Writing of Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi,” the French journalist Marjolaine Gout has described it as “a philosophical tale where Noah’s Ark metamorphoses into ‘The Raft of the Medusa.’” Géricault’s allegorical painting is rendered more literally in “The Pirogue,” Senegalese director Moussa Touré’s alarming depiction of a tragic attempt by 31 West African boat people to voyage to Spain via the Canary Islands in the eponymous uncovered craft. Read the fill article here

Tags: Ang Lee, Géricault, Master and Commander, Moussa Touré’, Ousmane Sembène, Peter Weir, Senegal, The Life of Pi, The Pirogue, The Raft of the Medusa