Based on 'Jane Rogers' acclaimed novel, "Island" is a tale of yearning and retribution. Abandoned at birth, Nikki Black has spent most of her life in care sustained only by fairy-stories. Incapable of love, fearful and desperate for revenge, she decides to find her birth mother, confront her, and bitter enough to consider murder. She travels incognito to a remote Hebridean island where Phyllis now lives as a recluse with Calum, her son. Read more …
The quasi-fairytale atmosphere is adeptly handled, and Kathy Li’s cinematography imbues proceedings with a chilly beauty.
An overwrought drama full of doomy, portentous and borderline-ridiculous dialogue.
Though the wintry setting and chilly subject matter make for a downbeat piece, Press and Morgan turn in moving performances and the landscape lights up the screen.
Submerged in island life.
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