Islands (2025 film)

Islands is a 2025 German film directed by Jan-Ole Gerster from a script he wrote with Lawrie Doran and Blaž Kutin. It stars Sam Riley, Stacy Martin and Jack Farthing. The film premiered at 75th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Special on 16 February 2025.

ISLANDS tells the story of Tom, a one-time tennis pro who, years ago, washed up on the holiday island of Fuerteventura. Now he’s the coach at a hotel resort, hitting countless balls over the net to tourists who come to escape their everyday lives. Living an endless summer, Tom fills the emptiness inside with booze and brief affairs. He’s still kidding himself that he’s in paradise, but it is beginning to dawn on him that he’s wound up in hell. When he crosses paths with a particular tourist family, it seems he’s found an escape of his own.

Cast

Sam Riley
Stacy Martin
Jack Farthing
Dylan Torrell
Fatima Adoum

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