sexual lives of colonizers & the colonized. With Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Quim Gutierrez, Charlie Vauselle,...
- 7/14/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Following up his Cannes Film Festival sensation in 2017, Bpm (Beats per Minute), Robin Campillo recently returned with his new feature, Red Island. A semi-autobiographical film inspired by the director’s childhood in Madagascar, following a festival tour it’ll now arrive in the U.S. next month. Ahead of its August 16 opening at NYC’s Film at Lincoln Center, we’re pleased to exclusively debut the new trailer.
Here’s the synopsis: “Living on one of the last remaining military bases amidst a hedonistic group of French armed forces in 1970s Madagascar, ten-year-old Thomas begins to find cracks in the surface of his family’s blissful existence on the idyllic island. Taking inspiration from his comic book hero Fantomette, Thomas spies on those around him, discovering the hidden and tangled political and sexual lives of the colonizers and the colonized. As relocation looms, Thomas questions whether the memories he has...
Here’s the synopsis: “Living on one of the last remaining military bases amidst a hedonistic group of French armed forces in 1970s Madagascar, ten-year-old Thomas begins to find cracks in the surface of his family’s blissful existence on the idyllic island. Taking inspiration from his comic book hero Fantomette, Thomas spies on those around him, discovering the hidden and tangled political and sexual lives of the colonizers and the colonized. As relocation looms, Thomas questions whether the memories he has...
- 7/11/2024
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Blandine Lenoir’s completed family drama Juliette In Spring, starring Izia Higelin, has sold to key buyers including Palace Films for Australia and New Zealand, Polyfilm in Austria, Pandora in Germany, Surstey in Spain, and Cineworx in Switzerland for Indie Sales.
The film, based on Camille Jourdy’s graphic novel, is about a woman who returns to her hometown to spend time with her family as buried memories, unspoken truths and long-buried secrets bubble up to the surface in what Indie Sales calls “a sweet, tender and sometimes extravagant family portrait.”
Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Noémie Lvovsky and Sophie Guillemin co-star in...
The film, based on Camille Jourdy’s graphic novel, is about a woman who returns to her hometown to spend time with her family as buried memories, unspoken truths and long-buried secrets bubble up to the surface in what Indie Sales calls “a sweet, tender and sometimes extravagant family portrait.”
Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Noémie Lvovsky and Sophie Guillemin co-star in...
- 5/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
French actor-director Samuel Theis, best known for starring in Justine Triet’s awards season favorite Anatomy of a Fall, has been accused of rape by a crew member on Je te jure (I Swear), Theis’ latest directorial feature.
The French newspaper Libération broke the story and reported that the alleged assault took place last year at a party held in an apartment rented by the production where the crew member said they were too inebriated to consent to a sexual encounter with Theis.
Theis responded to Libération’s report, telling the newspaper that the encounter was consensual. His lawyer added in response that his client has not been charged or contacted by authorities. The newspaper reported that the crew member quit the production immediately after the alleged assault.
Je te jure is currently in post-production. According to Libération, Theis was ordered to complete his work on the title remotely by...
The French newspaper Libération broke the story and reported that the alleged assault took place last year at a party held in an apartment rented by the production where the crew member said they were too inebriated to consent to a sexual encounter with Theis.
Theis responded to Libération’s report, telling the newspaper that the encounter was consensual. His lawyer added in response that his client has not been charged or contacted by authorities. The newspaper reported that the crew member quit the production immediately after the alleged assault.
Je te jure is currently in post-production. According to Libération, Theis was ordered to complete his work on the title remotely by...
- 1/8/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Graphic novel adaptation stars stars Cesar-winning actress Izia Higelin
Indie Sales has boarded Blandine Lenoir’s fourth feature Juliette In Spring and will launch sales at Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris which takes place from January 16-23.
The film, based on Camille Jourdy’s graphic novel, follows a thirty-something woman who returns to her hometown to spend time with her family as buried memories, unspoken truths and long-buried secrets bubble up to the surface in what Indie Sales calls “a sweet, tender and sometimes extravagant family portrait.”
The film stars Cesar-winning actress Izia Higelin in the titular role alongside a...
Indie Sales has boarded Blandine Lenoir’s fourth feature Juliette In Spring and will launch sales at Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris which takes place from January 16-23.
The film, based on Camille Jourdy’s graphic novel, follows a thirty-something woman who returns to her hometown to spend time with her family as buried memories, unspoken truths and long-buried secrets bubble up to the surface in what Indie Sales calls “a sweet, tender and sometimes extravagant family portrait.”
The film stars Cesar-winning actress Izia Higelin in the titular role alongside a...
- 1/5/2024
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Memento Distribution in France has revealed the first official trailer for a film titled Red Island, the latest from acclaimed director Robin Campillo - best known for his AIDS drama 120Bpm before this. That one first premiered at Cannes 2017, but his next one is skipping the festival entirely - which seems a bit strange. L'île Rouge, aka Red island, is set in the 1970s on the African island of Madagascar - taking place at one of the last French outposts at the end of their time as colonialists. The synopsis says it's about "soldiers and their families living through the last illusions of colonialism," with a very specific focus on a 10-year-old boy named Thomas, observing it all through young eyes. This stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Quim Gutierrez, Charlie Vauselle, Amely Rakotoarimalala, Hugues Delamarlière, Sophie Guillemin, and David Serero. This is opening in France at the end of May, though there's...
- 4/27/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After earning much acclaim and some awards at Cannes Film Festival in 2017 for Bpm (Beats per Minute), Robin Campillo is back this year with a new feature, but curiously one that is not part of the festival’s lineup. Set for a May 31 release in France, the first trailer has now arrived for Red Island, with the film’s runtime also confirmed at 116 minutes.
Here’s the synopsis: “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.”
See the trailer below for the film starring Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Quim Gutierrez, Charlie Vauselle,...
Here’s the synopsis: “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.”
See the trailer below for the film starring Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Quim Gutierrez, Charlie Vauselle,...
- 4/27/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
École de l’air
We thought there might be an outside chance that this might shore up in 2021 – but we were dead wrong as it appears that production might have taken place in several locations and over the course of more than one season/backdrop with shooting days as far back as July and as recent as this past December. Robin Campillo‘s highly anticipated fourth feature comes five years after his Cannes-winning Bpm (Beats Per Minute) in 2017. Starring Quim Gutiérrez, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Charlie Vauselle, Sophie Guillemin, Hugues Delamarliere, David Serero, Luna Carpiaux, Mathis Piberne and Sacha Cosar-Accaoui, École de l’air was written by Campillo and filmmaker Gilles Marchand and is produced by Les Films de Pierre’s Marie-Ange Luciani while cinematographer Jeanne Lapoirie Bpm (Beats Per Minute) lens.…...
We thought there might be an outside chance that this might shore up in 2021 – but we were dead wrong as it appears that production might have taken place in several locations and over the course of more than one season/backdrop with shooting days as far back as July and as recent as this past December. Robin Campillo‘s highly anticipated fourth feature comes five years after his Cannes-winning Bpm (Beats Per Minute) in 2017. Starring Quim Gutiérrez, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Charlie Vauselle, Sophie Guillemin, Hugues Delamarliere, David Serero, Luna Carpiaux, Mathis Piberne and Sacha Cosar-Accaoui, École de l’air was written by Campillo and filmmaker Gilles Marchand and is produced by Les Films de Pierre’s Marie-Ange Luciani while cinematographer Jeanne Lapoirie Bpm (Beats Per Minute) lens.…...
- 1/14/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Film fans have been enchanted by cinema small towns like Bedford Falls in It’S A Wonderful Life ( and of course TV fans will always adore the charms of The Andy Griffith Show’s Mayberry ) for many years. Well, let’s hop across the pond and spend some time in a mellow little village over in France. This is the setting of a sweet little love story called My Afternoons With Margueritte that begins with a chance encounter between two villagers with very little in common, but who soon are able to fill a void in each other’s lives.
We first meet the younger, male half of the duo during the film’s opening titles. Chazes Germain ( Gerard Depaedieu ) is a middle aged, lumbering, good natured jack-of-all-trades known to most everyone in the little town. He frequently hangs out at a local tavern ( you almost expect them to yell...
We first meet the younger, male half of the duo during the film’s opening titles. Chazes Germain ( Gerard Depaedieu ) is a middle aged, lumbering, good natured jack-of-all-trades known to most everyone in the little town. He frequently hangs out at a local tavern ( you almost expect them to yell...
- 10/14/2011
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Gérard Depardieu leaves a trail of saccharine behind him in this sickly tale of friendship between a smalltown chump and an old lady, writes Peter Bradshaw
You really will need a sweet tooth for this one. Or rather, you will need a complete set of dentures made out of Mars Bars and Creme Eggs. It is a glutinously sentimental small-town tale about a supposedly lovable dungaree-wearing chump called Germain, played by Gérard Depardieu. Royally messed up in childhood by a cruel mum and derided by oafish mates at the local bistro, he finds friendship with a sweet-natured old lady in the park, played by veteran Gisèle Casadesus. That's not to say he is entirely missing out on life, oh dear me no: the extremely portly, jowly Germain just happens to be enjoying regular sex with a (mystifyingly) devoted girlfriend, played by 32-year-old Sophie Guillemin, one of French cinema's most attractive...
You really will need a sweet tooth for this one. Or rather, you will need a complete set of dentures made out of Mars Bars and Creme Eggs. It is a glutinously sentimental small-town tale about a supposedly lovable dungaree-wearing chump called Germain, played by Gérard Depardieu. Royally messed up in childhood by a cruel mum and derided by oafish mates at the local bistro, he finds friendship with a sweet-natured old lady in the park, played by veteran Gisèle Casadesus. That's not to say he is entirely missing out on life, oh dear me no: the extremely portly, jowly Germain just happens to be enjoying regular sex with a (mystifyingly) devoted girlfriend, played by 32-year-old Sophie Guillemin, one of French cinema's most attractive...
- 11/11/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Somestimes, you just have to do a lot of research to find a nice thriller. Even though its script could have been improved, Harry un ami qui vous veut du bien will more than entertain you. Besides, it's rare to see a thriller in which the cast's performance always hits the right note.
Michel (Laurent Lucas) and his wife, Claire (Mathilde Seigner), are going to their summer house for their vacation. However, the temperature is hot and Michel's car has no air conditionning. No wonder their three kids are insufferable. Obviously, Michel stops his car at a gas station in order to have a break from his children. While he's in the men's bathroom of the gas station, Michel is approached by Harry (Sergi López).
According to Harry, Michel and him both went to high school together. However, Michel has no recollection of such a thing. This doesn't stop Harry...
Michel (Laurent Lucas) and his wife, Claire (Mathilde Seigner), are going to their summer house for their vacation. However, the temperature is hot and Michel's car has no air conditionning. No wonder their three kids are insufferable. Obviously, Michel stops his car at a gas station in order to have a break from his children. While he's in the men's bathroom of the gas station, Michel is approached by Harry (Sergi López).
According to Harry, Michel and him both went to high school together. However, Michel has no recollection of such a thing. This doesn't stop Harry...
- 5/24/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Cannes film review: 'Harry, He is Here to Help'
There is more than just a little Hitchcockian mischief at work in "Harry, He is Here to Help", an artfully entertaining psychological thriller by German-born French filmmaker Dominik Moll ("Intimacy").
But it's an affectionate, thoughtfully crafted homage that plays on the master's pet themes of guilt exchange and repressed desires rather than simply aping his visual style.
Aside from a title that's a little clunky in either language, the picture should scare up some healthy numbers in France and could be a respectable art house performer on the other side of the Atlantic.
In the midst of a particularly stressful road trip, Michel Laurent Lucas), his wife Claire (Mathilde Seigner) and their three young daughters take a fateful bathroom break at a highway rest stop.
While washing his hands, Michel encounters Harry (Sergi Lopez), an old classmate he really doesn't remember. But Michel obviously made a major impact on Harry, who can not only recite poetry Michel wrote for the school newspaper, he also used to date his ex-girlfriends.
We're talking scary obsession here.
But before Michel has a chance to pick up the warning signs, Harry manages to invite himself and his sweet but dim fiancee Plum (Sophie Guillemin) over to their ramshackle vacation home.
Determined to help simplify Michel's life so that he can go back to some long-unfinished writing, Harry makes a number of increasingly consequential decisions on his unwitting host's behalf.
Of course it doesn't take too long to realize that the trouble with Harry is that there's a certified psycho lying just beneath the Zen-like surface.
But while everybody knows early on that no good can come of Harry's creepily affable presence, it's fun watching Lopez, an actor previously known for a series of nice-guy roles, insinuate himself into their dysfunctional lives, seeping in and taking hold like an opportunistic disease.
Director Moll, who wrote the screenplay along with Gilles Marchand, isn't afraid to mix a little humor in with the darker stuff which, for the most part, is tastefully played out offscreen.
The gently macabre tone is further enhanced by Matthieu Poirot-Delpech's elegantly moody cinematography and a neatly ironic, piano-driven score composed by old pro David Sinclair Whitaker, who used to make spines tingle for numerous vintage Hammer films.
HARRY, HE IS HERE TO HELP
Diaphana Films
Director: Dominik Moll
Producer: Michel Saint-Jean
Screenwriter: Dominik Moll &
Gilles Marchand
Director of photography:
Matthieu Poirot-Delpech
Production designer:
Michel Barthelemy
Editor: Yannick Kergoat
Costume designer: Virginie Montel
Music: David Sinclair Whitaker
Cast:
Michel: Laurent Lucas
Harry: Sergi Lopez
Claire: Mathilde Seigner
Plum: Sophie Guillemin
Michel's mother: Liliane Rovere
Michel's father: Dominique Rozan
Running time -- 117 minutes...
But it's an affectionate, thoughtfully crafted homage that plays on the master's pet themes of guilt exchange and repressed desires rather than simply aping his visual style.
Aside from a title that's a little clunky in either language, the picture should scare up some healthy numbers in France and could be a respectable art house performer on the other side of the Atlantic.
In the midst of a particularly stressful road trip, Michel Laurent Lucas), his wife Claire (Mathilde Seigner) and their three young daughters take a fateful bathroom break at a highway rest stop.
While washing his hands, Michel encounters Harry (Sergi Lopez), an old classmate he really doesn't remember. But Michel obviously made a major impact on Harry, who can not only recite poetry Michel wrote for the school newspaper, he also used to date his ex-girlfriends.
We're talking scary obsession here.
But before Michel has a chance to pick up the warning signs, Harry manages to invite himself and his sweet but dim fiancee Plum (Sophie Guillemin) over to their ramshackle vacation home.
Determined to help simplify Michel's life so that he can go back to some long-unfinished writing, Harry makes a number of increasingly consequential decisions on his unwitting host's behalf.
Of course it doesn't take too long to realize that the trouble with Harry is that there's a certified psycho lying just beneath the Zen-like surface.
But while everybody knows early on that no good can come of Harry's creepily affable presence, it's fun watching Lopez, an actor previously known for a series of nice-guy roles, insinuate himself into their dysfunctional lives, seeping in and taking hold like an opportunistic disease.
Director Moll, who wrote the screenplay along with Gilles Marchand, isn't afraid to mix a little humor in with the darker stuff which, for the most part, is tastefully played out offscreen.
The gently macabre tone is further enhanced by Matthieu Poirot-Delpech's elegantly moody cinematography and a neatly ironic, piano-driven score composed by old pro David Sinclair Whitaker, who used to make spines tingle for numerous vintage Hammer films.
HARRY, HE IS HERE TO HELP
Diaphana Films
Director: Dominik Moll
Producer: Michel Saint-Jean
Screenwriter: Dominik Moll &
Gilles Marchand
Director of photography:
Matthieu Poirot-Delpech
Production designer:
Michel Barthelemy
Editor: Yannick Kergoat
Costume designer: Virginie Montel
Music: David Sinclair Whitaker
Cast:
Michel: Laurent Lucas
Harry: Sergi Lopez
Claire: Mathilde Seigner
Plum: Sophie Guillemin
Michel's mother: Liliane Rovere
Michel's father: Dominique Rozan
Running time -- 117 minutes...
- 5/12/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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