The Island (2017) : distribution, intrigue et streaming

Released in 2017, The Island is a documentaire film directed by Tuan Andrew Nguyen, running about 42 minutes.

What it’s about. The Island is a short film shot entirely on Pulau Bidong, an island off the coast of Malaysia that became the largest and longest-operating refugee camp after the Vietnam War. The artist and his family were some of the 250,000 people who inhabited the tiny island between 1978 and 1991; it was once one of the most densely populated places in the world. After the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees shuttered the camp in 1991, Pulau Bidong became overgrown by jungle, filled with crumbling monuments and relics. The film takes place in a dystopian future in which the last man on earth - having escaped forced repatriation to Vietnam - finds a United Nations scientists who has washed ashore after teh world’s last nuclear battle. By weaving together footage from Bidong’s past with a narrative set in its future, Nguyen questions the individual’s relationship to history, trauma, nationhood, and displacement.

Who’s in it. The Island stars Phạm Anh Khoa and Donika Do Tinh.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Island page.

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