Styx

Suzanne Wolff has her work cut out for her in this role, and she makes Styx shine as Rieke wrestles with inner demons, summoning the courage required of her, then despairs as she is shunned for it.

Really good, powerful film. The message is very cleverly delivered amongst stunning visuals. A bit slow to get into, but definitely worth it.

It was a slow drama about the insensitivity towards immigrants and their lives. The point was well made and she did a good job acting but it was way too slow and uneventful for me.

Vaikuttava kuvaus myötätunnosta.

I agree with the critics

Thought-provoking in good ways.

Very interesting. It's a must-see. But it's interesting to watch it as a Brazilian, with all that it entails, prejudices and all.

*Spoilers* One of the best films I have ever seen. It's a perfect metaphor, actually a re-enactment in microcosm, of what is going on in our world–that Euro whites of any stripe (here in perfect lock step [pardon] with the message–the protagonist is German) only have compassion for or desire to help anyone but those of their kind, i.e., whites, not blacks, or whatever delineation makes those "other" not worth the trouble. This woman, a doctor, delivers the message that to help people is what you're supposed to do. It's just what you do, no matter who they are. But she is hamstrung by bureaucratic nonsense that makes her hesitant, as well as those she is contacting to help. When she (the white person) maydays that she is the one sinking they come flying to the rescue, though their policy is not to help boats filled with black refugees. Heart rending and devastating. Wake the f*** up people. We're all in the same boat... and it's sinking.

the only thing not believable were the actions of the kid

A bit slow and artsy, but a solid social commentary and thriller set on the seas against a backdrop of human vs human conflict and lack of compassion.