Part of Cinema Explorations, a wintertime community-curated film series.

A few armed forces and their families live in one of the last French military bases abroad on sunny, red-tinged Madagascar, their home a waning relic of France’s colonial empire. Their imaginations piqued by the intrepid comic book heroine Fantômette, 10-year-olds Thomas and Suzanne unobtrusively observe with surreptitious curiosity the world around them. Beneath the seemingly carefree and indulgent expatriate life, their eyes gradually open to other realities. Inspired by director Robin Campillo’s own childhood experiences on military deployments abroad,

Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes

MPA Rating: Not Rated

Cost: Free and open to all, ticket reservations encouraged.

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