Archive of films Styx / Styx
Germany / Austria
2018, 94 min
Section:
Another View
Year: 2018
A successful German doctor fulfils a long-held dream to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. She is prepared for anything – at least she thinks she is. However, her pilgrimage to Ascension Island is cut short when she comes across a boat overloaded with refugees.
Synopsis
Now in her mid-30s, Rike has everything a European could wish for – she’s successful, educated, and well provided for. Yet, as an overworked emergency doctor, she really needs time off and finally sets out alone from Gibraltar on a long-planned trip across the ocean in a small sailing boat. Her silent battle with the elements and sea currents, however, is soon interrupted when she encounters a refugee boat which doesn’t respond to radio contact. Rike will have to decide whether to continue her journey or try to attempt a rescue mission. But they won’t all fit in her boat… A visceral allegory of the modern world, this is the story of a confident woman who discovers that humanity ends in international waters.
Nikola Paggio
About the director
Wolfgang Fischer (b. 1970, Vienna, Austria). Selected filmography: Remake of the Remake (1999, doc.), What You Don’t See (Was du nicht siehst, 2009), The Bear (2013), “The Highway of Tears” (2014, TV series), Styx (2018)
Contacts
Beta Cinema GmbH
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Germany
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About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Another View |
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Director: | Wolfgang Fischer |
Screenplay: | Wolfgang Fischer, Ika Kuenzel |
Dir. of Photography: | Benedict Neuenfels |
Editor: | Monika Willi |
Art Director: | Aza Gray |
Producer: | Marcos Kantis, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Martin Lehwald, Michal Pokorny |
Production: | Schiwago Film GmbH |
Coproduction: | Amour Fou Vienna GmbH |
Cast: | Susanne Wolff, Gedion Wekesa Oduor |
Sales: | Beta Cinema GmbH |
Guests
Cosima Finkbeiner
Sales Agent
Wolfgang Fischer
Film Director