
Fancywatchingacomical,surrealmusicalwithRobinsonCrusoe,aboutrefugeesontheMediterraneanSea?Looknofurther!Theswitchofperspective,previouslydemonstratedbyRomaniananimatorAncaDamianinL’extraordinairevoyagedeMaronain2018–inwhichadyingdogreflectsonhisowners–alsodrivesTheIsland.Here,RobinsonCrusoeisnotadesperatemaroonedsailor,butsomeonewhovoluntarilywilesawayhisdaysonanisland.Oneday,Fridaywashesashore–thesolesurvivorfromaboatfullofpeopletryingtoreachItaly.Criminals,borderguards,andmermaidsfollow.<br/> Theresultisnotsomuchanindictment,asanabsurdanimationsettomusicwhich,inDamian’sownaptwords,isamixofTheLittlePrince,RobinsonCrusoe,andMontyPython.Themostbizarrescenespassacrossthescreenandmergetogether.Inshort,afilmpoweredbywildfreeassociation,comicobservation,andvisualpoetry.



