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The best-selling novel, “The Light Between Oceans,” swept readers away with its transporting story of fate, love, moral dilemmas, and the lengths one couple will go to see their hard-fought dreams realized, comes to the screen as a lush, classically star-crossed romance starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz.
As mesmerizingly beautiful as it is heartbreaking, M.L. Stedman’s novel “The Light Between Oceans” was a literary sensation upon its publication in 2012. Set on the remote edge of Western Australia in the years following the devastation of the Great War, the book lured readers into a seductively old-fashioned tale of love and impossible choices beneath which lay contemporary questions of right and wrong, the effects of war and peace, the wonders of connection and the dangers of blind scruples.
This is where Tom Sherbourne, a shell-shocked veteran, devotes himself to his new job as a lighthouse keeper on the otherwise uninhabited Janus Rock, surrounded by nothing but the vast sea, seeking solace in the solitude. He intends to remain alone but unexpectedly meets Isabel Graysmark, a vivacious young woman from the town of Partageuse across the harbor, herself grieving two brothers lost in the war.
Despite the obstacles, their love flourishes in the stark isolation, and they are soon married. Passionate for each other and hoping to be part of creating a new life together, they try to start a family, but fate intercedes. Then, one night, a mysterious rowboat holding a dead man and an infant girl washes ashore, sending off a chain of decisions—some impetuous, others wrenching— that unravel with shattering consequences.
“’The Light Between Oceans’ is a film about love, truth, and the secrets people keep in relationships, and what happens when those secrets are exposed to the light of day,”
“The Light Between Oceans” opens on September 2, 2016, and is rated PG-13.
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I have not read or watched this yet, But I have seen videos on this and wow!! my heart just wants to cry out. so powerful!.
I do hope to see this before Christmas, I hope,,
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Wow, I watched the trailer and I absolutely love this movie and have to see it. It looks so sad and I need to find out how it turns out.