Cinema
Tranon-kala
Richard Claude Ratovonarivo · 1971
Synopsis
A man condemned to death awaits the hour of his execution and, while waiting, sees again in fragments the images of the life that brought him there. This short film, one of the very first fiction films made by a Malagasy, is known only through this outline, reported by works devoted to the cinema of the island; neither its episodes nor what the man did are known.
Context
The film was released in 1971, the same year as two other short films from the same generation, in the period that Midi Madagasikara regards as the take-off of Malagasy cinema. The Malagasy Centre for the Production of Educational Films, opened in 1969 for instructional films and documentaries, was then training on the spot the technicians who later moved on to fiction. The records write the author's name Ratovonarivo or Rakotovonarivo. Production went dormant in 1975.
Who it is for
In Malagasy. The title means a spider's web; no copy in circulation is reported by the sources.
Prizes and reception
Ranked by the Malagasy press and chronologies among the very first fiction short films of the country.
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