Island in the Sun (1957)

Directed by

Robert Rossen

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set on a fictional Caribbean island, this film follows several characters as they navigate love and social tensions across racial lines. It focuses on the personal conflicts that arise from forbidden interracial relationships in a divided community.

dramaticromantictenseprovocativeseriousconversationalslow-pacedthoughtful

What happens

Island in the Sun is a 1957 American drama film produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Robert Rossen. It features an ensemble cast including James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Dorothy Dandridge, Michael Rennie, Stephen Boyd, Patricia Owens, John Justin, Diana Wynyard, John Williams, and Basil Sydney. The film is about race relations and interracial romance set in the fictitious island of Santa Marta. Barbados and Grenada were selected as the sites for the movie based on the 1955 novel by Alec Waugh. The film was controversial at the time of its release for its on-screen portrayal of interracial romance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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