Castaway - Nicolas Roeg
1987
Genre: Adventure/ Drama, 117
minutes
Plot Outline: Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in
a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him
on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting
him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once
on the island things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies,
and gradually it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire
and the strength to try and see the year through.
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