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Wikipedia article




'Man at Sea' (, translit. Anthropos sti thalassa) is a 2011 Greek drama film directed by Constantine Giannaris.

Plot



Alex, the captain of a Greek oil tanker, is still dealing with the death of his son four years ago.[http://lessthanzervo.blogspot.com/2013/02/man-at-sea-review.html "Man at Sea - Review." 'Movies Ltd.' 27 February, 2013.] While his ship the "Sea Voyager" is in the Mediterranean Sea, Captain Alex comes across a boat filled with adolescent refugees from Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan.[http://www.abusdecine.com/critique/man-at-sea Bachelard, Olivier. "Man at Sea." 'Abus de Cine.'] He takes pity on the refugees and allows them on his ship. He plans to drop the refugees off at a port, but local authorities refuse to take them, forcing the refugees to stay on the boat. Their residence angers the ship's owners, and gradually the "Sea Voyager" becomes a claustrophobic war zone between the refugees and the ship's owners.[http://flix.gr/en/52nd-tiff-review-man-at-sea-by-constantine-giannar.html "52nd TIFF Review: 'Man at Sea.'" 'Flix.' 24 November, 2011.]

Cast



* Antonis Karistinos as Alex

* Theodora Tzimou as Katia

* Konstadinos Avarikiotis as Andreas

* Konstadinos Siradakis as Pantelis

* Stathis Papadopoulos as Yuri

* Thanasis Tatavlalis as Petros

* Nikos Tsourakis as Samir

* Stathis Apostolou as Johnny

* Chalil Ali Zada as Rafik

* Rahim Rahimi as Kamal

Reception



"Man at Sea" was featured in the Panorama section of the 2011 Berlin Film Festival.

It was observed, "If 'Man at Sea' isnt the directors best work although it certainly is his most ambitious its because of his inability to orchestrate the internal rhythms of the conflict." 'Movies Ltd.' listed the diverse sociological issues that the movie deals with: "Illegal immigration, family loss, financial crisis, illegality" . Boyd van Hoeij wrote, "Giannariss latest plays more like 'Around the World in 80 Plot Twists.'"[https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/man-at-sea-1117944660/ van Hoeij, Boyd. "Review: 'Man at Sea.'" 'Variety.' 18 February, 2011.]

References




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