Blanche Pembe

This film is not just an adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Rather, it addresses the larger cultural myth that has grown from the premise of the book: a white man ‘civilising’ indigenous inhabitants of an island, and claiming the territory as his own property. In a time today when the call to decolonise the artworld and its associated institutions has never been more urgent, Deboosere's cinematic intervention resonates with a large body of work seeking to destabilise and replace the ideology of imperialism. The result is a singular, subversive film, satirical and surprisingly charming at the same time, which makes sure to pay just as much attention to animals and the natural world as to the follies of human-constructed ‘anthropocene’ history.

Alexia, une jeune femme volontaire et idéaliste, arrive comme infirmière stagiaire dans le service fermé d’un hôpital psychiatrique, et rencontre Joëlle, l’infirmière en chef, qui lui apprend le métier. Alexia va être touchée par la colère de Beline, une patiente de 20 ans, qui pense qu’elle n’a rien à faire là. Malgré les avertissements de Joëlle sur la distance à garder avec les patients, Alexia va se rapprocher de Beline et s’investir à fond pour essayer de la faire sortir.