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HomeLux film days, 3 films, 24 languages, 28 countries
Styx, by Wolfgang Fischer, Germany, Austria
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Rike, a woman in her early forties, has decided to take a break from her career as a doctor on an emergency ward to make a journey to Ascension Island on board the Asa Gray, the sailboat which is her pride and joy. She sails alone, and her odyssey to the South Atlantic also takes her on a personal journey that prompts her to explore her innermost being. On board her boat, she divides her time between steering and reading the books she has brought with her, including 'The creation of paradise: Darwin on Ascension Island'. Fascinated by the lush, varied vegetation on an island that had been a desert until the end of the 19th century, she is eager to visit this artificial Eden created from nothing under the guidance of the famous British naturalist himself. One night, however, fate turns all her plans upside down: a violent storm blows into Rike’s path — to the north-east of the Cape Verde islands — an old fishing boat carrying a hundred or so migrants who are sending desperate signals in her direction. She tries in vain to establish radio contact with the boat, then alerts the coastguard, which is slow to respond in spite of her repeated calls. All alone now in the face of the moral obligation to rescue the migrants, but unable to take them all on board her little sailboat, Rike finds her powerlessness all the more intolerable because she knows that she embodies hope for them. Torn between the desire to help them and the instructions she has been given to stay away, the young woman finds herself facing a tragic dilemma and, in the end, manages to save only one passenger: a 14-year-old boy called Kingsley.
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- Temas: Cultura
- Tema: cinema , indústria cinematográfica , manifestação cultural , opinião pública , produção cinematográfica , prémio cultural , votação
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-846-3353-1 | DOI 10.2861/20650 | Número de catálogo QA-03-18-076-EN-N |
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-846-3332-6 | DOI 10.2861/02057 | Número de catálogo QA-03-18-076-EN-C |
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