6.3
Rike is forty, a successful doctor whose job demands everything of her. She intends to use her much-needed annual holiday to fulfill her long-cherished dream of sailing alone 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.
Susanne Wolff
Rike
Alexander Beyer
Paul
Inga Birkenfeld
Assistant Doctor Marie
Gedion Oduor Wekesa
Kinglsey
Kelvin Mutuku Ndinda
Kelvin
Director, Screenplay
Wolfgang Fischer
Screenplay
Ika Künzel
May 29, 2019
8
'Styx' reminds us of the plight of refugees who risk everything in the ocean, and the damage caused by bureaucracy and by-the-book policy. A work of nail-biting drama that is not only superbly executed but exceedingly timely, it is a film that deserves to be screened widely in Australia so it can be seen by all. - Jake Watt
Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-styx-an-intense-nautical-morality-tale
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