Directed by:
Wolfgang FischerScreenplay:
Wolfgang FischerCinematography:
Benedict NeuenfelsPlots(1)
Rike is forty, she is a successful doctor whose job demands everything of her. She intends to use her much-needed annual holiday to fulfil her long-cherished dream of sailing single-handedly from Gibraltar to Ascension, a small tropical island in the middle of the Atlantic. Her desire for a carefree holiday seems to be coming to pass but then, after a storm, her beautiful adventure suddenly turns into an unprecedented challenge when she spots a badly damaged, hopelessly overloaded refugee boat nearby. More than a hundred people face drowning. Rike tries to organise help, but she increasingly feels that humanitarianism has deteriorated into mere wishful thinking. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Susanne Wolff
West Germany
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Gedion Wekesa Oduor
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Alexander Beyer
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Inga Birkenfeld
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