The Island of Lies

The Island of Lies

5.6IMDb Score
Released:2020-05-14
Duration:94 min
Director:Paula Cons
Actors:Nerea Barros, Darío Grandinetti, Aitor Luna, Victoria Teijeiro, Ana Oca
Production:Agallas Films, Aleph, EiTB, Historias del Tío Luis, Take 2000, TVE, TVG

Overview:

Galicia, northern Spain, January 2, 1921. The steamship Santa Isabel, sailing towards Argentina with more than two hundred emigrants on board, sinks off the coast of Sálvora Island. Three island women, María, Josefa and Cipriana, who have bravely set sail aboard a fragile skiff to save the shipwrecked, are treated as heroes by the cynical authorities; but León, an inquisitive and tenacious Argentinean journalist, starts asking uncomfortable questions.

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