THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS (UK/US/India/New Zealand 2016) **
Directed by Derek Cianfance
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz
Review by Gilbert Seah
Based on the recent 2012 best-selling novel of the same name by M.L. Stedman, THE LIGHT BETWEEN THE OCEANS is the lighthouse, around which the period story revolves.
The main character in the story is Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender). Tom has apparently killed lots of Germans in World War 1 and is surprised that he is still alive, believing that God has given him a second chance in life. The film should cater to the ‘faith’ crowd, whose market has been quite lucrative lately. When the film opens, Tom successfully lands a contract to work as a lighthouse keeper. He and his wife Isabel (Alicia Vikander) are living off the coast in Western Australia. But their perfect marriage is marred by two miscarriages, so that Isabel is…
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