Island

Island (1989)

Three women. One island. In exile, in love, in danger.

Island is Paul Cox's serene and beautiful film which explores a spectrum of emotions - ranging from extreme passion to fear, leading to murder - from loneliness to sensuality. Three women from Australia, Sri Lanka, and Greece meet on a Greek island. All are exiles escaping from their own personal tragedies. Ultimately, it is the island itself, with the generosity and warmth of the islanders, which leads all three women to revelations about themselves and their place in the world.

Date of release
1989-09-09
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama
Director
Paul Cox

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$114.8K
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 7

Island is a 1989 Australian film directed by Paul Cox starring Irene Papas as Marquise.

Production

The film was shot on Astypalaia, a Greek island in the Agean Sea, in 1988 over ten weeks. It was based on an island Cox visited eighteen years earlier.

The shoot was plagued with money shortages, making it extremely difficult. Irene Papas said "I felt a lot of freedom on this film. It was a very fast shoot but if you know what you are doing, like Paul, it's nice to do it fast and well."

The first time I went to Greece I realised I had been homesick and I never knew where it was for.... There was no home here; I was always drifting between places. When I got to Greece the first time and met these people... a Greek is a Greek and every day is the first and last day of their lives, as has been said, 'Wherever I travel, Greece wounds me'. There's incredible belonging and I envy that very much. I love Greece for that.

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