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In Red Island, a sensual and wistful evocation of a young child’s discovery of the adult world and a sober reflection of what it represents, Robin Campillo weaves together the masterful portrayal of colonialism that is both personal and political. 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 made are ones he should remember fondly. In French and Malagasy with English subtitles. 117 minutes.