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Island is a film directed by Paul Cox with Irène Papas

Island (1989)

Island
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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.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Irène Papas

(Marquise)Chris Haywood

(Janis)Anoja Weerasinghe
Norman Kaye
Thomas James Longley
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