The Light Between Oceans

Release Date: Friday, September 2, 2016 Nationwide

Alicia Vikander, David Heyman, Rachel Weisz, Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Clifford, Derek Cianfrance, Jack Thompson, Caren Pistorius, Emily Barclay, Florence Clery, Thomas Unger, Jane Menelaus

A heart-breaking drama about fate, love, moral dilemmas and the lengths to which one couple will go to see their dreams realized.

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 12 m

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A heart-breaking drama about fate, love, moral dilemmas and the lengths to which one couple will go to see their dreams realized.

Plot

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Plot
In the years following World War I, Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender), a young veteran still numb from his years in combat, takes a job as lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, a remote island off the coast of Western Australia. As the island’s sole inhabitant, he finds comfort in the monotony of the chores and the solitude of his surroundings. When he meets the daughter of the school’s headmaster, Isabel Graysmark (Alicia Vikander), in the local town of Partageuse on the mainland, Tom is immediately captivated by her beauty, wit and passion, and they are soon married and living on the island. As their love flourishes, he begins to feel again, their happiness marred only by their inability to start a family, so when a rowboat with a dead man and infant girl mysteriously washes ashore, Isabel believes their prayers may have finally been answered. As a man of principle, Tom is torn between reporting the lost child and pleasing the woman he loves, and against his better judgment he agrees to let Isabel raise the child as their own, making a choice with devastating consequences.
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The film's director Derek Cianfrance last directed The Place Beyond the Pines and Blue Valentine. The film's writer Derek Cianfrance last wrote The Place Beyond the Pines and Blue Valentine.

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Producers
Jeffrey Clifford
David Heyman

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MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for thematic material and some sexual content.
Runtime
2 hrs, 12 m
Tagline
Once you find love, can you ever let go?
Also known as
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Language
English

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  • Based on the debut novel by M.L. Stedman.

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Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Development

The film was tagged as Development. Derek Cianfrance, who last directed the Ryan Gosling drama The Place Beyond the Pines, has been hired to direct.

Announced

The film was tagged as Announced. DreamWorks is in talks to pick up the movie rights to the debut novel by M.L. Stedman.

Release Dates

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The Light Between Oceans was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, September 2, 2016 . There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including Morgan, White Girl and No Manches Frida.



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