Most Beautiful Island

Nov 3, 2017

1h 20m

★ 5.6

Overview

Chronicling one harrowing day in the life of Luciana, a young woman struggling to make ends meet while striving to escape her past. As Luciana’s day unfolds, she is whisked, physically and emotionally, through a series of troublesome, unforeseeable extremes.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Horror

Production Companies

Glass Eye Pix

Palomo Films

Most Beautiful Island Trailers

Cast

Luciana

Ana Asensio

Olga

Natasha Romanova

Doctor Horowitz

David Little

Niko

Nicholas Tucci

Rudy

Larry Fessenden

Vanessa

Caprice Benedetti

Nadia

Anna Myrha

Benedita

Ami Sheth

Bikie

Miriam A. Hyman

Katarin

Sara Visser

Ewa

Natalia Zvereva

Mai

Sorika Horng

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