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Berlinale 2025: Islands

Ripley-esque noir sets up strong but doesn't deliver

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Gabriel Frieberg
Feb 23, 2025
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What it’s about: Tom, a tennis pro, washed up on a holiday island. Now he's the coach at a hotel resort, hitting countless balls over the net to tourists. When he crosses paths with a particular tourist family, it seems he's found an escape of his own.

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