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Rike is a German emergency doctor. For her holiday she decided to sail alone on her twelve-metre long yacht "Asa Gray", on a trip in the footsteps of Charles Darwin from Gibraltar to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.
Feb 26, 2019 · Styx: Directed by Wolfgang Fischer. With Susanne Wolff, Gedion Oduor Wekesa, Kelvin Mutuku Ndinda, Inga Birkenfeld. "Styx" depicts the transformation of a strong woman torn from her contented world during a sailing trip.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Wolfgang Fischer
- 2019-02-26
Jan 23, 2019 · ER doctor Rike (Susanne Wolff) embarks on a one-woman solo sailing trip to Ascension Island in the Atlantic. When Rike comes across a sinki ...more. Premiering at the Berlinale, where it opened ...
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- 48.7K
- Film Movement
Feb 27, 2019 · A busy doctor plans to spend her annual vacation fulfilling her long-held dream of sailing from Gibraltar to the small island of Ascension in the Atlantic. But everything changes when she sees a ...
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- Mystery & Thriller, Drama
- Wolfgang Fischer
Feb 26, 2019 · A German doctor sails off on a peaceful, solitary adventure only to come across a boat filled with desperate African refugees.
- Wolfgang Fischer
- Manohla Dargis
- 94 min
Feb 16, 2018 · ‘Styx’: Film Review | Berlin 2018. Austrian director Wolfgang Fischer casts actress Susanne Wolff as a woman alone at sea who encounters a vessel full of refugees in 'Styx.'...
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Shot largely on the open sea, Wolfgang Fischer’s visceral Styx is equal parts moral drama and white-knuckle thriller. A perfect parable for our present times, the film thoughtfully grapples with difficult questions regarding personal responsibility and the grim treatment of refugees by the West.