The Island of Lies
Spain, 1921. A terrible shipwreck kept secret for far too long
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- Drama
- Thriller
- Mystery
Overview
Galicia, northern Spain, January 2, 1921. The steamship Santa Isabel, sailing towards Argentina with more than two hundred emigrants on board, sinks off the coast of Sálvora Island. Three island women, María, Josefa and Cipriana, who have bravely set sail aboard a fragile skiff to save the shipwrecked, are treated as heroes by the cynical authorities; but León, an inquisitive and tenacious Argentinean journalist, starts asking uncomfortable questions.
Keywords
- shipwreck
- based on true story
- 1920s
- spain
- isolated island
- social prejudices
- galicia
- investigative journalist
- modern feudalism
- social prejudice
- galicia, spain
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 14, 2020
- Original language
- Spanish
- Spoken languages
- basque, galician, spanish
- Countries
- Argentina, Portugal, Spain
- Production
- EiTB,TVE,TVG,Aleph,Historias del Tío Luis,Take 2000,Agallas Films,Agallas Films, Aleph, EiTB, Historias del Tío Luis, Take 2000, TVE, TVG
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt9843470