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Much Like ‘Kneecap’, Gaelic-Language Drama Series ‘The Island’ Is A “Gesture Of Defiance”
'The Island' for BBC Four & BBC Alba starring Sagar Radia and Sorcha Groundsell is this week's Deadline Global Breakout.
Sullivan’s hire spoke to MacLeod’s desire for the show to remain international and not be a “stereotypical portrayal of hills, bagpipes and tartan.” Another important cog in this global machine was Icelandic composer Biggi Hilmars, who “had a cinematic vision for the music that wasn’t steeped in traditional Scottish themes but was quite abstract and stripped down.” He headed up to the Hebrides to see The Island film (producer Arabella Page Croft jokes that the DG dirtied his normally box-fresh white trainers on the beach) and recently heaped praise on the show in front of a Scottish parliamentary committee. MacLeod rejects any notion that international buyers will be put off by the show’s language, pointing out that it is in both Gaelic and English and that viewers today are at ease with subtitles, as he flags non-English success stories like Shōgun and Squid Game.
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