''The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife'' is a 2001 British-Dutch film directed by

Michie Gleason Michie Gleason is a film director and screenplay writer who has written and directed three films – ''The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife'' (2001), '' Summer Heat'' (1987) and ''Broken English'' (1981). She was assistant to the director on the film ...

, with a screenplay by

based on a short story by

Marilyn Sides Marilyn Sides is an American writer and a senior lecturer in the English Department of Wellesley College, Massachusetts where she teaches creative writing and literature courses. Her collection of short stories, '' The Island of the Mapmaker's ...

which appeared in the 1990 ''

O. Henry Prize Stories The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American short-story writer O. Henry. The ''PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories'' is an annual collection of the year's twenty best ...

'' collection.

Plot

Descotes, a young map expert, discovers the marvelous erotic secret of an elaborate ancient map that she lusts to own.

External links

* 2001 films 2001 drama films 2000s English-language films {{2000s-drama-film-stub