Rose Island is coming to Netflix on the 9th of December and it’s all about fun and glory, until reality strikes in. The story is based on a real life incident from the year 1968 that made headlines in Italy, when an engineer wanted out of all the norms and pressure of being a resident of a country and ended up building his own little micronation with the name The Republic of Rose Island. This didn’t end well and the short lived nation thus, became a part of history.
The film covers the journey of Giorgio Rosa (played by Elio Germano) and how he builds a small nation outside the Italian territorial waters. From the trailer it looks like there is nothing holding you back from doing any kind of thing on this island. People enjoy parties and do all kinds of stuff as they enjoy their time in the self proclaimed independent island. They get hundreds of citizenship letters that mention people’s choice of joining the island as the resident and are ready to whatever they feel like doing.
Now, as an Indian watching the trailer, it reminds me of a long lost Bollywood movie called F.A.L.T.U. We totally get it how that movie is based on a real life incident and has been talk of the country for so many years but once you view the trailer and if you have happened to watch the Bollywood movie, you will understand what we mean by saying it gives off the similar feeling. The self proclaimed independent college also had so much freedom and later though it realised how difficult it is to actually run a college like that, but no matter what you can’t unsee the similarity in both the movies.
Now coming back to Rose Island, the Italian nation in real life declared it as a national threat and did everything in its power to bring the independent island down. The movie is presented in a satirical, comical way which we believe will be a plus point while watching the movie as even the national meetings of Italy held on this topic looks really funny for something of that stature which normally can’t be true.
The Italians are happy though that a very significant part of history is being told to the world through the platform of Netflix and wants people to know and learn about what happened. This, as they believe will lead to increase in understanding the modern history of the country.
So with all these stories and comedy packed together, Rose Island should definitely get a place in the to be watched list
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