Styx
2018 · Movie · 94 min. · Germany
Rike -40, a doctor from Europe - embodies a typical Western model of happiness and success. She is educated, confident, determined and committed. We see Rike's everyday life, as an emergency doctor, before she fulfils a long-held dream and sails out to sea alone in her sailing boat. Her goal: Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. But her dream holiday is quickly broken off on the high seas, when, after a storm, she finds herself near a stricken fishing boat. Around a hundred people are about to drown. Rike follows maritime law and radios for help. As her request is going nowhere, she is forced to make a fatal decision.
Direction Wolfgang Fischer
Cast Susanne Wolff · Gedion Oduor Wekesa
Screenplay Wolfgang Fischer · Ika Künzel
Cinematography Benedict Neuenfels
Original title Styx
6.4
195 votes (FilmAffinity)
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