The Island

2006 [RUSSIAN]

Action / Comedy / Drama

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 63% · 200 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 63% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 13194 13.2K

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Plot summary

Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future.

Director

Pavel Lungin Photo
Pavel Lungin

Top cast

Viktor Sukhorukov Photo
Viktor Sukhorukov as Father Filaret
Viktoriya Isakova Photo
Viktoriya Isakova as Nastya
Sergey Burunov Photo
Sergey Burunov as Adjutant
Yuriy Kuznetsov Photo
Yuriy Kuznetsov as Tikhon
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1.03 GB
1280*544
Russian 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 2
1.91 GB
1920*816
Russian 2.0
NR
Subtitles bs   hr   us   fr   de   gr   it   ro   sr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dancemacabre 9 / 10

One of the best European Christian Movies

As from the beginning I feel the dramatic power of this film. It was unusual, melancholic and deeply Christian. Opening scene when old man pray his repentance to Jesus Christ with dramatic music in the background is very emotional and strong, not saw in a long time such a dramatic opening scene.This is a story of sin and repentance of an old man which destiny is set in Russian monastery on isolated island. Old man, called Anatoli from sinner developed to a saint who become a charismatic healer, which people visiting from far away. At the near end of the movie Anatoli exorcise the demons from one town girl.Through the entire movie is present kinda melancholic atmosphere. The setting is cold and isolated and the characters are interesting. Main role Anatoli giving such a naturalistic and convincing performance, he honestly deserve Oscar for foreign performance.I recommend this movie to all fans of European art movies with strong performance and of course to all Christian, especially Ortodox ones.
Reviewed by sergepesic 9 / 10

Heartwrenching movie

This is an Orthodox movie in its core, and it might not appeal to people of different religious backgrounds. Orthodox church is not a church of comfortable and simple, but ridiculous answers. Its path is hard and full of obstacles, and the fight for salvation, is life long. Of course, this is completely opposite to evangelical, easy fix theology that calms the minds of the naive folk. This movie is not an advert for converting to the Orthodox faith. How could it be? All three monks that we see in this movie are struggling to understand their spiritual journey.Being religious is a tough gift, not for the faint of heart.
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