Castaway

Castaway

One Year on a Deserted Tropical Island. 'Wife' 20-30 needed to accompany man 35+. Write to Box 775 with details and evening phone number.

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Release Date

3/5/1986

Runtime

117 mins

Overview

Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once on the island things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies, and gradually it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A deliberately unglamorous account of two strangers testing themselves, and each other, against the reality of subsistence living on an island. The film strips away romantic notions of escape to show the grinding difficulty of survival and the complex power dynamics that emerge.

Mood

WistfulTenseBittersweetContemplative

Themes

SurvivalIsolationIdentityGenderFreedom

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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