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Lighthouse keeper movie 20167/30/2023 ![]() The baby is stillborn and the two bury the baby with a cross marker inscribed with the date and always remembered. The next morning Tom finds her unconscious and carries her back to their home. Due to the thunder and lightning, Tom does not hear her screams. Knowing it's too soon, she tries to climb the lighthouse tower to Tom but collapses. While doing the dishes, Isabel begins to bleed and experience labor pains. She is unhappy but Tom kisses her and advises her she will be much safer at home. Isabel asks to join him, but he tells her it's safer in the house. One night during a very turbulent storm, Tom has to spend the night in the lighthouse to make sure it remains lit. Their days are spent deciding on names and Isabel making baby clothes. ![]() But Tom tells her it doesn't work and is sorely out of tune. Isabel once told Tom she plays the piano and she is very happy to see a piano in her new home. They are very happy and it is apparent they are very much in love. The two have a beautiful wedding and return to the lighthouse. Tom promises to always take care of Isabel and to love her forever. When Tom proposes via one of these letters, Isabel accepts. Over the course of the next few months, the two correspond and fall in love. She asks him to write her and he says of course he will. Tom says "you'd have to have rocks in your head to want to marry me". When Isabel asks to visit the lighthouse, Tom advises her it's against the Commonwealth laws as only the lighthouse keeper and his wife are allowed one on the island. She tells Tom there is a name for someone who loses a spouse but not a name for a parent who loses a child. Isabel tells Tom she has lost both pf her brothers in the war. But his father's sternness did serve to help him in the war. Toms mother is deceased and he and his father did not have a good relationship. He doesn't like to talk about the past or the future but she seems enamored with him regardless. While on their picnic, Isabel peppers Tom with questions but he is very reserved. Graysmark asks what he plans to do, Isabel pipes in and says, He has invited me on a picnic tomorrow. He advises the family that he will be in town for a few days. Later, with flowers in hand, he visits Isabel's home. He is then offered a three year position as permanent lighthouse keeper. He is advised the permanent lighthouse keeper leapt to his death from the cliffs. ![]() A few months later Tom is called into the office of his employer. Tom returns to his post at the lighthouse. The impression is that he had a breakdown alone on the island and is in psychiatric care but is expected to make a full recovery. Someone asked well what was the second reason? Mr. Ferguson informed the authorities that his wife was signaling passing boats which is not allowed. During dinner he finds out the two reasons the previous lighthouse keeper, Ferguson is on leave. Graysmark, introduces Tom to his daughter Isabel, Tom is very pleased to see it's the woman he saw earlier feeding the gulls. ![]() He goes to the home of one of the townsfolk for dinner. ![]() They exchange a meaningful and extended glance. Three months into his post, he comes to town for lunch for a break and sees a young woman (Alicia Vikander) throwing bread to the gulls. Later we see him at the lighthouse, doing chores and he seems at peace with the solace. He is taken to the island by Harry and Bluey. Tom is a World War I veteran just back from Europe and is looking forward to the solitude the job has to offer. The permanent lighthouse keeper will return to his job in six months. Because of Janus Rock's remote location and isolation, it was a difficult post to fill before Tom took it over. Janus Rock is a small island linked to the mainland, and only visited by boat four times a year by the shopkeeper, Harry, who brings grocery orders, supplies and mail. He has accepted the temporary position of lighthouse keeper on the island of Janus Rock. The movie opens in 1918 with Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) traveling by boat to a remote village off the coast of Western Australia. ![]()
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