Project Detail

The Light Between Oceans

Synopsis

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
133 mins
Director
Derek Cianfrance
Producer
David Heyman, Jeffrey Clifford
Executive Producer
Rosie Alison, Jeffrey Clifford, Tom Karnowski
Editor
Jim Helton, Ron Patane
Screenwriter
Derek Cianfrance (screenplay), M. L. Stedman (novel)
Director of Photography
Adam Arkapaw
Production Designer
Karen Murphy
Composer
Alexandre Desplat
Principal cast
Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Caren Pistorius, Florence Clery

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

US, New Zealand, UK coproduction

Dreamworks SKG (US), LBO Productions (NZ), Heyday Films (UK), Particpant Media (US), Amblin Entertainment (US), Reliance Entertainment (IN)

Heyday Films

5 Denmark Street
London
WC2H 8LP

Sales Company

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