The Island of Lies
“Spain, 1921. A terrible shipwreck kept secret for far too long”
2020•1h 34m•5.6•Released
DramaMysteryThriller
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.
Director
Paula Cons
Writer
Paula Cons
Languages
Basque, Galician, Spanish
Studio
Agallas Films
Cast
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
Production
Company
Agallas Films
Company
Aleph
Company
EiTB
Company
Historias del Tío Luis
Company
Take 2000
Company
TVE
Company
TVG
Producer
Victoria Aizenstat
Producer
Juan de Dios Serrano
Producer
Luis Marías
Producer
Mauro Guevara
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