Complete credited cast: | |||
Robert Pattinson | ... | Thomas Howard | |
Willem Dafoe | ... | Thomas Wake | |
Valeriia Karaman | ... | Mermaid | |
Logan Hawkes | ... | Ephraim Winslow | |
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Kyla Nicolle | ... | Woman on the Rocks |
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Shaun Clarke | ... | Departing Wickie |
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Pierre Richard | ... | Departing Assistant Wickie |
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Preston Hudson | ... | Tender Mate |
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Jeffrey Cruts | ... | Tender Mate (as Jeff Cruts) |
As the wavering cry of the foghorn fills the air, the taciturn former lumberjack, Ephraim Winslow, and the grizzled lighthouse keeper, Thomas Wake, set foot in a secluded and perpetually grey islet off the coast of late-19th-century New England. For the following four weeks of back-breaking work and unfavourable conditions, the tight-lipped men will have no one else for company except for each other, forced to endure irritating idiosyncrasies, bottled-up resentment, and burgeoning hatred. Then, amid bad omens, a furious and unending squall maroons the pale beacon's keepers in the already inhospitable volcanic rock, paving the way for a prolonged period of feral hunger; excruciating agony; manic isolation, and horrible booze-addled visions. Now, the eerie stranglehold of insanity tightens. Is there an escape from the wall-less prison of the mind? Written by Nick Riganas
A Masterpiece! The explanation with no spoilers. The Lighthouse combines mythology and mood to tell a story about people who don't understand themselves. Like the fire Prometheus nabbed from the gods, the light at the top of the tower represents everything, all knowledge, and in looking into it Thomas understood everything, all at once.