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What's the name of this movie?

There's this move that I saw on HBO about 4 years ago and I cannot remember its name. I have done extensive plot-searching in the Internet with no success. The movie starts with the bitter divorce of a fairly successful New York couple (cheating wife) after which the husband takes off to Greece with their teenage daughter. They live in a deserted island (almost, just one native old man with his sheep). At one point the guy gets involved with a young woman (local Greek? I don't remember) and later on in the movie, a fancy yatch passing nearby the island is caught in a storm and lands at this island's shore with several passengers, one of each, of all people, is this guy's ex-wife. I don't remember exactly, but I think the two make up in the end. Cannot name a single actor, but I'm sure that any reader here who has seen this movie would, from this description, know exactly what movie it is.

Under "Greek Island" by-plot movie search, IMDb comes up with about 50 movies, one of which is "Tempest" with a kind of similar plot, but its cast is by no means the movie I saw.
Thanks in advance to whoever comes up with the answer.
PS. It's funny that I watched this movie on HBO back to back with another movie that takes place in Greek islands: Madonna's "Swept Away". I had also forgotten its title, but knowing that Madonna was in it, it was not as hard to find the title.

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Maybe take another look at the movie Tempest. It has an identical plot to which you described. New York, Greek island, sheep, yacht, shipwreck, wife...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(1982_film)
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I think you're correct. I had read just a very short plot description, not enough to overcome my assumption that there was no way that I saw Susan Sarandon in that movie. When I read the rest from Yahoo I saw that the plot is, indeed, exactly the same, unless there is a different production of the same movie. I'll buy it and I'll confirm things. My sincere thanks to you.
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Take a look here just to make sure: Tempest (1982) - Movie connections.
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Ah ha!
Old Vittorio Gassman is the clue. I remember seeing him in the movie, which kind of confirms that this is it. Amazing that, as much as I like Susan Sarandon, I don't remember her in the movie.
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You're welcome.
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