This was director Derek Cianfrance's fourth film and the first of his to be adapted from a novel.
Tom Sherbourne:
I'm just looking to get away from things for a little while.
Mr. Coughlan:
Well, it's no paradise out on that island. Just want to make sure you know what you're in for.
Tom Sherbourne:
All due respect, Mr. Coughlan, it's not likely to be tougher than the Western Front.
Mr. Coughlan:
Oh, you're ...
Multiple date discrepancies: (1) the calendar in the kitchen in May 1921 showed May 1st as a Monday, but 5/1/21 was a Sunday; (2) the calendar in the kitchen in April 1923 showed April 1st as a Thursday, but 4/1/23 was a Sunday; (3) the calendar in lighthouse in 1923 says Monday, April 27, but 4/27/23 was a Friday; and (4) a notice on a bulletin board in 1927 says a Nativity play will be performed on Saturday, December 14th, but 12/14/27 was a Wednesday.
In Singapore, the film was edited in order to obtain a PG classification. The distributor removed an entire sex scene from the film (between Tom and Isabel, in which some sexual movements and brief breast nudity is shown). The film was later passed M18 uncut for it's video release.
English
$20,000,000 (estimated)
$4,765,838 4 September 2016
$12,545,979
$25,975,621