★★★★★
“A scorching, sun-frazzled Hitchcockian delight”
– Nick Howells, The London Standard
Between drinking sessions and one-night stands, washed-up tennis pro Tom (Sam Riley) clings to a job coaching holidaymakers at a hotel in Fuerteventura. When an English couple (Stacy Martin and Jack Farthing) arrive, their presence sets off a chain of events that leads to a mysterious disappearance.
Islands is a contemporary, intelligent thriller with noirish undertones and stylistic echoes of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith, stunningly shot against the sun-drenched volcanic landscapes of the Canary Islands.
Credits
Germany 2025
122min
Certificate TBC
DCP available with subtitles including descriptions of non-dialogue audio (DS)
English and Spanish with English subtitles
Dir Jan-Ole Gerster
With Sam Riley, Stacy Martin and Jack Farthing
September
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