The Life Free

1917, Minorca, final stages of theFirst World War. More than thirty years after Robert Louis Stevenson published Treasure Island, we go back to an island, a hidden treasure and the absence of a father figure substituted by a character of questionable morality. In Marc Recha’s film there is no “Long John” Silver, but the round figure of Rom (played by a plethoric Sergi López): a survivor of marine adventures and rovellon devourer. A figure that represents, much like what the English pirate did in the novel, the guide towards maturity for kids that are about to stop being children. (Gijón International Film Festival)