Iona (2015)

Directed by

Scott Graham

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman and her teenage son flee to a remote Scottish island to escape a violent crime. There she must face her estranged adoptive family while trying to protect her son.

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What happens

Iona is a 2015 drama film written and directed by Scott Graham. Ruth Negga stars as the titular character who escapes with her teenage son into the island where she was named after to hide from a violent crime, where she reunites with her estranged adoptive family. The film earned Ruth Negga a nomination for Best Actress at the 2016 British Academy Scotland Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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