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The Islanders

2025 Drama Comedy
6.2 / 10 · TMDB

Marta, a thirty-year-old pharmacist in a provincial town, accidentally discovers her dull life is the result of a decades-long experiment. "You're not a person, you're a side effect," a stranger on the train tells her. Instead of panicking, Marta decides to use this information, beginning to sabotage her own existence in the most inventive ways. Her rebellion against predetermination turns into an absurd comedy where each new day is a chance to break the system's rules. Gradually, her actions attract the attention of a mysterious organization monitoring the experiment, and an ordinary pharmacy becomes a battlefield for the right to chaos.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title Belladone
Year 2025
Country France, Finland
Genre Drama, Comedy
Director Alantė Kavaitė
Rating TMDB: 6.2/10 (10 votes)

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The director constructs the narrative on the contrast between the visual rigidity of provincial landscapes and the escalating absurdity of the heroine's actions. The shots are static, like laboratory observations, which makes each of her rebellions even funnier and more unexpected.

What lingers after viewing is a peculiar aftertaste—a blend of lightness from the comedic situations and a slight unease from the question of one's own free will. It's here that drama and comedy intertwine so tightly they become inseparable. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Alantė Kavaitė

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