Island

Name: Island
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989-10-12
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Irene Papas, Eva Sitteová, Anoja Weerasinghe

1989
1h 33m

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5.9/10

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A formerly rich Czech-Australian emigrant comes to a tiny, poor and sleepy Greek Island to rethink her life. Surprisingly she develops a sincere relationship with two other women who each in... Read allA formerly rich Czech-Australian emigrant comes to a tiny, poor and sleepy Greek Island to rethink her life. Surprisingly she develops a sincere relationship with two other women who each in their own way suffer from their pasts. As time goes past sins and frustrations do get rev... Read allA formerly rich Czech-Australian emigrant comes to a tiny, poor and sleepy Greek Island to rethink her life. Surprisingly she develops a sincere relationship with two other women who each in their own way suffer from their pasts. As time goes past sins and frustrations do get revealed. Some of them are solved, while the others still remain swallowing the women.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

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- 8 nominations total

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Throughout his film career, Dutch ex-patriot Australian filmmaker Paul Cox was nominated seven times for an AFI (Australian Film Institute) Award for Best Director or Best Direction and these nominations were all for theatrical feature films and not one was in television. My First Wife (1984) was the only time he won an AFI Award for Best Director or Best Direction. He was nominated for directing for the following six films: Lonely Hearts (1982), Man of Flowers (1983), Cactus (1986), Island (1989), Golden Braid (1990) and Lust and Revenge (1996). He was also nominated in other categories for The Trespassers (1976) (cinematography), We Are All Alone My Dear (1975) (documentary), Vincent (1987) (adapted screenplay), A Woman's Tale (1991) (screenplay, original or adapted) and Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2001) (documentary). Cox was also nominated for AFI Awards for screenwriting seven times and not one was in television. These screenwriter nominations were for Lonely Hearts (1982), Man of Flowers (1983), Island (1989), Vincent (1987), A Woman's Tale (1991) and Golden Braid (1990), and again, he only ever won an AFI Screenwriting Award for My First Wife (1984).