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Directed by Paul Cox Production
company Illumination Films Running time 95 mins Budget 2 million AUD | 6/10 IMDb Written by Paul Cox Release date 1989 Director Paul Cox Screenplay Paul Cox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Irene Papas
Eve Sitta
Anoja Weerasinghe
Chris Haywood Initial release 12 October 1989 (Australia) Producers Paul Cox, Santhana K. Naidu Cast Irene Papas, Chris Haywood, Norman Kaye, Anoja Weerasinghe, Eva Sitta Similar Innocence, The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky, A Woman's Tale, Golden Braid, Exile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Island is a 1989 Australian film directed by Paul Cox starring Irene Papas.
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It is not to be confused with the 1975 short film of the same title also made by Cox.
Plot
A Czech-born woman arrives on a Greek island having fled Australia to sort out her problems. She becomes friends with a deaf mute and two other women, a Sri Lankan abandoned by her husband and an older Greek woman.
Production
The film was shot on a Greek island in 1988. It was plagued with money shortages during production, making the shoot extremely difficult.
Reception
Irene Papas was nominated in 1989 for Best Actress in her role for the Australian Film Institute.
References
Island (1989 film) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA