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Styx (2018)

2018 | Drama

95 mins Austria Germany

German-Austrian drama. A doctor sailing single-handed from Europe to the south Atlantic encounters a badly damaged boat loaded with African refugees. The authorities advise her to leave the area, but show no sign of attempting to help the craft, placing her in a moral quandary.



Produced by Schwiago Film
Director Wolfgang Ficher
Writer Wolfgang Fischer and Ika Kunzel
Cast Susanne Wolff and Gedion Wekesa Oduor

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Styx (2018)
Styx (2018)
2018 | Drama
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No-frills drama from Germany (not much dialogue, and most of that in English) achieves genuine tension after a slow start. Competent, compassionate doctor seems to be having no trouble sailing the Atlantic until she comes across a ship loaded with refugees in very bad shape: her small boat can't help, and the authorities advise her by radio to leave the area; but they show no sign of doing anything to help. The arrival on board of a young boy only complicates matters further. What is she supposed to do?

Wears its heart very much on its sleeve as a parable about civilised European attitudes to crises in other parts of the world; not exactly subtle and doesn't seem to have many answers to give. The slow start may also put some people off. However, Wolff carries the film impressively, and the moral dilemma at its centre is engrossing and resonant. Director does good work with what's clearly quite a low budget.
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