The Island (I) (2011)

Sophie and Daneel, both in their early thirties, are a close and passionate couple living in Paris. Sophie initiates a surprise journey to Bulgaria... See full synopsis »

Director:

Kamen Kalev

Writer:

Kamen Kalev

Stars:

Laetitia Casta, Thure Lindhardt, Bertille Chabert

Cast

Credited cast:
Laetitia Casta	...	Sophie
Thure Lindhardt	...	Daneel
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bertille Chabert	...	Lou
Rousy Chanev	...	Pavel
Olivier Claverie	...	Simon
Alexander Elenkov	...	Bellboy
Alejandro Jodorowsky	...	Jodo
John Laskowski	...	Office Colleague
Elli Medeiros	...	Jeanette
Monio Monev
Mihail Mutafov	...	Ilia
Silvia Petkova	...	Reporter
Petar Popyordanov
Loïc Risser	...	Office Employee
Daria Simeonova	...	Assistant

Storyline

Sophie and Daneel, both in their early thirties, are a close and passionate couple living in Paris. Sophie initiates a surprise journey to Bulgaria... See full synopsis »

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Bulgaria Sweden

Language:

Bulgarian English French

Release Date:

10 October 2011 (Bulgaria)

Also Known As:

Ostrovat

Filming Locations:

Burgas, Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

€1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bulgarian National Television, Art Eternal, Chimney Pot

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color Color (NTSC Color)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Not everyone's cup of tea

I went to see this movie with a pretty large group of people. Everyone liked the director's previous work, everyone had seen the trailer and was fairly excited for the film. Afterwards- 3 out of 27 people liked it.

I was one of them. The others were blindly mouthing things like "Complete trash", "so boring", "pointless". Although my simple solution to the question why nobody liked it IS "because they're idiotic", additionally I have to say that perhaps if you're someone who has never even asked himself who he is, just goes to the gym, hangs out, works and yes, goes to the cinema- then I'm sorry, not only did you not get what the movie is about but it was like the Forbidden Land to you.

The movie is amazing, it's just very different. And exactly this makes me completely crazy about it, as well as it makes most people dislike it. Yes, it doesn't even follow a strict plot, yes, it moves kind of slowly, but after all the idea is exceptional. It's not about cancer, or war, or love, it's about what's inside a person, how he identifies himself or more- how society does it for him and he's left questioning everything, from who his parents are to his daily mood.

Very rarely are movies like this made and I think it's freaking insulting and shameful to give it such a low rating, while some horrible BG movies like the disgrace to art Love.net have over 8.