Synopsis
Young couple Tom (Michael Fassbender) and Isabel (Alicia Vikander) marry and start a quiet married life on the island of Janus, off the coast of Western Australia shortly after the First World War. After two miscarriages, a row boat appears on the island with two passengers: a dead man (Leon Ford) and a baby girl. Despite Tom’s objections, Isabel pressures him to let her keep the baby. Tom reluctantly agrees and buries the man’s body but is overwhelmed with guilt when he unexpectedly meets the baby’s distraught mother (Rachel Weisz).
Review by Jason Day
Stars Fassbender and Vikander have only recently started talking publicly about their relationship, kindled during the production of this 3-hankie cry-fest, an Australian Ryan's Daughter (1970).
The film's promoters must have been rubbing their hands with glee, for the public have taken to stars getting it on set from Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in Flesh and the Devil (1926) to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005).
The cast are top-drawer in what sounds and feels suspiciously like big budget and classily handled TV movie 'Issue of the week' dross, the sort they made hundreds of back in the 1990's. But it's the best value tearjerker around so is definitely worth a look.
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Cast & credits
Director: Derek Cianfrance.
Producers: Jeffrey Clifford, David Heyman.
Writer: Derek Cianfrance.
Camera: Adam Arkapaw.
Music: Alexandre Desplat.
Sets: Karen Murphy.
Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Florence Clery, Jack Thompson, Thomas Unger, Jane Menelaus, Gary McDonald, Bryan Brown
