The ending will most likely have you crying as you find out something you kind of knew all along but were still surprised by. We see her pick up insolent children from school and walk them home, and we see her dressed up in a provocative yet silly costume, handing out fliers. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Shot on super 16mm with an intimate, voyeuristic sensibility, most beautiful island chronicles one harrowing day in the life of luciana, a young immigrant woman struggling to make ends meet while striving. According to travel and leisure this is the most beautiful island in the world. Ana asensios debut feature most beautiful island follows luciana asensio, a young undocumented woman, for a single day in new york city. The town of oia is the best spot in santorini to enjoy sunsets. Debuting writerdirector ana asensio plays an undocumented spanish immigrant who stumbles into the sinister underbelly of new york city nightlife in most beautiful island, the winner of sxsws. Shot on super 16mm with an intimate, voyeuristic sensibility, most beautiful island chronicles one harrowing day in the life of luciana, a young immigrant woman struggling to make ends meet while striving to escape her past. Most beautiful island nude scenes naked pics and videos. Shot on super 16 to great effect, immersing you in the hustle and bustle of new york, the direction imparts a voyeuristic look into the life of this woman and the city.
Asensios future as a filmmaker is bright, but with a sequel highly unlikely her debut proves there are some edges in her process in need of fine tuning. Mar 17, 2017 most beautiful island is a powerful debut for asensio, who is able to accomplish so much with so little the budget was apparently minuscule. Most beautiful island was nominated for the john cassavetes award at the 2018 film independent spirit awards. Palawan province is an island province in the philippines. The beautiful ana asensio is her own beautiful island when she shows up on screen in just a shirt shaving her legs over the bathtub.
Official selection of bamcinemafest, fantasia fest, and sidewalk. Most beautiful island chronicles one harrowing day in the life of luciana ana asensio, a young immigrant woman struggling to make ends meet while striving to escape her past. Opening with a based on true events card, most beautiful island then proceeds to weave through the hustling streets of new york, the camera seemingly tempted to follow one of the women it comes across before finally settling on luciana ana asenio. Well say no more about the plot of the film which is now available to watch via on. Nov 10, 2017 most beautiful island is a psychological thriller examining the plight of undocumented female immigrants hoping to make a life in new york city. Most beautiful island presents the horrors of the immigrant experience jared mobarak october 30, 2017 its easy for americans to look at a film like eli roths hostel and find themselves afraid of the situation presented as one they could fall prey to if the circumstances arose. Santorini is probably the most beautiful island in greece. There is a lot to love about this film, not the least of which is the. She pulls away a couple of pieces of silver duct tape from the bathroom wall revealing a hole through which come spilling around a dozen fat. Review most beautiful island is a unique and anxiety. The basic idea of immigrants coming to ny and being shocked by how hard and expensive it is here and the idea of being invisible as an undocumented was also interesting. As lucianas day unfolds, she is whisked, physically and emotionally, through a series of troublesome and unforeseeable extremes.
Shot on super 16 with an intimate, voyeuristic sensibility, the film chronicles one. Most beautiful island is a psychological thriller set in the world of undocumented female immigrants hoping to make a life in new york city. Most beautiful island fantasia international film festival. An interview with most beautiful island director ana asensio on how. Spoilers the synopsis below may give away important plot points. Nov 07, 2017 ana asensios directorial debut most beautiful island is a fascinating look at a day in the life of an immigrant living in new york city. Suffice to say, most beautiful island based on asensios own experiences as a penniless 23yearold spaniard living in new york isnt your typical film about the immigrant experience. The political aspect of the film the teaser amazon throws you about undocumented immigrants will make you believe, initially, that you are watching some modern realization of an emile zola novel. The 23 most omg twist endings in movie history 22 words. Be the first to watch, comment, and share indie trailers, clips, and.
Until her plight becomes emotionally engaging during the film s creepy finale 2030 minutes, watching most beautiful island is an unproductively unpleasant experience. Mar 15, 2017 a short, stressful, and utterly spellbinding debut that transforms the immigrant experience into the stuff of an early polanski psychodrama, ana asensios most beautiful island is a worthy. Most beautiful island 2017 nude scenes ending without ruining the whole film. With ana asensio, natasha romanova, david little, nicholas tucci. Most beautiful island is a psychological thriller examining the plight of undocumented female immigrants hoping to make a life in new york city. And just says that she herself was in a dangerous illegal situation at one point when she was young and mid led and lied too. This eloquent film explores the experiences of luciana, a recent undocumented immigrant, who has recently arrived from her home land and is just trying to get by in new york. Nov 10, 2017 most beautiful island is a very personal project since the story is based on a very specific time of my life, struggling in nyc, when i was particularly vulnerable. Most beautiful island is a 2017 american drama film written and directed by ana asensio. How most beautiful islands director pulled off one of the years most. Many people have been in situations that are dangers and not legal and misled.
Nor is it an outright horror film, but once luciana enters the basement of a local chinese restaurant, most beautiful island dips its toes into the horror well. Asensio who writes, directs and stars here is in the bath in her shabby new york apartment. Lucianas plight, and started waiting for asensios story to either end. The film, which is now in select theaters and available on demand, will.
Up to this point, most beautiful island feels like a meandering, ethnographic quasidocumentary, set all over new york city, on familiar streets but also in back rooms and back alleys many people dont often see. Looking for spoilers for the sxsw movie most beautiful island. This charming island is most famous for its magical sunsets, definitely one of the best sunsets in the world. Its the devastation and strength respectively of these plot threads that. It takes a herculean effort to produce a first film thats accepted to festivals and showered with praise and prizes sxsw handed it the narrative feature grand jury award this past march, but firsttime director ana asensio pulled it off in her debut most beautiful island, a groundedinreality genre film following a spanish immigrant who moves to new york city to start a new life. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Luciana ana asensio works multiple deadend jobs but. As she goes about her life, we become aware that she is an undocumented spanish immigrant, struggling to make ends meet by working.
Most beautiful island presents the horrors of the immigrant. Mar 17, 2017 with most beautiful island asenio delivers an assured directorial debut that is vividly personal. But, until her plight becomes emotionally engaging during the films creepy finale 2030 minutes, watching most beautiful island is an unproductively unpleasant experience. The film stars ana asensio, natasha romanova, david little, nicholas tucci, larry fessenden and caprice benedetti. With the current political climate, the film is more. Screened as part of the fantasia international film festival. Most beautiful island is a modest debut that perhaps in the end stretches credibility. The film maker readily admits to fictionalizing most of it. This is the hard truth behind ana asensio s most beautiful island and its inspired by true events tale of a downtrodden woman seeking compassion from a peer under similar duress. Most beautiful island is a chilling portrait of an undocumented young womans struggle for survival as she finds redemption from a tortured past in a dangerous. Most beautiful island is a unique and refreshing feminine vision, but one thats essentially missing an ending. The island is located between south china sea and the sulu sea.
Nov 24, 2017 ana asensios debut feature most beautiful island follows luciana asensio, a young undocumented woman, for a single day in new york city. Well, most beautiful island falls into that category where you just cant give away the ending without ruining the whole film. A short, stressful, and utterly spellbinding debut that transforms the immigrant experience into the stuff of an early polanski psychodrama, ana asensios most beautiful island is a worthy. The lovebirds is weighed down by plot incident and silly twists. The whole cast commits to a story that defines beauty and regret, shame and healing. Spanish actor ana asensio in most beautiful island. Most beautiful island is a powerful debut for asensio, who is able to accomplish so much with so little the budget was apparently minuscule.
Ana asensios sxsw winner is a spellbinding thriller about immigrant life in america. Most beautiful island is a psychological thriller examining the plight of undocumented female immigrants hoping to make a life in new york. Theres a scene early on in ana asensios film most beautiful island that seems designed to. An interview with most beautiful island director ana. In this age of incessantly hyperactive kids films, the black stallion is nothing short of an aesthetic relic. Most beautiful island nude scenes 16 images and 4 videos including appearances from natasha romanova ana asensio. This movie clearly is a psychological thriller, but i would also say that the ending scared the crap out of me. Nov 02, 2017 dark corners of the immigrant experience in new york city, especially for women, are frighteningly dramatized in ana asensios suspense film most beautiful island, a modest but effective. Ana asensios directorial debut most beautiful island is a fascinating look at a day in the life of an immigrant living in new york city. Firsttime spanish director ana asensios most beautiful island has new york immigrants stumble upon a moneymaking opportunity too good to. You wont find much in the way of hugs, learning, the kindness of strangers, or celebrations of cultural diversity here. Written, directed and starring spanish actress asa asensio and partly inspired by a true incident she was part of. Review most beautiful island is a unique and anxietyinducing.
Phone calls to her family indicate that she is living in hiding. Most beautiful island poverty and immigration power this taut thriller by richard whittaker, 2. Its set in a milieu of hustling immigrant women, living within a culture of seemingly infinite economic possibilities that all. I wont spoil whats coming, but a warning to arachnophobics. Luciana asensio has yet to become jaded by her experience in america, still trusting that things will work out if only she dedicates herself to those ends. Luciana ana asensio works multiple deadend jobs but still cant seem to. Most beautiful island follows luciana during a notatypical day. Luciana is a sympathetic character, so denying her humanity feels tacky. Awarded the top prize at the 2017 sxsw film festival, most beautiful island is a modest first feature, spanning less than a day in the life of a tough yet brittlelooking woman named luciana. Looking for spoilers for the sxsw movie most beautiful. Most beautiful island was extremely wellreceived at austins sxsw film festival where it won grand jury award for narrative feature. Once the film shifts into a broader comedic register, it no longer.
Carroll ballards adaptation of walter farleys 1941 childrens novelproduced by francis ford coppola, and scored by his father, carmineis, for large swaths of its twohour runtime, a silent film, telling its tale through purely visual means. Most beautiful island is a very personal project since the story is based on a very specific time of my life, struggling in nyc, when i was particularly vulnerable. An undocumented woman struggling in nyc is offered an opportunity she cant refuse, but soon discovers shes involved in a dangerous game. Check out the new trailer starring ana asensio, natasha romanova, and david little. Most beautiful island 2017 is a chilling story of an illegal immigrant who struggles to survive in society and not get caught as she also tries to escape her dangerous past. Most beautiful island is a psychological thriller examining the plight of. The film gets a bit silly towards the end, albeit it in a perversely.
Apr 09, 2017 looking for spoilers for the sxsw movie most beautiful island april 9, 2017 1. Most beautiful island 2017, directed by ana asensio film. The islands of palawan stretch from mindoro in the northeast to borneo in the southwest. Its set in a milieu of hustling immigrant women, living within a culture of seemingly infinite economic possibilities that all seem somehow out of reach. Ana asensios directorial debut most beautiful island is a fascinating look at a day. The film was released on november 3, 2017, by orion pictures and samuel goldwyn films. Most beautiful island 2017 an illegal immigrant struggling to begin a new life in new york city is offered a great opportunity, but as day turns to night, she discovers shes been lured into a.
Both social drama and thriller, most beautiful island is a breathtaking study in how expendable the vast hordes of humanity appear to certain segments of the ultrarich population. Oct 28, 2017 up to this point, most beautiful island feels like a meandering, ethnographic quasidocumentary, set all over new york city, on familiar streets but also in back rooms and back alleys many people dont often see. Theres a scene early on in ana asensios film most beautiful island that seems designed to provoke. But, until her plight becomes emotionally engaging during the film s creepy finale 2030 minutes, watching most beautiful island is an unproductively unpleasant experience. Asensio is not a lesser filmmaker for trying so hard to get viewers to like luciana. Slowburn horrorthriller most beautiful island is sadly most frustrating. However when a film comes in at under ninety minutes long, it begs to question whether this is a tool to fill time. Most beautiful island mary riepma ross media arts center. Mar 19, 2017 awarded the top prize at the 2017 sxsw film festival, most beautiful island is a modest first feature, spanning less than a day in the life of a tough yet brittlelooking woman named luciana.