Film

The Island of Lies

2020 · 1h 34m · Drama · Mystery · Thriller

Spain, 1921. A terrible shipwreck kept secret for far too long

IMDb

5.8

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.

Nerea Barros

María

Darío Grandinetti

León

Aitor Luna

Tomás

Victoria Teijeiro

Josefa

Ana Oca

Cipriana

Milo Taboada

Pepe

Celso Bugallo

Paco O Da Filosera

Pedro Galiza

Civil Guard Agent #1

Sergio Quintana

Benito

Miguel Borines

Guard

Mela Casal

Julia

Tatán

Manolo

María Costas

Francisca

Leyre Berrocal

Juana

Javier Tolosa

Marquise

Roberto Leal

Official

• Paula ConsDirector · Screenplay · Executive Producer
• Juan de Dios SerranoProducer
• Luis MaríasProducer
• Victoria AizenstatProducer · Executive Producer
• Mauro GuevaraProducer · Executive Producer
• José MazedaProducer
• Carolina M. MendesExecutive Producer
• Eduardo CarnerosExecutive Producer
• Aitor MantxolaDirector of Photography
• Sebastián EscofetOriginal Music Composer

Release date

May 14, 2020

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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