A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.
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- 2 wins & 19 nominations
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- TriviaThe movie was filmed in Stanley, a quiet seaside town in north-west Tasmania. Local spokespersons hoped the film would enhance the amount of tourists in the area.
- GoofsA framed photograph of Frank and Grace is shown on a shelf at approximately 1:08 in the movie. It appears that Frank is holding the baby in his right arm. This is a reversed image as evidenced by the direction his vest is buttoned. The same framed photo is shown twice later in the movie: at 1:35 sitting on what looks to be the same shelf and again at 1:57 being held in Hannah's hands. These show the correct orientation of the image with the child being held in his left arm.
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Frank Roennfeldt: You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day, all the time. You have to keep remembering the bad things. It's too much work.
- Alternate versionsIn Singapore, the film was edited in order to obtain a PG classification. The distributor removed an entire sex scene from the film (between Tom and Isabel, in which some sexual movements and brief breast nudity is shown). The film was later passed M18 uncut for it's video release.
- SoundtracksAll Things Bright and Beautiful
Music by William H. Monk (uncredited) and lyrics by Cecil F. Alexander (uncredited)
[Incorrectly credited as 'Traditional']
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This film tells the story of a married couple living in a remote lighthouse, who finds a drifting boat in the sea with a healthy baby and a dead man inside. They raise the baby as their own, but soon moral challenges arise and they find themselves at an important crossroad.
I'm impressed by how beautiful "The Light Between Oceans" is. The scenery is so beautiful that it makes me want to visit that place and feel its serenity. The pain of the couple and their reasons for making such a decision is well portrayed in the film, and I do feel for them for having live with the consequences of their wrongs. The story is really beautiful because it is a story of love, and paradoxically tells that sometimes the right thing to do may not be the right thing to do. It is so hard to determine what is right and what is wrong in this situation, thereby creating a conflict which keeps the film captivating. I'm deeply moved by both Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander's performances. The film haunts me after it finishes, and I'm still affected by it and ruminating about it.
I'm impressed by how beautiful "The Light Between Oceans" is. The scenery is so beautiful that it makes me want to visit that place and feel its serenity. The pain of the couple and their reasons for making such a decision is well portrayed in the film, and I do feel for them for having live with the consequences of their wrongs. The story is really beautiful because it is a story of love, and paradoxically tells that sometimes the right thing to do may not be the right thing to do. It is so hard to determine what is right and what is wrong in this situation, thereby creating a conflict which keeps the film captivating. I'm deeply moved by both Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander's performances. The film haunts me after it finishes, and I'm still affected by it and ruminating about it.
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- Ánh Đèn Giữa Hai Đại Dương
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- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,545,979
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,765,838
- Sep 4, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $25,975,621
- Runtime2 hours 13 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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