The Light Between Oceansdirected by Derek Cianfrance

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Set on a remote stretch of the Western Australian coast, The Light Between Oceans follows Tom Sherbourne, a lighthouse keeper tasked with maintaining the isolation of a lonely outpost far from shore. Living with him is his wife, Isabel, who struggles with the distance from family and the ache of unfulfilled dreams. Their routine is interrupted when, during a stormy night, a small rowboat washes ashore carrying a newborn wrapped in its fragile cargo of chance and risk. Moved by grief, responsibility, and the hope of something that might heal their lives, Tom and Isabel decide to take the child in and raise her as their own, building a family where the sea once seemed only to threaten and take. But the decision entangles them with the harsh reality of what happens when the ocean returns what it has taken, raising questions about duty, belonging, and the painful boundaries between compassion and truth.