The Island

In Paris, Sophie and Daneel make a solid couple. Nothing, it seems, can separate them - until the day when Sophie tells her partner she has organised a surprise trip to Bulgaria. Daneel refuses to go, but Sophie insists and soon discovers just why her soul mate was so reluctant to set foot in the country...

Cast

Laetitia Casta

as Sophie

Bertille Chabert

as Lou

Alejandro Jodorowsky

as Jodo

Thure Lindhardt

as Daneel

Rousy Chanev

as Pavel

Olivier Claverie

as Simon

Alexander Elenkov

as Bellboy

John Laskowski

as Office Colleague

Elli Medeiros

as Jeanette

Monio Monev

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