![]() The time and setting of the film alludes to a certain, post-war disconnect and melancholy that everyone suffers from: a shared experience that cannot be spoken aloud. Conversely, Frank, who hangs over the film as a ghostly memory, is shunned by the townspeople because he is German. He is withdrawn, having chosen to sequester himself from society (and, to an extent, the audience as well) and reveals little else of his back-story. Tom’s isolation, as brought up early in the film, is exacerbated by his family history (he was brought up by an abusive father) and his experiences in the war (he seems to have lost all his friends to the battlefront). ![]() Tom and Isabel enjoy endless views of sapphire ocean waves and immense blue skies from their home and share only in the company of each other and some small farm animals until Lucy comes along. Firstly, there is the lighthouse island itself, virtually unpopulated and untouched by humans. ![]() Different kinds of isolation are presented in The Light Between Oceans, from the physical to the psychological. ![]()
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