To Keep the Light

The setting, captured with arrestingly atmospheric cinematography, is an isolated island along the windswept coast of Maine. There, salt-of-the-earth homesteader Abbie is left to her own devices while caring for her bedridden husband, the lighthouse keeper. When a seafaring European washes ashore, Abbie fears she may have caused his ship to crash. Now also nursing this foreigner, Abbie is tasked with keeping the household afloat and working the evening shifts at the lighthouse -- a post forbidden to women at the time. She finds purpose in this new role, but secrets once submerged in the Atlantic waters threaten to resurface, putting her opportunity for independence in jeopardy.