Island
Directed by	Paul Cox
Written by	Paul Cox
Starring	Irene Papas Eve Sitta Anoja Weerasinghe Chris Haywood
Production company	Illumination Films
Release date	1989 (1989)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Australia
Languages	English Greek
Budget	A$2 million[1]
Box office	A$114,764 (Australia)[2]

Island is a 1989 Australian film directed by Paul Cox starring Irene Papas as Marquise.

It is not to be confused with the 1975 short film of the same title also made by Cox.

Plot

A Czech-born woman arrives on a Greek island having fled Australia to sort out her problems. She becomes friends with a deaf mute and two other women, a Sri Lankan abandoned by her husband and an older Greek woman.^[3]

Production

The film was shot on a Greek island in 1988. It was plagued with money shortages during production, making the shoot extremely difficult.^[4]

Reception

Irene Papas was nominated in 1989 for Best Actress in her role for the Australian Film Institute.