Directed by:
Wolfgang FischerScreenplay:
Wolfgang FischerCinematography:
Benedict NeuenfelsVOD (1)
Plots(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)Reviews (1)
I was expecting a quiet, peaceful film dominated by picturesque scenery shots with a minimum amount of dialogues. However, when the German do-gooder pulled out of water the little black boy Bubu in a soccer dress with Ronaldo written on it, I started to feel rather vexed. A film for Angela Merkel.
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