Films that showcase obscure places and cultures can be very rewarding, and those set in the past have the potential to reveal important aspects about a region’s history. That was what I was hoping for with this film from writer-director Robin Campillo, which deals with the decline of French influence on Madagascar. Taking place around 1970, roughly ten years after the country became independent from France, it center…

The film, taking place in the early 1970s against a rising tide of local unhappiness with their government and its reliance on France, portrays the final days of several people living at a French airbase in Madagascar. The story largely unfolds through the perspective of a young boy named Thomas (Charlie Vauselle), who witnesses his parents, Colette (Nadia Tereszkiewicz) and Roberto (Quim Gutiérrez), grappling with t…

The film unfolds during the early 1970s, a period marked by growing resentment towards both the government and its reliance on France, and centers around the final days of a French airbase community in Madagascar. The story is largely filtered through the perspective of a young boy named Thomas (Charlie Vauselle), who witnesses his parents, Colette (Nadia Tereszkiewicz) and Robert(o) (Quim Gutiérrez), navigate their …