Most Beautiful Island
2017 · Movie · R · 80 min · ★ 5.6 · 83% critics
Over one difficult day in New York City, a young immigrant struggling for money is drawn into a risky chance to earn quick cash. As pressure builds, the day pushes her through unsettling encounters and increasingly dangerous choices.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-11-03
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (129 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy gritty slow-burn thrillers with mounting dread, like Watcher, and stories about desperation; Not for you if you need fast pacing or tidy answers.
Pros: gritty suspense; raw atmosphere; gripping unease | Cons: slow pacing; limited payoff; sparse backstory
Themes
- immigrant
- exploitation
- spider
- based on true story
- perversion
- torture
- cruelty
- woman director
- betting parlor
- dangerous animal
- spider venom
- desperation
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Ana Asensio
as Luciana
Natasha Romanova
as Olga
- DL
David Little
as Doctor Horowitz
Nicholas Tucci
as Niko
Larry Fessenden
as Rudy
Caprice Benedetti
as Vanessa
- AM
Anna Myrha
as Nadia
Ami Sheth
as Benedita
Miriam A. Hyman
as Bikie
- SV
Sara Visser
as Katarin
Directed by Ana Asensio