The Island of Lies (2020)

overview : 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.

Release Date : May 14, 2020

Runtime : 1h 34m

Genre : Drama  Mystery  Thriller  

Companies : Agallas Films, Aleph, EiTB, Historias del Tío Luis, Take 2000, TVE, TVG

Countries : Argentina, Portugal, Spain

Keywords : shipwreck, galicia, spain, based on true story, 1920s, investigative journalist, isolated island, modern feudalism, social prejudices