The Isle (2004)

Country of Origin: Denmark/Malta/France/Germany
Year of Production: 2004
Running Times: 7 mins 14 secs
Length:
Format:
Colour Format: colour
Ratio: 1.78:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Drunken Angel Entertainment
In collaboration with: Zentropa Entertainments/ARTE/ZDF
Executive Producers: Mikael Olsen, Meinolf Zurhorst
Producer: Dennis Mahoney

SCRIPT
Script: Jean Pierre Magro, Kenneth Scicluna

DIRECTION
Directed by: Kenneth Scicluna

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: David Pisani

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Kenneth Scicluna

CAST
Ben Stuart (Lawrence)
Marieclaire Camilleri (Maria)
Eileen Micallef (Dolora)
Philip Mizzi (the father)
Silvio Catania (the parish priest)
Godwin Farrugia (helmsman)
Carmelo D'Amato (shoreman 1)
Carmelo Mamo (shoreman 2)
Maryan Muscat (washer woman 1)
Maria Dolores Busuttil (washer woman 2)
Oreste Sammut (undertaker)

PLOT SUMMARY

A visitor to Malta takes photographs of some remote ruins that look like those in Arnold Bocklin's painting Isle of the Dead. Then he starts to notice further, more disturbing similarities.

AVAILABILITY

International
International Sales: Trust Film Sales

TIMELINE

2004
April
30: France, Germany - theatrical release

November
7: Spain - shown at the Sevilla Festival de Cine
10: Spain - shown at the Sevilla Festival de Cine
27: UK - shown at the 17th Seagate Foyle Film Festival, Northern Ireland

2005
March
10: Finland - shown at the Tampere 35th International Short Film Festival
12: Finland - shown at the Tampere 35th International Short Film Festival

November
20: USA - shown at the American Film Institute (as part of the Visions of Europe strand)
22: USA - shown at the American Film Institute (as part of the Visions of Europe strand)

KEYWORDS

islands, photographers, ruins

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008