Malagasy cinema is small in global output but carries real weight, with filmmakers often working against limited infrastructure to tell stories rooted in the island's land, identity and post-colonial memory. Tany Mena is one of the rare Malagasy features to reach wider audiences, and it sits at the heart of what's here. Have a look at Macca's reviews below.
Rating: 2.5★
Madagascar in the late 1960s and early 1970s was a place caught between two worlds. France had formally granted the island independence in 1960, yet its military presence lingered, and the communities clustered around those air bases existed in a curious bubble, half-French and half-adrift, insulated from both
Genre Animation
★★½ — Tany Mena (2018)
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