In cinemas: “Sparta”, “Red Island”, “Renfield”, “The Sickness”

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Traditionally, after the Cannes festivities, the cinematographic offer is reduced in theaters. There are no real favorites this week, but our reviewers did spot a few movies that give food for thought. Sparta Intertwines with the pedophilic tendencies of its protagonist, who tries to overcome his deviations by opening a youth sports club; sick myself looks with cynicism at the individualism of our societies; Red Island Takes us to Madagascar in the 1970s, newly independent but where the traces of colonialism are still clear.

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“Sparta”: dark humor against the backdrop of Nazi ideology

The abrasive and destructive filmmaker, with whom Sweden’s Ruben Ostlund looked like a boy scout, Austria’s Ulrich Seidl completes the reveal. Sparta The diptych, the first part of which we discovered, Riminiin November 2022. Richie Bravo, The Crown Prince has been For a third-year German tour operator, he met his abandoned son on the way back to an Italian seaside resort.

in more problematic corners, Sparta There is the story of the previous brother, with pedophilic tendencies, who opened a youth judo club in Romania with the Greek name of Sparta. Let’s specify, to set the atmosphere and the right indicator of Seidl’s dark humor, that their father hums Nazi songs on his Ehpad for two films… Weakness – even if it is intelligent and productive – is the feeling that clings to the skin of the viewer when discovering this film . Starting with its main character, Ewald, a tall, taciturn man who you never know if he’s going to shake your hand or split your skull with an axe. J. Ma.

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“The Red Island”: Childhood in Madagascar in the 1970s

Six years ago, Robin Campillo won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival 120 beats per minute. Red Island, the filmmaker’s fourth feature, recalls his childhood in Madagascar, after Morocco and Algeria, after his non-commissioned officer father was transferred to the French army. It’s been a little more than a decade since Madagascar declared its independence, following an agreement with France, but the hegemony of the former colonial power is still palpable. French soldiers and their families are tied to a past that still privileges them. But for how long?