The Island (1979)
La isla
A young man enters an institute for the mentally ill and falls in love with a patient from whom he will distance himself after her rehabilitation.
- Date of release
- 1979-08-09
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Alejandro Doria
Casting
- Selva Alemán
- Hugo Arana
- Alicia Bruzzo
- Aldo Barbero
- Héctor Bidonde
- Luisina Brando
- Franklin Caicedo
- Graciela Dufau
- Chela Ruiz
- Flora Steinberg
- Elena Tasisto
- Erika Wallner
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
The Island is a 1979 Argentine drama film written and directed by Alejandro Doria. It was the first Argentine film to be a box office success during the military dictatorship. The film was also selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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