'Styx' reminds us of the plight of refugees who risk everything in the ocean, and the dam...
Styx
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.
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Styx
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Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 13, 2018
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
User Score
63%
Original Title
Styx
Production Companies
Amour Fou Vienna, Twenty13 Productions, Small Island Films, ARTE, WDR, Schiwago Film
Director
Wolfgang Fischer
Description
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.