19/11/2024
𝐖𝐓𝐅𝐅𝟕 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬
🏆Menzione speciale Lungometraggi & Mediometraggi / Feature Films & Medium-length Films
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived for Twenty and Eight Years All Alone on an Inhabited Island and Said It Was His
di / by Benjamin Deboosere
Belgio / Belgium, 2023, 75’
Giurati / Jurors
Cecilia Bozza Wolf, Chiara Càmpara, Federico Francioni
Motivazioni
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived for Twenty and Eight Years all Alone on an Inhabited Island and Said It Was His riscrive la storia del romanzo di Daniel Defoe del 1719, divenuto simbolo del mito colonialista dell’uomo bianco portatore di civiltà. Nell’intento di decostruirne la narrazione il regista ricorre a una satira gioiosa, il personaggio di Robinson è interpretato da una donna nera e l'isola "disabitata" è popolata di capre selvatiche che ci offrono lezioni di vita. I colori saturi della pellicola 16 mm compongono un universo visivo sorprendente e ricco di invenzioni. Benjamin Deboosere ha realizzato un film sovversivo e iconoclasta che riesce ad essere allo stesso tempo pieno di humor e ad affermare che possiamo raccontare in modo nuovo le storie che ci hanno affascinato da bambini e che ci sconvolgono da adulti.
Motivations
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived for Twenty and Eight Years all Alone on an Inhabited Island and Said It Was His rewrites the story of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel, which has become a symbol of the colonialist myth of the white man as the bearer of civilisation. In their attempt to deconstruct the narrative, the director resorts to a gleeful satire, the character of Robinson is played by a black woman and the ‘uninhabited’ island is populated by wild goats offering life lessons. The saturated colours of the 16 mm film make up a surprising visual universe full of invention. Benjamin Deboosere has made a subversive and iconoclastic film that manages to be both full of humour and to affirm that we can tell in new ways the stories that fascinated us as children and shock us as adults.
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