The Light Between Oceans

"Love demands everything"

Sep 2 2016 PG-13 2h 13m
Drama, Romance

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

Plot

Tom, a war weary man takes a job as a lighthouse keeper on an island for the solitude. He meets a beautiful young woman, Isabelle and they eventually marry. One day they see a small dingy with an infant and man inside floating in the ocean. They rush to rescue them only to find the man is dead. They struggle over the decision to report it and whether to keep the baby. Heartbroken because she had already had miscarriages twice, Isabelle persuades Tom not to tell anyone about this and leave the girl to herself as if it were their child. He buries the man on the island, and the couple names the girl Lucy. He succumbs to her persuasion just to make her happy. It's only years later that they discover that the child still has a mother looking for her.

Written by

Derek Cianfrance, M.L. Stedman

Directed by

Derek Cianfrance

Production Countries

India, New Zealand, United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia

Production Companies

DreamWorks Pictures, Heyday Films, Participant, Amblin Entertainment, LBO Productions, Reliance Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 19 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
61,454
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
60
Popularity
NA