An actress, Céline, is hired by the famous director Milan Zodowski to star in a mysterious film shooting in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. She arrives there to discover that the crew consists only of a sound engineer and a unit manager and that Milan stubbornly refuses to leave the cabin where he has locked himself in. Céline realizes that the shoot won’t be happening. She then chooses to face her destiny. This plunge into reality forces her to open up to herself and to others…
Christian Monnier
Director
Céline Mauge
Céline
Philippe Rebbot
Milan Zodowski
Jules Sitruk
Keanu
Adèle Lebon
Adèle
Dominique Pinon
Le détective privé
Patrick Bouchitey
Le père de Céline
Claire Nadeau
Dr. Bellevue
Valérie Mairesse
Pauline, l'agent artistique
Marie Carrour
Maeva
Danièle Gaspard
Marie Fortin
Caroline Raynaud
La femme au bébé
If Miguel Alexandre were trying to make a revenge story seem dull without using all the effective formulas that work great in this catchy genre, he could not have accomplished his purpose much better than he unintentionally has in Black Island.
What are we willing to walk through to see our dreams come to pass? Our minds might be so wholly alive with the passions we carry and the plans we make to see these things become all we wish them to be, yet life doesn’t always want to come alongside. Instead, obstacles arise, both physical and mental, which attempt to dissuade us or even prevent us from moving forward, stalling or stagnating the momentum to achieve what we desire. The age-old question remains….can we overcome? Or will we BE overcome?
By undermining the appeal and credibility of black characters, the show compromises the very idea of diversity and representation it sets to promote.
Ultra-violent storytelling has never been my thing, but the issues with Scarface go beyond that. The film perpetuates harmful stereotypes about Latinx immigrants and uses gore and misogyny for shock value that never serves any purpose. The whole venture is frustratingly empty, and left me desiring something more.
This is a film that is going to leave some people bored, and some people thrilled.
If a movie about a strange and crazy day is commercially successful, why not recycle it and double the kookiness quotient? That seems to be the logic behind this followup to Freaky Friday.