‘The Light Between Oceans’ Trailer: The Next Potential Tearjerker From Director Derek Cianfrance
We are going to see a lot ofMichael Fassbenderin 2016. Fassbender stars in this summer’sX-Men: Apocalypse, and we’ll see him later this year in Terrence Malick’sWeightless,Assassin’s Creed, andpossiblyTrespass Against Us(which is scored by The Chemical Brothers). Another promising title on his schedule isThe Light Between Oceans. Writer/directorDerek Cianfrance’s (The Place Beyond the Pines) adaptation ofM.L. Stedman’s novel stars Fassbender, recent Academy Award winnerAlicia Vikander(The Danish Girl), andRachel Weisz(The Lobster).
WatchThe Light Between Oceanstrailer below.
Fassbender plays Tom Sherbourne, a lighthouse keeper. Sherbourne lives with his wife, Isabel (Vikander), on a remote island in Western Australia, post-World War I. One day, Isabel hears a scream. A tiny boat is coming to shore, and it contains a baby girl. Tom and Isabel, wanting a child of their own, decide to raise her themselves. They name the child Lucy (who’s played by a few actors in the film). The three of them live pleasant lives together, until one day Tom and Isabel come across Lucy’s birth mother (Weisz).
Here’sThe Light Between Oceanstrailer (source: Entertainment Tonight):
The Light Between Oceanslooks equally lovely and heartbreaking, which is what we’ve come to expect from Derek Cianfrance.Blue ValentineandThe Place Beyond the Pinesare full of beauty and suffering. He’s an honest storyteller that can easily get the waterworks flowing.The Light Between the Oceansis Cianfrance’s first period piece, and it’s shot by cinematographerAdam Arkapaw, who alsocollaboratedwith Fassbender onAssassin’s Creedand the visually stunningMacbeth. Unsurprisingly, what we see of Cianfrance and Arkapaw’s work in this trailer is gorgeous, especially the first shot of Tom, sorrowfully staring out at the ocean.
Here’s the official synopsis forThe Light Between Oceans:
From acclaimed director Derek Cianfrance, (Blue Valentine, A Place Beyond the Pines), and based on the extraordinary best-selling novel from M.L Stedman, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, is a beautiful yet heart-breaking story of love and sacrifice.
On a remote Australian island in the years following World War I, lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) and his wife, Isabel (Alicia Vikander), discover a boat washed ashore carrying a dead man and a two-month old baby. Rescuing the infant, they make the decision to raise her as their own but the consequences of their choice prove to be devastating.
