A story of natural love.
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?
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Earnest, grave, contemplative and intimate.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Animal_Kingon TMDB · May 20261/10
One of the worst things I have ever watched, even worse, is that there are a bunch of people that think this pretentious bit of trash is some great artist masterpiece. And don't come at me like I'm just not getting it. What? Because it tells a love story free from societal norms? Because it might be seen as some sort of weird retelling of Adam and Eve, even having forbidden fruit, and then only entering into the 'real' world after eating them? It's absurd, I felt sick watching this, it felt more like the writer was just getting away with his fetish story. This is 80s equivalent of cuties "Oh two cousins trapped alone on an island, slowly edging each other until they bang, and she gets pregnant, oooh yeahh thats good" I don't care if they make them related because "Oh eve was made from adam, they kind of related" NO they didn't need to be, they could have been friends, they could have known banging leads to kids and through love or some bs and they still decide to do it. Idk maybe it is mandatory they be related and they don't understand sex/consequences of sex. Maybe it is mandatory that he kind of just tries to rape her a few times, but film seems treat it like it's okay becuase s
Read the whole review on TMDB - enjoy_jeron TMDB · Jul 20195/10
The film starts out with a pretty good plot and storyline, but as the film continues, it just seems to drag on. It needed to move at a quicker pace, or modify the storyline to keep the watchers attention and interest. I’ve seen it all the way through once(1x), after that I always leave the movie 50-75% complete. > **RATING: _2.5_ / 5**
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Cast
- Brooke ShieldsEmmeline
- Christopher AtkinsRichard
- Leo McKernPaddy Button
- William DanielsArthur Lestrange
- Jeffrey KleiserLookout
- Gus MercurioOfficer
- Elva JosephsonYoung Emmeline
- Glenn KohanYoung Richard
- Bradley PryceLittle Paddy
- Chad TimmermanInfant Paddy
Crew
- Randal KleiserDirector
- Douglas Day StewartWriter
- Henry De Vere StacpooleNovel
- Néstor AlmendrosDirector of Photography
- Basil PoledourisOriginal Music Composer
- Robert GordonEditor
- Randal KleiserProducer
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