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"Styx" depicts the transformation of a strong woman torn from her contented world during a sailing trip. When she becomes the only person to come to the aid of a group of refugees shipwrecked on the high seas, she is shown the limits of her importance and of the empathy of her cultural milieu.
STYX. Directed by. Wolfgang Fischer. Germany, Austria, 2018. Drama. 95. Synopsis. ER doctor Rike embarks on a one-woman solo sailing trip to Ascension Island in the Atlantic. When Rike comes across a sinking ship of refugees, she is quickly torn out of her contented and idealized world and must make a momentous decision.
Feb 24, 2019 · February 24, 2019. Set almost entirely in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx is a microcosmic parable of the global refugee crisis. This chamber drama’s protagonist, Rike (Susanne Wolff), is an avatar of hand-wringing European liberalism, a seemingly strong-willed and good-hearted German doctor who reveals a tragic ...
In this “taut moral thriller” (New York Times), Rike embarks on a solo sailing trip on the Atlantic Ocean. When she encounters a sinking ship of refugees, Rike must find a way to save herself and the lives of the refugees on the open seas.
Feb 24, 2018 · Film Review: ‘Styx’. Susanne Wolff thrills in Wolfgang Fischer's visceral, oceanic allegory about personal responsibility in the face of the refugee crisis. There is significant cinematic ...
Mar 1, 2019 · 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 ...
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