Islands (2025)
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- Synopsis:
- Tom (Sam Riley) is a tennis coach at a luxurious island hotel; filling the time between lessons and one-night stands. That is until the arrival of a mysterious family, who pulls Tom out of his normal routine. As he strikes up a relationship with Anne (Stacy Martin), her husband Dave (Jack Farthing), and their son Anton (Dylan Torrell), Tom is unable to shake the feeling that he has met Anne before. However, tension grows between them until one night Dave goes missing, and the police suspect Tom and Anne.
- Actors:
- Stacy Martin, Jack Farthing, Sam Riley, Agnes Lindström Bolmgren, Bruna Cusí, Fatima Adoum, Pep Ambròs, Maya Unger, Dylan Torrell, Ahmed Boulane, Fernando Navas, Irene Ferarios
- Directors:
- Jan Ole Gerster
- Producers:
- Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo
- Writers:
- Jan Ole Gerster, Blaz Kutin, Lawrie Doran
- Aka:
- Wyspy
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Germany
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Reviews (1) of Islands
Silence Speaks Loudest - Islands review by griggs
A moody, slow-burning neo-noir that works best when it says nothing at all, Islands is the kind of film that invites you to lean in and listen to the silence. Sam Riley gives a superb, quietly magnetic performance — all glances, pauses, and half-finished thoughts. You can feel him thinking even when he isn’t speaking, which is most of the time.
Working with Jan Ole Gerster, Riley stripped away much of the dialogue — and it pays off. Steeped in isolation and unspoken tension, the quiet stretches pull you in, forcing you to read the spaces between words. It’s a bold, patient approach that makes the film feel lived-in rather than staged — more like you’ve wandered into someone’s private reckoning.
The story unfolds like a mirage — mysterious, sun-bleached, and just out of reach. It lingers more than it lands — which is part of its charm. Islands may not rush to explain itself, yet it has a way of holding you fast — a film that breathes in silence and leaves its echoes behind.