Movie

Outcast of the Islands

1951 · 102 min

A humid, brooding colonial tragedy that slowly tightens around a weak man's self-destruction, heavy with shame and heat.

Tagline: Even Her Love Was Primitive!
Overview: After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his start in life, the merchant ship captain Lingard, to bring him to a trading post on a remote Indonesian island where he can hide out.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Betrayal, corruption, isolation, colonialism
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
corruption
isolation
colonialism
guilt
Places: sea
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild