Island (1989 film)

Island
Directed by	Paul Cox
Written by	Paul Cox
Starring	Irene Papas Eve Sitta Anoja Weerasinghe Chris Haywood
Production company	Illumination Films
Release dates	1989
Running time	95 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English Greek
Budget	A $2 million[1]
Box office	A $114,764 (Australia)[2]

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

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.^[3]

Production

The film was shot on a Greek island in 1988. It was plagued with money shortages during production, making the shoot extremely difficult.^[4]

Reception

Irene Papas was nominated in 1989 for Best Actress in her role for the Australian Film Institute.

References

1. "Production Barometer", Cinema Papers, May 1989 p40
2. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria accessed 24 October 2012
3. Island at National Film and Sound Archive
4. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p127-128

External links

• Island at the Internet Movie Database
• Island at Oz Movies