Shutter Island

Shutter Island, an excellent work by Martin Scorsese, features a remarkable cast to stage a film that completely overturns the meaning of what we have seen during the performance in its finale.

A considerable undertaking.

Agents Edward and Chuck are tasked with going to Shutter Island, where a woman, a patient at Ashecliff Hospital, has mysteriously and inexplicably vanished into thin air.

The woman leaves behind only an indecipherable note.

Dr. John Cawley (Ben Kingsley) tells the detectives the story of Rachel, who, after drowning and killing her three children, is convinced she is still in her abode.

On the island, there is also the arsonist who killed Teddy’s wife, Dolores Chanal (Michelle Williams). However, the criminal has also vanished without a trace, and the detective wants to find him at all costs.

The island’s layout does not allow anyone to escape, and the only place Rachel could be hiding is the lighthouse.

Cawley proves to be reluctant to cooperate with the two agents, and the patients at Ashecliff try in every way to warn Teddy.

In particular, George Noyce (Jackie Earle Haley) urges him to forget the death of his wife and persuades him not to approach the lighthouse, revealing that in that place, the doctors conduct atrocious experiments on patients.

As the detectives continue their investigation, Teddy begins to suffer from fierce migraines and becomes increasingly distrustful of the hospital staff. When Chuck suddenly disappears, Agent Daniels inspects the rugged cliff and makes a shocking discovery that seems to confirm his suspicions. Convinced that Cawley is lying, Teddy breaks into the lighthouse and finds the doctor waiting for him.

But on Shutter Island, nothing is as it seems…

And this is where the wonderful plot twist of the film comes in.

Suddenly, you realize that nothing you have seen so far was real.

It wasn’t real for you, nor for the protagonist.

The tone of the film takes on a heartbreaking, depressed quality.

It’s easy to feel empathy for a man who has lost everything.

His family, his sanity.

You also pause to think about the methods used to try to treat those disorders.

In short, if you are looking for a dramatic film with noir elements and an outstanding cast, Shutter Island is the movie for you!

A note of merit also goes to the wonderful soundtrack “On the Nature of Daylight,” composed by Max Richter.

I’ll leave you the track; listen to it with headphones, preferably in the dark, and only if you are in a cheerful mood at the moment https://youtu.be/QGtN3lpI2f4