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Completed - GERMAN, ENGLISH, SWAHILI - Drama - 94 minutes

Log Line

The transformation of a strong woman torn from her contented world during a sailing trip.

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Wolfgang FISCHER
Writer(s) : Wolfgang FISCHER, Ika KÜNZEL
Cast : Susanne WOLFF, Gedion Wekesa ODUOR, Kelvin Mutuku NDINDA

Producer(s) : Marcos KANTIS (SCHIWAGO FILM), Martin LEHWALD (SCHIWAGO FILM), Michal POKORNY (SCHIWAGO FILM), Alexander DUMREICHER-IVANCEANU (AMOUR FOU VIENNA), Bady MINCK (AMOUR FOU VIENNA)

Synopsis

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.

Production

Country(ies) : GERMANY, AUSTRIA

Financing plan : Filmstiftung NRW
Austrian Film Institute
DFFF
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Malta Film Commission
BKM
FFA
Eurimages
WDR
ARTE

AUSTRIA Nov 23, 2018 FILMLADEN GMBH
BELGIUM IMAGINE FILM DI
BELGIUM Apr 23, 2019 UNIVERSCINE BEL
FRANCE Mar 27, 2019 SOPHIE DULAC DI
GREECE VIDEORAMA FILMS
HUNGARY CINEFIL CO LTD.
ITALY Nov 15, 2018 CINECLUB INTERN
NETHERLAND IMAGINE FILM DI
UNITED KIN Apr 26, 2019 606 DISTRIBUTIO
USA Feb 27, 2019 FILM MOVEMENT
USA Feb 27, 2019 FILM FORUM

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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2018 - Panorama (2nd place Panorama Audience Award)
Berlin European Film Market (EFM) 2018
Toronto - TIFF 2018 Contemporary World Cinema
BFI London FF 2018 Debate
Stockholm IFF 2018 Stockholm XXVIII Competition


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