'' The Light Between Oceans '' had its world premiere at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on September 1 , 2016 , where it competed for the Golden Lion . The film was released by Touchstone Pictures in North America on September 2 , 2016 , being the last DreamWorks Pictures film distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through their 2011 output deal . The film was released in the United Kingdom on November 1 , 2016 , by Entertainment One Films . It received mixed reviews and grossed $ 26 million worldwide . In December 1918 , Tom Sherbourne — a traumatised and withdrawn hero of World War I — is hired as a lightkeeper at Janus Rock , a lighthouse off the coast of Australia . He falls in love with a local girl , Isabel Graysmark , and they marry . Isabel loses two pregnancies over two years and fears she may never become a mother
73rd Venice International Film Festival
73rd Venice International Film Festival
The Light Between Oceans (film)