MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND
Producer
Dir. Ana Asensio. Released by Samuel Goldwyn.
Winner of the 2017 SXSW Grand Jury Prize. Nominated for the 2018 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.
Synopsis: 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 she's been lured into a dangerous game.
One of Indiewire’s 20 Movies that will Define this Year in Indie Cinema
“A short, stressful, and utterly spellbinding debut that transforms the immigrant experience into the stuff of an early Polanski psychodrama… blends the anxiety of neo-realism into something that resembles the suspense of the orgy sequence from Eyes Wide Shut.” - Indiewire
“Anchored by Asensio’s fearless and gripping performance, Most Beautiful Island directs an unflinching point of view toward an often invisible population.” - LA Times
“a character study of survival in a capitalistic, hierarchical world that is not completely bereft of humanity… an intriguing and slow-burn reinvention of survival horror.” - The Austin Chronicle
“uses restless tracking shots, hectic cityscapes, ambient noise and sequences of prolonged stillness to conjure unease and dread” - The New York Times
